Swiftech H20 220 T - Manual (Page 30)

• Two mounting methods can be used
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Permanent mount with the provided mounting hardware as shown in figure 1. Three holes will need to be drilled for
a permanent mount. Simply use the reservoir as a template to mark the hole locations, and use a 0.150” (4mm) drill
bit to drill the holes. Make sure to clean up any metal shavings from the case once you are done.
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Easy mount, with the provided Velcro strips. This is a fairly secure mount, as we use extra strong Velcro. However,
if your computer is to travel often (LAN parties for example), a permanent mount remains more suited for a more
reliable fastening of the device.
• The only critical precaution to take when installing the reservoir is to make sure that the discharge line (“Out to pump inlet”
in figure 1) is directly connected to the inlet of the pump. In other words, the pump (inlet) should be the first device
connected to the reservoir discharge. Using a different routing will make the filling and bleeding of the circuit difficult, and
may prevent the pump to prime properly.
6. TUBING INSTALLATION
A. Preamble: difficult installation of the tubing with the MCP655 pump
Once your radiator, pump and reservoir are in place, it is now time to connect all the elements of the circuit together.
Your kit comes with 7/16” ID (5/8” OD) tubing. This type of tubing was specifically selected following suggestions made by our
enthusiast users because it offers very low flow restriction, similar to that of true ½” ID tubing, without the bulk of true ½” (which is
¾” OD and therefore hard to work with). This tubing will fit easily onto standard ½” barbs EXCEPT for the MCP655 pump. In effect,
the design of the hose barbs on this pump makes it quite difficult to install this slightly smaller tubing. Two things can be done to ease
this process:
• Rub the pump barbs with liquid soap to make them slippery
• Soften-up the extremity of the tubes by dipping them in a glass of boiling water for about 20 to 30 seconds (boil some water
in a microwave oven, then dip the extremity of the tube).
Then work the tube around the pump hose barbs by pushing it firmly. Be patient, it is not easy but it does work.
B. Preparing the coolant
Your kit comes with a 2 Oz (60ml) bottle of Swiftech’s specially formulated HydrX
™ concentrated coolant. The product should be
mixed with distilled water only. Simply empty the concentrated coolant into a 33 fl oz (1 liter) plastic bottle, and complete filling with
distilled water. Your coolant is now ready. Note: a 5% mix might still allow some algae formation over prolonged usage if your
system is continuously exposed to daylight (such as a clear acrylic case for example). Under such circumstances, we would suggest
using a 10% mix, and mixing the content of the bottle to ½ l of distilled water only. ½” a liter is normally sufficient to fill-up a typical
cooling loop.
C. Precautions of use with the MCRES-Micro reservoir
Use of alcohols (Alcohol Allyl, Amyl, Benzyl, Ethyl (Ethanol), Isopropyl, Methyl (Methanol), n-Butyl) or antifreeze products
containing the listed alcohols is prohibited as it will result in deterioration of the reservoir over-time, and will void your warranty.
Resistance to Ethylene and Methylene glycol used in antifreeze products is excellent.
Minimum Operating Level is situated at the Swiftech Logo (approximately ½” of the reservoir). The reservoir should not be operated
below this level, which could result in degradation of the system cooling.
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D. Pre-cutting the tubing to length and tube routing
With all the components in place, it will be easy to estimate the length of tubing segments necessary between each component.
The following table shows a typical tube routing. This setup may change depending on the relative position of the components inside
your chassis. The only strict requirement is that the reservoir discharge be always connected directly to the pump inlet (“directly”
should be understood as “with no other components in between the reservoir and the pump”)