Re: Time to go Water Cooled (need some professional opinions and help!)
 

Yeah it must be worth at least trying.
Good to see another kiwi in here, Im in Hamilton - hot as hell up here lately, sleep is hard to get. I had a neighbour from dunners move back down south as it was to hot for him!

Re: Time to go Water Cooled (need some professional opinions and help!)
 

if you really want to try,
suggest distilled water + chlorine in different concentrations in several glass jars with an oring and a pice of tubing for testing purposes.

Re: Time to go Water Cooled (need some professional opinions and help!)
 

I dont think that would achive much as o rings and tygon tubing are both chemical resistant. I think you would have to add a piece of copper and some anti corrision fluid to the mix to get worthwhile results. As long as the chlorine level is kept low like drinking water I do not see a problem.
Have I just put an end to the anti algae debate?

Re: Time to go Water Cooled (need some professional opinions and help!)
 

and that level is ?
you need to test the water -> maybe a kit (like a pH kit)?
else you need to make some sort of testing procedure (as i stated),
probably in a heated enviornment similar to a WC loop,
although i think it would take some time to actually get proper results, if any.

Re: Time to go Water Cooled (need some professional opinions and help!)
 

Found this on the web - If you are disinfecting your water, enough chlorine should be added to provide a free chlorine residual of around 0.5 parts per million (0.5 milligrams per litre) after 30 minutes. As a general guide, an initial dose of 5 parts per million (5 milligrams per litre) of chlorine will provide this residual.

You can test this with a swimming pool test kit or dip strips, obtainable from your local pool shop or supplier. Any chlorine smell and taste in the water will dissipate after a short time.

Problem solved.

Re: Time to go Water Cooled (need some professional opinions and help!)
 

Perhaps not pertinent, but...

1) Chlorine evaporates.
2) Tygon/vinyl tubing/etc. are porous.

- It may be that the evaporation of chlorine is slow enough to not affect the biocidal affects.
- It may be that the initial concentration of chlorine isn't enough to affect any parts of your system.

Re: Time to go Water Cooled (need some professional opinions and help!)
 

Huh? As long as Chlorine is in solution it shall effect every part of a loop.

Chlorine may evaporate but so does water, anti freeze and any other chemical a user is inspired to dump in a loop.

The fact is chlorine needs to be tested in a live loop for 6 months along with some anti corrision fluid.

Re: Time to go Water Cooled (need some professional opinions and help!)
 

indeed. would be interesting to know how much clorine evaporates - id assume faster than water, as clorine has to be topped up in the likes of pools more often than the water does. Id imagine that 6 monthly water changes would be enough to stop issues, though - and you could run it at a slightly higher concentration (say, 50% again on the swimming pool dosage) - its not like you're swimming in it.

Re: Time to go Water Cooled (need some professional opinions and help!)
 

What I meant is that the chlorine may preferrentially evaporate since it is a lighter molecule than h20. So, it's concentration in the water may decrease.

But, this is all meaningless talk without real testing, as you note.