So after going to war with Bitmain and SysCooling, went with a Darkside LP360 radiator.
Thing is, no barbs came with it and SysCooling's radiator have built in barbs; SC radiator lasted about 6 days; so I have a dilemma.
That said, my question is simple...
I am missing one barb to complete the system and was wondering is it was possible to leave the return-to-res hoses hanging in the reservoir instead of tied held by a barb.
In other words, I want to omit the barb fitting where there is no need for water tightness. (In my mind there isn't a need)
Here's what I intend to do...
Look at this reservoir from Swiftec:
http://www.swiftech.com/mcp35xreservoir.aspxAs you see, there are 2 holes for barbs on the sidewall, one on about 3/4 way up and one about an inch below it.
Basically, I can fill up the reservoir up until the point about 1 cm below where the top barb on the sidewall is.
Technically, it's just a missing barb but the part would not be submerged in liquid at all.
As a temp solution of course, a barb is on it's way but Canada's a big fucking country will take time to get here.
My main concern is damage to the pump and existing system components whilst running with a missing a component.
My miner's been offline for a week now, I wanna put that sucker back online now I got a DECENT RADIATOR!
Lastly, unreal how crappy SysCooling is, the only thing worth a crap in that kit is the harness, fans and the 1 spare barb lol
I'll try it now just for shits and giggles and will update... surely liquid cooled miners won't go out of style.
PS: My hoses have turned red from being beside my red PSU cables