US20140373933A1 - No Drip Hot Swap Connector And Method of Use - Google Patents
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Abstract
A connector for use in a negative pressure coolant system is disclosed. The connector connects coolant system circulating to an electrical component thereby allowing the coolant to circulate through the electrical component. The connector is made up of two components, a component side connector and a pump side connector, and can be in three positions: disengaged, semi-engaged and fully-engaged. An electrical component can be drained of its coolant while the connector is shifted from the fully-engaged position, to the semi-engaged position and to the disengaged position. This can be accomplished without shutting down the negative pressure coolant system, thus allowing a particular electrical component to be disconnected without affecting the cooling efficiency of other electrical components connected to the system. Because the coolant is drained, it will not spill on the electrical component and cause damage.
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- The present application claims priority as a divisional of U.S. application Ser. No. 14/205777 filed on Mar. 12, 2014 which is a non-provisional of Ser. No. 61/839246 filed on Jun. 25, 2013. The full disclosure of these references are herein incorporated by reference.
- The present invention relates to systems and methods for cooling computer systems.
- Arrays of electronic computers or components, such as those found in data centers, generate a great deal of heat. An example central processing unit of a personal computer (“CPU”) generates over 100 watts of heat (some can generate much more than this) and has a maximum case temperature of about 60 C. An example array (or rack) of 88 CPUs may generate 9 kW of heat.
- The standard way to keep data centers cool is to use expensive and relatively inefficient vapor-compression refrigeration systems at least part of the time. These conventional cooling or “air conditioning” systems often use more power that the computers themselves, all of which is discharged to the environment as waste heat. These systems use air as the heat transfer medium, and it is due to the low heat capacity and low thermal conductivity of air that refrigeration must be used to remove the heat generated by multiple air heat exchangers. Some operators use evaporation of cooling liquid to cool liquid-to-air heat exchangers. While this is more thermally efficient than refrigeration, the computers run hotter, reducing their reliability, decreasing their efficiency and making the data center uncomfortable for human occupants.
- Water is used as the coolant throughout this disclosure, but it will be known to those in art that other coolants may be used. Water has approximately 4000 times more heat capacity than air of the same volume, so water is a theoretically ideal heat transfer agent for direct heat transfer from heat generating components. Other coolants offer similar performance. For example, the coolant may consist essentially of water, including tap water, or may comprise one or more perfluorocarbons or avionics cooling liquids. Liquid cooling is recognized as a thermally efficient way to cool computer CPUs due to their high concentration of power and heat generation in a small space, but the rest of a computer's electronics generate heat at a lower rate and temperature, so air-cooling is appropriate for much of the associated hardware.
- Current systems may use liquid cooling to move the heat from the CPU to a radiator mounted close to the CPU, or they may use an air-to-liquid heat exchanger to remove heat from the computer enclosure. These systems suffer from the high thermal resistance and bulkiness of air-to-liquid or liquid-to-air heat exchangers. Other systems use a chilled coolant loop to cool the computer, but these systems require complex and expensive connectors and plumbing to connect the server to the building coolant supply while insuring that no leaks occur, which may be devastating in or near a computer. Accordingly, operators of server systems are rightly concerned about leaks and reliability of using liquid to coo computers. Furthermore, chillers require a large amount of power. Additionally, for operation in a data center, servers, particularly blade servers, need to be compact.
- Therefore, what is needed is a compact cooling solution adaptable for up to a large number of computers, that combines and balances air-cooling for low-intensity heat sources with liquid-cooling for high-intensity heat sources while using a minimum amount of coolant flow, and that is reliable, leak-free and low in power consumption.
- The present system addresses these issues and more by providing in various example embodiments an efficient and compact connector for use in a negative pressure coolant system. The connector connects the coolant system to an electrical component thereby allowing the coolant to circulate through the electrical component. The connector is made up of two components, a component side connector and a pump side connector. The component side connector includes a housing that contains a return conduit pin and a supply conduit pin that are both in hydraulic connection with the electrical component allowing coolant to circulate through the electrical component. The pump side connector mates with component side connector. The pump side connector includes a housing that contains a return valve and a supply valve. The return and supply valves are constructed such that the connector has three positions: disengaged, semi-engaged and fully-engaged. When the pump side connector is in a disengaged position both the return and supply valves are closed and sealed against positive pressure. When the pump side connector is in a semi-engaged position with the component side connector (1) the return valve forms a hydraulic seal with the return conduit pin, (2) the supply conduit pin is hydraulically exposed to positive pressure, and (3) the supply valve is closed and sealed against positive pressure. And when the pump side connector is in a fully-engaged position with the component side connector (1) the return valve forms a hydraulic seal with the return conduit pin, and (2) the supply valve forms a hydraulic seal with the supply conduit pin, thereby allowing the coolant to circulate to the electrical component.
