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Originally Posted by kcress
Those coolers have fluid in them. Are there any mounting position limitations?
What multi-chips are you using?
How exactly are you mounting them?
What drivers are you using?
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Yes, heatpipes have fluid in them, the fluid turns to vapor and that's what facilitates the cooling. I'm not sure if there are any limitations on how you can mount them, but I have seen many 90 degree mods on computers (this is where you mount all cards vertically instead of horisontally) and that works. I'm going to hang these horisontally exactly as they would be in a standard computer setup.
The coolers have a small loop in each corner, I'm going to run a wire through it and hang it up as any normal light.
I buy multichips with Epistar led in them. Not sure if it is ok to post links to resellers for the chips / drivers. But I buy them from Hong Kong over Ebay. I have used MeanWell 240W drivers very successfully for these chips also.
Mounting the chips to the copper heatsink is done by first polishing both surfaces and then applying arctic silver thermal adhesive and pressing both surfaces together. In a matter of minutes it's rock solid.