Monport CW3000 Chiller Setup

Detailed setup of the Monport CW3000 Chiller (Heat Exchanger) for my Monport 40W CO2 laser along with modifications I made tot he CW3000 and modifications made to the laser.

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[SensSword]

I'm still amazed at how much equipment I can fit in my basement... long as I let my wife do whatever she wants in the rest of the house. These guys with their own shops make me a bit jealous but motivate me regardless.

[terryh]

Thanks Roger just got my CW3000 Chiller I mean Heat Exchanger in and installing today. Thanks for ideas brother. 💯

[cubansli]

Awesome video. I just got mine... Youtube is a good thing. Old Shop Teacher 25 years. Take care

[KrystenGraves]

Thank you for the video! I was trying to trouble shoot a water chiller error on my newly installed chiller. When you said outlet to inlet it clicked. I had the hoses in the wrong ports.

[privatebubba]

Hey Roger, my solution for powering up the laser and I have an actual chiller and my external fan upgrade was to plug them all in to the same grounded power strip. Leave the laser and chiller with the power switch on so when I turn the power strip on everything powers up and your ground connection is maintained.

[funone]

Great video. Any idea how much pressure the pump might make?

[RicksCents]

I’m surprised you didn’t route everything on the back side to inside the case. It would have have a better look with cable management.

[mikeledee]

Can a coolant be used instead of water to make the unit more efficient?

[TheLouisianaHobbyGuy]

*Awesome video Roger!* I was wondering why you didn't just change the outlet to a grounded one on the laser... learned something new! _Ice cube relay;_ brilliant! Now after looking on Amazon, I'm totally confused! Which relay did you use?

[terrytharrett]

Any chance you show a step by step process to add the LED strip lights and changing the head when it arrives?

[RicksCents]

Was that a Substation in the Picture?
Are you a Union Brother?

[AllenBethea]

My garage gets fairly hot in summer. Would a peltier cooler placed near the air intake help bring the water temp down to a safe range regardless of the room temperature?

[Bump-mwvk]

Roger what googles do you have and are the for a blue diode laser I have an atomstack x7 pro and I need to find a pair thanks

[MSRWorkshop]

Not sure that type of flow meter on that laser is necessary. That color temp display you have can be purchased with a visual flow indicator, which should be all you need. So long as water is moving through your laser that’s all you need to know. Having actual flow values seems pointless in my opinion. And the only reason to really have a flow indicator is if you were using the old style aquarium pump in a bucket which will let you know if your pump quit workin. But with the chiller, it has an alarm to let you know if your flow is not working. I can see somebody being overly cautious and have multiple redundant’s with a multiple thousand dollar machine but A k40 runs about a 600 bucks. Seems a little silly. Not trying to be critical of your upgrades but, what is the point of so many lights as well ? Are you running a camera inside your machine?
Otherwise great video I have my heat exchange unit coming tomorrow. I also have the actual chiller on another laser and it’ll be interesting to see how this heat exchange compares when the weather gets warm.

[MSRWorkshop]

Just add a smart power strip. Much easier to do.

[DaBalloonGuy]

Some of us aren’t engineers and don’t have all the bells and whistles for our chillers so we need to stick with what we have. Some of us live in the cold and risk having the water freeze in the tube.