- Other aspects of the invention are disclosed herein as discussed in the following Drawings and Detailed Description.
- The invention can be better understood with reference to the following figures. The components within the figures are not necessarily to scale, emphasis instead being placed on clearly illustrating example aspects of the invention. In the figures, like reference numerals designate corresponding parts throughout the different views and/or embodiments. It will be understood that certain components and details may not appear in the figures to assist in more clearly describing the invention.
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FIG. 1A illustrates a duckbill valve. -
FIG. 1B illustrates the top view of the duckbill valve ofFIG. 1A . -
FIG. 1C illustrates an alternate two-disk valve design. -
FIG. 1D illustrates one way to stage the valve design ofFIG. 1C . -
FIG. 1E illustrates a second way to stage the valve design ofFIG. 1C . -
FIG. 2A illustrates the connector and its two components in the disengaged position. -
FIG. 2B illustrates another configuration of the connector with staggered conduit pin lengths. -
FIG. 3 illustrates the connector ofFIG. 2A in a fully-engaged position. -
FIG. 4A illustrates the connector ofFIG. 2A in a semi-engaged position. -
FIG. 4B illustrates the connector ofFIG. 2A in a semi-engaged position, further showing the air flow. -
FIG. 4C illustrates the connector ofFIG. 2A in a semi-engaged position, further showing the air flow through a whistle. -
FIG. 5 illustrates the pumping side of the connector with a latch. -
FIG. 6 illustrates the pumping side of the connector inserted into the component side of the connector, with the latch engaged. -
FIG. 7 illustrates a hydraulic delay mechanism in the connector. -
FIG. 8 is an isometric and exploded view of the connector ofFIG. 6 . -
FIG. 9 is a side and exploded view of the connector ofFIG. 6 , along with a top view. -
FIG. 10A illustrates a blind mate connection using the connector. -
FIG. 10B illustrates a blind mate connector. -
FIG. 10C illustrates a blind mate connector. -
FIG. 10D illustrates a blind mate connector. -
FIG. 10E illustrates a blind mate connector. -
FIG. 11 illustrates the use of the connector in a negative pressure coolant pumping system. - Following is a non-limiting written description of example embodiments illustrating various aspects of the invention. These examples are provided to enable a person of ordinary skill in the art to practice the full scope of the invention without having to engage in an undue amount of experimentation. As will be apparent to persons skilled in the art, further modifications and adaptations can be made without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention, which is limited only by the claims.
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FIG. 11 , liquid cooledelectronic components lines 1120 from the central negative pressurecoolant pumping system 1125, the coolant then passes through a heat exchanger in the components and returns to the central negative pressurecoolant pumping system 1120 vialines 1130. The central negative pressurecoolant pumping system 1125 may contain several subcomponents such as pumps, reservoirs and valves. For example, one such system is described in patent application Ser. No. 13/410558 “Computer Cooling System and Method of Use” filed Mar. 2, 2012 by the same inventor, which is incorporated herein by reference in its entirety. - When a component needs to be disconnected it should be drained of coolant to allow for component removal without spilling coolant on sensitive electronics and to prevent freezing damage, corrosion and bacterial growth. An object of this disclosure is to allow for a liquid cooled electronic component to be drained of coolant upon disconnection from a negative pressure pumped liquid cooling system and to seal the pumping system with minimal effort.
- The connector disclosed herein compels the user to remove substantially all the coolant in the component before disconnecting it from the pumping system. The inventor of this application has disclosed designs for no drip hot swap connector in patent application Ser. No. 13/410558 “Computer Cooling System and Method of Use” filed Mar. 2, 2012 by the same inventor, which is incorporated herein by reference in its entirety. The present application includes improvements to the earlier patent application such as preventing the user from removing the connector in one motion and using a staggered multi-valve.
