Can i turn my pump side ways?

[seba7661]

pretty simpel quastion. can i turn my pump sideways. its the ekxtop d5 and it only says i cant place it upside down. but nothing about sideways

[Lurick]

Yes, so long as the pump can get fluid and you have fluid above the intake point then you'll be fine.

[Mick Naughty]

Sideways in fine.

[seba7661]

Just now, Lurick said:

Yes, so long as the pump can get fluid and you have fluid above the intake point then you'll be fine.

okay thanks. then i dont need to go trough many small bends

[manikyath]

as long as the pump's bearing is submerged (or rather, plenty wet) you can do whatever you want with it.

 

the main issue of this sort of pump desing is that the liquid that flows trough it, is the lubricant it uses to keep going.

 

thats why they say not to run them dry, just like aquarium pumps, pond pumps, and the like.

[seba7661]

2 minutes ago, manikyath said:

as long as the pump's bearing is submerged (or rather, plenty wet) you can do whatever you want with it.

 

the main issue of this sort of pump desing is that the liquid that flows trough it, is the lubricant it uses to keep going.

 

thats why they say not to run them dry, just like aquarium pumps, pond pumps, and the like.

well the res is right over it and the tube is going straight down to it and then doing a 90degree fitting into the pump. then the outlet is going into my first rad

 

[xentropa]

Should be fine so long as the "wet seal" is fully submerged.

[seba7661]

2 minutes ago, xentropa said:

Should be fine so long as the "wet seal" is fully submerged.

what exactly is the "wet seal"?

 

[xentropa]

10 minutes ago, seba7661 said:

what exactly is the "wet seal"?

 

The hole in the middle.

[seba7661]

Just now, xentropa said:

The hole in the middle.

okay thanks. can i somehow test that before i do my build?

[xentropa]

Sorry i misunderstood.  I thought u had one of those reservoir + d5 pump combos.

 

If u had a reservoir pump combo, youd have to make sure the water level is filled higher than the pump inlet at all times.

 

If its just a d5 pump + "flow block" then no problem, So long as there is a water flow.

[seba7661]

4 minutes ago, xentropa said:

Sorry i misunderstood.  I thought u had one of those reservoir + d5 pump combos.

 

If u had a reservoir pump combo, youd have to make sure the water level is filled higher than the pump inlet at all times.

 

If its just a d5 pump + "flow block" then no problem, So long as there is a water flow.

my res is above the pump and then the tube going straight down to the pump. the little red box by the drainport is the pump

[Mick Naughty]

Doesn’t look like it’s going straight to the pump. When does it go to the rad?

[xentropa]

Looks good to me. 

 

Not a huge deal but, make sure you pump from the res, dont pump into the res.

[seba7661]

1 minute ago, Mick Naughty said:

Doesn’t look like it’s going straight to the pump. When does it go to the rad?

Oh my bad. Painted it Wrong. Its res>pump>280>gpu>360>mobo>cpu 

And then back to res

[Mick Naughty]

Should be fine. Ran two pumps sideways in this rig and the res is quite far but gravity doesn’t change. 

[seba7661]

3 minutes ago, Mick Naughty said:

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So I could just do it sideways and do it the way i wrote(makes it waaay easier for me)

[Mick Naughty]

Yea, shouldn’t really matter. 

[seba7661]

Just now, Mick Naughty said:

Yea, shouldn’t really matter. 

Okay thank you!