Thursday, July 6th 2023
Alphacool Launches NEW ES Orbiter Filling Station for Custom Loops
You want to fill your cooling loop without any hassle? The new ES Orbiter Filling Station from Alphacool enables very simple and extremely effective, bubble-free filling of water cooling systems. With two powerful pumps, the system to be filled is vented in no time. Thanks to the integrated high-performance filter in the station, the coolant is also cleaned of the finest particles, making it just as ideal for cleaning cooling loops.
Via the slightly raised G1" filling cap on the top, the cooling system is filled effortlessly with the Alphacool ES Filling Station. The illuminated viewing window makes it easy to monitor the fill level at any time, even in poorly lit environments. The integrated reservoir has a sufficiently large capacity of approx. 4500 ml. In addition, the Filling Station has a maintenance door to allow work to be carried out, such as changing filters. The ES Filling Station is now available in our online store (Editor's note: for €399.98 inc. VAT).Features
Via the slightly raised G1" filling cap on the top, the cooling system is filled effortlessly with the Alphacool ES Filling Station. The illuminated viewing window makes it easy to monitor the fill level at any time, even in poorly lit environments. The integrated reservoir has a sufficiently large capacity of approx. 4500 ml. In addition, the Filling Station has a maintenance door to allow work to be carried out, such as changing filters. The ES Filling Station is now available in our online store (Editor's note: for €399.98 inc. VAT).Features
- Dimensions (L x W x H) 415.50 x 226.40 x 188.10 mm
- Material: Case: Metal; Reservoir Acrylic; Tubes TPV (EPDM)
- Power consumption 39 W
- Max. pumping height 3.125 m
- Rate of flow 350 L/h
- Permitted operating temperature (industrial applications) 75 °C
- Water connections 2x G1/4"
- Diameter filling port: G1"
- Volume reservoir approx. 4500 mL
9 Comments on Alphacool Launches NEW ES Orbiter Filling Station for Custom Loops
But if it is really meant to just fill your loop........yeah idk who would buy this.
And it's not for constant work - You just connect it to Your loop to fill it up and remove any unwanter air bubbles and that's it.
I want Eddy from Alphacool to find a way to get TPU a Sample to make a Youtube video of this in action.
This device still needs an "out" and "in" port so it has to be spliced in the loop somehow which is bothersome at best/impossible as you'd need to remove/replace a length of hose which would spill after you filled it, i'd like to see a proposed system connection diagram.
And again, vacuum filling would be better and only needs one port, which means you could leave a quick disconnect fitting to a reservoir port just for this
If one wants to vacuum fill the loop or use some kind of negative pressure, Aqua Computer has their Leakshield system, which is almost as pricy, but does use a vacuum system to suck as much of the air out of the loop as well as suck in the liquid from an open tube if so desired to fill a loop (they even sell a separate fill port that can sip some fluid into a one-way valve and into the loop). The issue with Leakshield is that it has to be at the highest point of the loop, or at least at the highest end of a reservoir, and some air has to be left in for it to work, as getting the intake membrane wet makes it useless until it dries.