kony <spam@spam.com> wrote:
>On Thu, 14 Jul 2005 07:18:01 -0800, floyd@apaflo.com (Floyd
>L. Davidson) wrote:
>
>>"stormrider" <oceanwind42@yahoo.com> wrote:
>>>What do you think about the pump stopping, though.
>>>First it will fry the components.
>>
>>If there are components that will fry with no flow, then a flow
>>meter of some kind that will positively indicate that flow is
>>below a certain amount, and a mechanism to shutdown the system,
>>are essential for unattended operation.
>
>No, again the best solution is to actively monitor the
>actual part(s) in jeopardy.

All of them?

>This not being a
>enterprise-class, nor enterprise budget system (as far as we
>know) there will typically not be an enterprise class budget
>for precision flow metering and feedback. It is additional
>complexity that would be implemented while unproven at great
>cost and no certain benefit over already proven solutions
>for a PC.

Monitoring coolant flow in one location is an "enterprise-class"
item, while monitoring every part that is heat sensitive is a
low budget option?

>In other words, the same essential mechanism, actual
>component temp monitoring, is monitoring the only parameter
>that really matters. Water does not get damaged if IT stops
>flowing, we only care about the effect and can measure that
>effect quite a bit less expensively and just as reliably,
>and at greater precision unless there is an extreme budget
>and tons of testing and refinements. That's simply not cost
>or time effective even if it did work as well.

You don't seem to have just a whole lot of experience with this
kind of stuff.

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Floyd L. Davidson <http://web.newsguy.com/floyd_davidson>
Ukpeagvik (Barrow, Alaska) floyd@apaflo.com