Lighting liquid cooled cobs.....

[Jupiter]

I exhaust the heat in summer and use it where I need it in winter.....

Exchanging it into the hot water heater circuit would be awesome

Right. We should be trying to recover as much energy as possible within economic reason. A lot of potential in this field I can feel it. You know with the plumbing connections it gives you great versatility to do whatever you want.

 

[NastyN8t]

I've built a handful of different designs and experimented with different materials.....pex plumbing married to automotive heater hose has proven to be the best combo

 

[NastyN8t]

Here's my original water block designs.
The large one had channels cross drilled and plumbed like the side light lil ones

 

[NastyN8t]

But the plumbing was a functional mess

 

[Jupiter]

But the plumbing was a functional mess

Ah that's alright Proto types are always rough around the edges. It's the design and concept that is the true work of art.

 

[Jupiter]

My chandelier was strictly done out of boredom. But I wanted to see if I can keep the cobs cool at first without circulating any water. Which they are hovering around 95°. I definitely wouldn't want to run them at a higher amperage. Also in a closed system you have to deal with thermal expansion. Depending how extravagant you want to get you could put an expansion tank in the system. Either way like you pointed out liquid cooled I think is the way to go.

 

[BigSm0]

Atleast a pressure relief valve. Damn dude I didn't even think of that till now.

 

[NastyN8t]

I keep the reservoir open and top it off now and then.....ive ran up to a 35gallon res but it just held more heat.....5 gallon does 525 watts easy

 

[NastyN8t]

Here's my simple,effective reservoir radiator and fan combo....pump is in the bucket. I have moved to 3/4" automotive heater hose for the feed and return lines.

Don't mind the mess, I'm always modding and building all kinds of crazy contraptions

 

[NastyN8t]

I'm going to cad a design eventually that will change cob heatsinking options .

This will become common place once it's readily available.there's so many advantages over traditional methods of heat dissipation coupled with control of where and how that heat is used