Taken me just under 2 WEEKS to make 1 shroud, well, drill it, cut it, etc... STILL needs tidying up, sealing, painting, etc... and after this I have ANOTHER I need to make... Really not sure if I can be bothered any more Top that off, my digicam is also broke & won't turn on just hope the insurance hasn't run out... So sorry for the 'poor' quality pics, as there were taken from my joke-of-a-phone (SPV E200) Main problem I have is I just don't have the tools, or the space to work on things properly I'm not happy today
Looks good! just needs some paint! Why have you got another one to make? Have you got two rads? Just so you know (incase you dont already), axial fans work crap when pushing air into a restrictive object, so there really is only point in having one side shrouded. If you want to use two fans on a single size rad, double them both up on the sucking side, that will work better and be less effort for you
i did the opriginal template in cardboard, but I want something a bit more 'secure' using 2 shrouds to do a push-pull config with the fans as i posted aaaages ago & from everyones reaction this was going to be the most efficient way to get the air through.
lol yes duck tape and cardboard is the best wish i had a camera so i could show you lot my ghetto shroud lol
lol, use enoguh duct tape and it'll definately be secure enough theres still bits of mine stuck to the rad and fan from when i switched fans
Heh I used duct tape for mine aswell, but to be fair,I am using two x 200mm rads in series (from the perspective of both the air and water flowing through them - works well when you use a 172mm/50mm fan!) Its a bit hard making a shroud for non-perfect objects like my rads. I dont think I could have fit any alu around htem either, they are almost too wide for my case. Save some effort - dont bother with the second shroud. Adding a pushing fan really does not help temps atall. Both on the same side works best. However rads dont restrict air that much anyway.... theres a limit to how much a second fan in series can help. Im using two rads in series and a single fan is plenty to suck a LOT of air through it - so the gains from two fans are going to be small anyway. If you want two fans have them in parrelell (meaning you need bigger rad) or replace the single fan with one of a higher airflow.
