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Thursday, January 27th 2022, 2:24pm
Thursday, January 27th 2022, 9:12pm
I currently have the following cooling loop:
Reservoir
D5 pump
high flow NEXT
GPU water block
240 radiator
CPU water block
360 radiator
Where is the best place to put the second water temp sensor for the high flow NEXT to do a "power" measurement?
Note this order was selected to minimize the length of tubing and visual looks. I could reorder components, but would like to avoid that.
That is a nice use of the Virtual Software Sensor!it would be easier to have the rads in series, o else you have to make the virtual sensor twice as big (it's a copy paste with 4 sensors basically).
But you multiply reading errors with that many thermistors.
They are not exactly precision devices, so the least you use, the better.
I did post my version of that virtual sensor there :
New: aquasuite X
tweaked it since then with some averaging functions on the inputs to make it less spiky but still responsive, but the calculation part of it is always the same.
If you use 4 sensors, you'll have to make one calculation between input and output of the first rad, then input and putput of the second rad, then add the two values for your total dissipated power sensor.
This post has been edited 1 times, last edit by "Remayz" (Jan 28th 2022, 8:59pm)
true. At idle though it would mess up the value. but it doesn't hurt to use a second sensor anyway, even with a D5 NextHeat from the pump should be under 10W. At max power, it pulls 20W electrical. About 70% of that goes directly into mechanical work and only 30% becomes heat. When he's playing a game on there, that difference would be lost in the noise.
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