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connector 200, comprised of two components described below, is connected on one side to the component (1105, 1110, 1115) and on the other side to the negative pressurecoolant pumping system 1125. The user must pull the connector from a fully-engaged position to a semi-engaged position in order to reveal a latch, in such a position only one conduit pin is inserted into a valve while the other conduit pin is exposed to positive pressure causing the coolant in the component to be sucked into the pumping system and thereby removed from the component. It should be noted that exposure of the connector to any positive pressure relative to the pressure in the central negative pressure coolant pumping system would cause the component to drain its coolant; this includes normal ambient or atmospheric pressure. The user can then complete the disconnection of the connecter by depressing the latch, allowing the connector to be fully removed. - All of this can happen without turning off or otherwise affecting the rest of the coolant system. In a typical coolant flow rate of 500 cc/minute, the component may contain approximately 8 cc of coolant, so the component is drained in less than one second. Thus the connector disclosed herein is also known as a no drip hot swap connector.
- The preferred embodiment of the no drip hot swap connector consists of two flexible valves, each of which may seal against a conduit pin or positive pressure. The valves are positioned so that one opens before the other as the male portion of the connector (the component side) is advanced into or removed from the female portion (the pumping side).
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valve 100 is shown inFIG. 1A . The valve is similar to the double duckbill type of check valve, which is well known in the art. There are two duckbill valves (105 and 110) mirrored and connected together, with a slit in thecenter 115 of the valve that seals when either end of the valve is connected to a pressure lower than that of the pressure surrounding the outside of the valve—i.e., the ambient pressure. There is also acircular seal 120 around one end of the valve which may seal around a conduit pin. The conduit pin is similar to the inflation needles which are used to fill up basketballs etc. with air. It has a rounded tip and at least one hole or port in the side for flow. The hole or port may be positioned so that it is facing upwards so that any droplets of coolant will not fall out. The diameter of the hole/port may be adjusted to prevent coolant from escaping under positive pressure. Also, multiple small diameter holes/ports may be used to allow for the full and efficient coolant circulation when the connector is fully-engaged, but when the connector is disengaged and exposed to positive pressure, the coolant's surface tension would prevent the coolant from leaking out of the smaller diameter holes/ports. - Also shown in
FIG. 1A incross-hatch 125 is the thickness of the walls of thevalve 100 along with their general shape. -
FIG. 1B illustrates a top view of thevalve 100, with theslit 115. Two additional and optionalcompliant structures 130 are shown, which are made of a compliant material such that they can exert force on thevalve 100. The compliant structures can be compressed in the direction ofarrow 135 when the conduit pin is inserted into the valve 100 (described below). Once the conduit pin is removed from thevalve 100, the compliant structures resume their pre-compressed shape and exert force on the walls of thevalve 100, thus shutting the valve and preventing air from entering the system. Thesecompliant structures 130 may not be necessary to the design because the resilient nature of the valve 100 (and its material) would be sufficient to seal against positive pressure. - In another embodiment, the valve may be formed of two disks of a resilient material, such as plastic, silicone or rubber, as shown in
FIG. 1C . Onedisk 140 contains aslit 142 in the middle and thesecond disk 145 has acircle 147 bored out.Disk 140 operates in the same manner as theslit 115 in the center ofvalve 100 ofFIG. 1A . Anddisk 145 operates in the same manner as thecircular seal 120 of thevalve 100 ofFIG. 1A . These discs may be contained within a rigid housing, similar to a Pete's Plug, as described in U.S. Pat. No. 3,797,317. Thedisks slit disk 140 closes completely. While thesestructures - As described below, the connector uses two valves in a staggered design and at an orientation that is 180 degrees from each other. So the connector with the
duckbill valve 100 of FIG 1A would use two such valves in a staggered configuration, with one valve 100 (the return valve) having thecircular seal 120 that contacts a return conduit pin at the entrance of thevalve 100 and a second valve 100 (the supply valve) having thecircular seal 120 contacting a supply conduit pin at the exit of thevalve 100. And for the connector with the disk valve ofFIG. 1C , the supply valve would have theslit disk 140 first and thehole disk 145 second, as shown inFIG. 1D , while the return valve would have the reverse order (FIG. 1E ). The valve construction ofFIGS. 1C through 1E might be more compact. The descriptions below describe the connector with the duckbill type valve (i.e.,FIG. 1A ), but it should be understood that other valve designs are possible provided they provide a sealed connection. - The
entire connector 200 is shown inFIG. 2A . The connector is made up of two detachable components, the electronic component side 205 (male side) is on the left and the pumping side 210 (female side) is on the right. The connector is comprised of two double-duck-bill valves FIG. 1A , although other valve designs are also possible, including the design described inFIG. 1C . Each of thesevalves -
Valve 100 a is the supply valve that supplies coolant to the component, whilevalve 100 b is the return valve that allows coolant that has circulated through the component to return to the negative pressure pumping system. It is into each of thevalves conduit 225 connected to a port orports 230 at the distal end, allowing for coolant to either enter or exit the pin as depicted byarrow 235. - The connector has three possible engagement positions: disengaged, semi-engaged and fully engaged.
