Now that is a real, nice toy at EUR25. Pug, are you thinking of getting them in? I suspect the sensor is a standard part if anyone can track it down.
Nice, but not as nice as this... A doppler-ultrasound flow sensor. No moving parts, no obstructions (low pressure drop). 3/8" BSP thread fittings. Only drawback (and you knew there had to be one) is the price: £151,-- For another thread on flow swithces/sensors, go to the thread "Flow Switch" in this sub-forum...
Stinking? But anyway, I bet that thing causes a nice pressure drop....its got a Uturn in it for starters
Re: Re: Aquaero flow sensor Got me on the spelling there. With the U turn, I suppose in depends on how sharp it is relative to the bore?
Good find Risky but that's not the part I'm looking forward to most. That's just one of the available sensor modules. The Aquaero itself is, well from what I can tell, the watercoolers' equivalent of the DigiDoc5. It's a 5.25 bay device and ... oops, said too much again. I agree though, the U-turn seems to be a shame with the apparent flow restriction but for the type of system it's aimed at, I don't think it's as big a deal as you might stink, er, I mean think. I would imagine that the inside isn't just a simple horseshoe bend of pipe of the same diameter as inlet and outlet and having seen the internals of the Innovatek one (well, it is clear) I think that this design will be closer to the actual flow rate as (if it is of the same type) more of the blades' combined surface area would be exposed to the flow and therefore spread both the resistance and active pressure, rather than the straight type where only about a third is properly exposed to flow and the rest is potential resistance. (yes, I know that the other is just a visual indication, I just mean in principle). I'd prefer the ultrasonic one, obviously but maybe I can get a better idea of how to optimise my system if I could use more than one (which I could afford to do with these ones) especially where a parallel configuration is concerned. I'd probably buy these for my own personal rigs but try and get hold of one of the other ones for stock evaluation testing. My needs do differ from your average user here though.
Off I go for a little hunt.......... EDIT - damm the AC forum is down. EDIT - found a way in. I see the toy, more brushed aluminium.
Im employing these (for a failover setup) and plan on a hack for monitoring flowrate via MBM Proteus 100 Series Flow Switch if the electronics modual is remotely mounted and the sensor potted with a conformal coating they are good for -60C
Nice find at that price. The 3/4" FNPT version you've got there normally goes for $200-300 but if you can hack it for readings, 1) I'd like to know how and 2) It won't register (or work for that matter) below 6GPM. Good luck with it though and let us know how it goes.
actually its 3\4" ports, that will fit a 1\2" NPT hose barb and the model 150 goes from 1.5>12 GPM (90>720 GPH) is also 24VDC hacking it will be the trick, as Im not that electronics literate yet but I think its pretty much an oversized hall sensor (magnets in the arms, pass the sensor) when I actually get to that point I solicite some "real" help I picked up three of them, as Im cooling 6>8 computers in a 30U rackmount (but my budget keeps getting sidetracked with RAID arrays )
