Water cooler gets a upgrade!

[exxos]

So brought a water cooler and after day 1 had to take it to bits. Girlfriend being a girl didn't understand the "reason" for doing it...

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So added a pot to fiddle the temp sensor on the tank. It was cutting off at 15C, so wanted to tweak the sensor a bit to fool it into thinking the water was hotter than it was so it would cool it down some more.

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While I was at it, needed a bigger fan... Faster fan.. louder fan... Now the thing purrrrrs

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Trying to work out where all the bits go...

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New fan connections.. Decided bodge tape wasn't viable as these wires run near the heatsink.

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Circuit Board and fan assembly going back into place.

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Pipes connected back up almost..

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Trying to work out how to get the lid back on...

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Trying to work out how to get the lid back on...

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Still trying to work out how to get the lid back on...

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Force the bloody thing down...

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Nope...

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Sometime later....

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Up the rear view shot.

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Pot added.. Nice long hard straight shaft..

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..with a big knob...

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Nothing like a big knob..

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First test run.. Blue light still comes on, so progress..

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Cut out some of the vents to increase airflow some more..

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13Deg C.. progress...

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The customary "left over screw" which doesn't seem to go anywhere...

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All back together.. time for a fiddle with me big knob..

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Some time later.. we have now 7degC ! Not bad at all. So now girlfriend hopefully knows why a good fiddle is good

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If left on long enough the cooler now spits out icecubes

[rpineau]

7ºC ... prefect temperature for a Guinness ... . . (actual range is from 5ºC to 7ºC )

[DrF]

Now that is pretty cool :p

I just bought 1 of those probes today not come yet, i'm hoping its fairly accurate

[IngoQ]

I just bought 1 of those probes today not come yet, i'm hoping its fairly accurate

If you are looking for a good instant read food thermometer, the best ones I know of are made in the UK:

https://thermapen.co.uk/

You can find these often on ebay directly from the manufacturer but a lot cheaper. Sometimes because the colours did not sell, sometimes used and refurbished ones.

[DrF]

I just bought 1 of those probes today not come yet, i'm hoping its fairly accurate

If you are looking for a good instant read food thermometer, the best ones I know of are made in the UK:

https://thermapen.co.uk/

You can find these often on ebay directly from the manufacturer but a lot cheaper. Sometimes because the colours did not sell, sometimes used and refurbished ones.

Ah, that looks really good
It's just when you see a Chinese made device claiming the same things for a huge differance in price you start to wonder who's lying :p

Thanks