FIG. 2A illustrates the disengaged position where the conduit pins 215 and 220 have not engaged their respective valves. In this position, thevalves - Conduit pins 215 and 220 do not engage their respective valves at the same time. Rather as the
component side 205 is brought into mating contact with thepumping side 210, returnconduit pin 220 engages thereturn valve 100 b first thus forming a sealed hydraulic connection between thereturn connector tube 820 b and the conduit withinreturn conduit pin 220. Once that connection is made, called the semi-engaged position, the pumping system which is at negative pressure begins to suck air from thesupply conduit pin 215. The semi-engaged position is described in more detail below with reference toFIGS. 4A , 4B and 4C. - After the semi-engaged position, the
component side 205 is brought closer to thepumping side 210 such that thesupply conduit pin 215 engages thesupply valve 100 a, forming a sealed hydraulic connection between thesupply connector tube 820 a and the conduit withinsupply conduit pin 215. When both conduit pins are engaged, the connector is in the fully-engaged position such that coolant from the pumping system can flow through the component. The fully-engaged position is described in more detail below with reference toFIG. 3 . While the valves are shown in a staggered configuration, the conduit pins can instead be staggered, with the same result—i.e., the valves engage their respective conduit pins in a staggered/serial manner. - This is shown in
FIG. 2B , where the conduit pins are staggered with thereturn conduit pin 260 positioned to engage with thereturn valve 263 before thesupply conduit pin 265 engages with thesupply valve 268. - The portion of the
return valve 100 b that seals against thereturn conduit pin 220 is on the left and on the right forsupply conduit pin 215/supply valve 100 a complex. This maximizes the range of the connector insertion position wherein the server may be drained. - The
connector 200 in the fully-engaged or pumping position is shown inFIG. 3 . Thecomponent side 205 has been mated with thepumping side 210 such that the conduit pins (215 and 220) force the slits open onvalves areas 305, so that coolant may flow through the connector. The circular seals around either end of the valves (shown at position 310) prevent air from leaking into the system. The flow in the top is from right to left (shown with arrow 315), thus supplying coolant into thecomponent side 205 and in the bottom it is from left to right (shown with arrow 320), thus removing coolant from thecomponent side 205. The valves should be tight against the housing so as to provide a tight seal and prevent air from entraining into the coolant system. - The connector in the semi-engaged or draining position is shown in
FIG. 4A . In this position, thecomponent side 205 is pulled to the left away from the pumpingside 210. The important thing to note in this figure is that thereturn conduit pin 220 is stilled engaged with thereturn valve 100 b as shown in highlightedarea 405. Thisreturn conduit pin 220 represents the flow from the component to the pumping system, while thesupply conduit pin 215 is not engaged (highlight area 410) and thesupply valve 100 a is sealed. The holes in the side of thesupply conduit pin 215 allow air to flow intopin 215, thereby clearing the coolant out of the component, as shown inFIG. 4B . -
FIG. 4B illustrates the flow of air into the component side of the system so as to drain the coolant from the component side, thus allowing for a no-drip disconnection when the cooling system is operating. In other words, a user can disconnect the component side from the pumping side without having to turn off the cooling system. This is important because a central liquid cooling system often services several dozen individual electronic components. It is simply not feasible to shut down the cooling system when a single one of those components must be taken off-line for repair or replacement because such a shutdown would subject the other components to potential heat damage. It is also important that the system purges itself automatically when disconnected to prevent the coolant from splashing on the electronic component and causing damage. Because the component is drained, once it is removed a user can trouble shoot the component without concern of coolant spilling and causing damage. -
FIG. 4B shows theairflow 420 into thesupply conduit pin 215. The construction of thecomponent side 205 and thepumping side 210 should allow for air-flow into the component side when the connector is in the semi-engaged position (i.e., the position shown inFIGS. 4A , 4B and 4C). Because thereturn conduit pin 220 is still fully engaged with the pumping side, coolant is still being sucked into the pumping side as shown bycoolant flow 425. Within a moment, the component side will be drained of most of its coolant, thus preventing the coolant from causing damage to the electronic component. In a preferred embodiment, the coolant flow rate is 500 cc/minute, and the component contains approximately 8 cc of coolant, so the component is drained in less than one second. -
