Alphacool Launches NEW ES Orbiter Filling Station for Custom Loops

[VSG]

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

• 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

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[mama]

Great idea but pricey.

 

[kapone32]

The price will hurt sales but a nice innovation in the Water cooling space.

 

[ZoneDymo]

wait....so is this suppose to be part of your watercooling loop? having 2 pumps and a reservoir would make the price a tad less painful.
But if it is really meant to just fill your loop........yeah idk who would buy this.

 

[RAINFIRE333]

If I were rich, I'd buy one, but would probably spend the 400 on my real pool maintenance...

 

[1freedude]

wait....so is this suppose to be part of your watercooling loop? having 2 pumps and a reservoir would make the price a tad less painful.
But if it is really meant to just fill your loop........yeah idk who would buy this.

I'd guess system builders that do volume production.

 

[Dammeron]

wait....so is this suppose to be part of your watercooling loop? having 2 pumps and a reservoir would make the price a tad less painful.
But if it is really meant to just fill your loop........yeah idk who would buy this.

Butique PC system integrators (like Maingear etc.), who build multiple LC cooled desktops a day, could really use that.

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.

 

[kapone32]

I love Watercooling GPUs. I even have a Corsair waterblockfor my PCIe 5.0 slot. The thin isI use quick connect from Alphacool so I don't have to drain my system to change a GPU. There is no doubt to me that this is interesting to fans of watercooling though as this makes filling and draining a loop super easy.

I want Eddy from Alphacool to find a way to get TPU a Sample to make a Youtube video of this in action.

 

[L'Eliminateur]

something it always occured to me, ¿why aren't builders vacuum filling custom loops?

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

 

[TechLurker]

something it always occured to me, ¿why aren't builders vacuum filling custom loops?

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

I assume one would have 2 QDCs in their internal loop with just enough flex/space to detach them (probably hidden near a drain point, or used as a drain point when paired with an open tubed QDC), and a male and female QDC on long tubes attached to this device. That way, you only have to link in at the QDCs, fill, filter, and de-air the loop, and then disconnect and reconnect the internal QDCs.

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.