FIG. 4C shows another embodiment of the connector which includes awhistle 435. Thewhistle 435 may make a noise whenairflow 430 rushes through or past it. The amount ofair flow 430 will change depending on the amount of coolant left in the electronic component. When the electronic component is drained theair flow 430 will increase, and it is the difference in the airflow that can cause a change in the audible characteristic of the whistle indicating to a user that the component has been sufficiently drained. - If the connector is separated too quickly, the coolant may not completely drained from the component, therefore it is preferable to have a latch system that forces the user to maintain the connector in the semi-engaged position shown in
FIGS. 4A , 4B and 4C for a moment prior to complete disconnection of the connector.FIG. 5 illustrates alatch 505 on thepumping side 210 of the connector that assists in momentarily keeping the connector in the semi-engaged position. Thislatch 505 mates with thecomplementary structure 605 shown inFIG. 6 which holds the connector in the semi-engaged position. This is the position shown inFIG. 6 . The rounded end of thelatch 505 is not able to be actuated until thepumping side 210 is partially separated from thecomponent side 205. In a typical removal, the user will initially pull on the sides of the connector bringing the latch to the position shown inFIG. 6 , then the user will repositioned their hand to depress the latch allowing the connector to be completely disconnected. This two-step process keeps the connector in the semi-engaged position momentarily to allow complete draining of the coolant from the component. Other suitable designs may be employed to affect a delay to allow the connector to remain in the semi-engaged position long enough to allow for complete draining of the coolant from the component. - In another embodiment from co-pending application Ser. No. 13/410,558, the coolant may itself create the delay. For example, the connector may include a coolant delay mechanism such as shown in
FIG. 7 , which prevents the user from disconnecting the connector until the component side is purged of coolant. The connector may achieve this in a two-step process. First, the user will initially pull on the sides of the connector bringing the latch to the position shown inFIG. 6 , then the user will depress the latch allowing the connector to be completely disconnected. It is in the second step that the coolant itself can create a delay. Thelatch 505 is connected to abutton 705. At the bottom of the button is apiston head 710 or plunger that resists movement by a hydraulic lock created by coolant still present in thebottom chamber 715, which coolant will take a short period of time to be sucked out. The leak rate frombottom chamber 715 is selected such that thepiston head 710 does not move until enough time has passed to ensure that the component side has been purged of coolant as shown by arrow 720 throughconnector tube 820 b. Once the button is free to move, the user can depress the latch and complete the disconnection. Thus, the valve is a mechanical device that creates a delay in releasing the connection, during which time the coolant can be drained. When the system is dry, no delay occurs because there is no coolant to be pushed out of thebottom chamber 715 by thepiston head 710, so the delay does not happen when it is not needed. - The
latch 505 on thepumping side 205 and thecomplementary slot 605 on thecomponent side 210 create a keyed configuration such that the two components of the connector can only mate in one orientation. A keyed configuration, however, may not be necessary to the operation of the connector. If, for example, coolant can flow through the component in either direction without affecting cooling efficiency then the two components of the connector can be connected in either orientation. If, however, the cooling efficiency is dependent on the flow direction, the two components should be keyed. This may be the case, for example, if the component, or connector, has a coolant filter such that changing the coolant flow direction would backwash that filter and pollute the system. - If instead of a staggered valve configuration, the conduit pins are staggered then it would be preferable to have a keyed configuration to ensure that the first conduit pin to engage, engages with the return valve.
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FIGS. 8 and 9 illustrate an exploded view of the connector, with all its various subcomponents. Thepumping side 210 of the connector has several subcomponents includingsupply valve 100 a,return valve 100 b, which are enclosed by retainingclips 815. Theseclips 815 may apply compressive force to thevalves Connector tubes valves tubes Rubber gasket 825 fits over thetubes valves housing 810 of thepumping side 210 of the connector. On the top side of thehousing 810 is alatch 505 that mates with acomplementary structure 605 on thecomponent side 205 connector. - In
FIG. 10A , theconnector 1010 is shown built into a component, in this case aserver 1015 that is to be installed into aserver rack 1020. When the user pushes theserver 1015 into therack 1020, the component side of the connector is in a predetermined location such that when it slides in therack 1020, the component side mates with the pumping side which is also in a predetermined location. Because there is a little play in the server rack to allow for easy alignment, it may be advantageous to allow the pumping side of the connector a little play as well. It also may be advantageous to shape the receiving end of the pumping side connector in a wedge shape to more easily mate the connector. If the user needs to remove theserver 1015, the user pulls theserver 1015 out of therack 1020. To make certain that the server is drained sufficiently of coolant, the connector may have a delay structure. Because the user cannot see the connection of the two components of the connector, this is called a blind mate. - In
FIG. 10B , 10C, 10D and 10E theblind mate connector 1010 is shown in greater detail. The connector has two components, thepumping side 1030 and thecomponent side 1035. Thecomponent side 1035 has threaded nuts 1040 to allow thecomponent side 1035 to be affixed to the component. Thepumping side 1030 may also havebolts 1045 to allow thepumping side 1030 to be affixed to the rack. As described above, while thecomponent side 1035 may affixed to the component and thepumping side 1030 to the rack, it preferably may have some play or wiggle-room in either or both thepumping side 1030 andcomponent side 1035 to allow thecomponent side 1035 to have a better opportunity to fully mate. - Another alternate embodiment would utilize different length pins pressing on spring-loaded poppet valves, as in quick connect coupling described in U.S. Pat. No. 4,436,125. In this way, when the connector is in the intermediate position, one pin is pushing a poppet valve open and another is not yet engaged. Because the valve operates under vacuum, the poppet valves may need to be of the balanced type, so that the vacuum does not cause them to open prematurely.
- The invention has been described in connection with specific embodiments that illustrate examples of the invention but do not limit its scope. Various example systems have been shown and described having various aspects and elements. Unless indicated otherwise, any feature, aspect or element of any of these systems may be removed from, added to, combined with or modified by any other feature, aspect or element of any of the systems. As will be apparent to persons skilled in the art, modifications and adaptations to the above-described systems and methods can be made without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention, which is defined only by the following claims. Moreover, the applicant expressly does not intend that the following claims “and the embodiments in the specification to be strictly coextensive.” Phillips v. AHW Corp., 415 F.3d 1303, 1323 (Fed. Cir. 2005) (en banc).
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1. A dry-disconnect system for liquid-cooled electronic components, comprising a connector releasably connecting a liquid coolant-containing heat exchanger to a liquid coolant-containing reservoir in fluid communication with the heat exchanger, where the liquid coolant is below-atmospheric-pressure, the connector adapted to release the liquid coolant-containing heat exchanger from the reservoir only when substantially all of the liquid coolant has been drained out of the heat exchanger.
2. A method of draining coolant from an electrical component connected to a negative pressure coolant system, the method comprising:
(a) providing a connector that connects the negative pressure coolant system to the electrical component, the connector comprising pump side connector adapted to mate with a component side connector that contains a return conduit pin and a supply conduit pin in hydraulic connection with an electrical component, the pump side connector comprising a return valve and a supply valve constructed such that: when the pump side connector is in a semi-engaged position with the component side connector (1) the return valve forms a hydraulic seal with the return conduit pin, (2) the supply conduit pin is hydraulically exposed to positive pressure, and (3) the supply valve is closed and sealed against positive pressure;
(b) placing the pump side connector in the semi-engaged position, thereby allowing positive pressure to push the coolant out of the electrical component into the negative pressure coolant system through the return valve; and
(c) maintaining the pump side connector in the semi-engaged position a sufficient amount of time to drain the coolant from the electrical component.
3. The method of claim 2 wherein when the pump side connector is in a disengaged position both the return and supply valves are closed and sealed against the positive pressure, the method further comprising placing the pump side connector in the disengaged position, thereby disconnecting the electrical component from the negative pressure coolant system.
4. The method of claim 2 , the connector further comprising a delay structure, wherein the sufficient amount of time of step (c) is caused at least in part by the delay structure.
5. The method of claim 4 wherein the delay structure is a latch, wherein the wherein the sufficient amount of time of step (c) is caused at least in part by actuating the latch.
6. The method of claim 2 , the connector further comprising an audible indicator that makes noise dependent on the amount of coolant in the electrical component, wherein the sufficient amount of time of step (c) is based on the audible characteristics of the audible indicator.
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