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Originally posted by Pyrotechnic
bigben2k, notice how i said POSSIBLY create that much pressure. I never said it WOULD do that. h202 does foam up in a system, i flushed my system out once with it and it does infact foam up.
Bigben2k, you should start having a more positive attitude in this forum. Get a life man, quit acting like you know it all, and quit trying to prove everyone wrong, the fact of the matter is, you dont know everything, and you need to be more open minded. You always have this attitude, not only in this thread but a few others too. Going around calling my posts bullshit is childish, if you disagree, simply state that, otherwise dont say anything.
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All right then Pyrotechnic, let me apologise to you if I sounded harsh. I just had a hard time believing what you were saying, probably because I took it too literally, so I understood it to mean that ... well, I wrote it, so I won't write it again.
(and if you feel that I have a negative attitude, then please file it under "thought provoking", that way we all still get along!)
H2O2 will foam up, as I remember, from contacting biological material, so FLUSHING a system with it would work very well, to remove the microbial deposit on the surface of everything, but I can't help wondering what additive would prevent that from happening in the first place. Maybe you have some thoughts on that.
We've discussed (in another thread) different coolants, but didn't cover H2O2, probably because it wasn't worth mentionning. I will say this though: H2O2 being mostly water, it brings up the topic of galvanic corrosion which, if an issue in someone's rig, would be a far greater concern, as it can seriously affect system performance, if not stop it completely. When using a pelt, that type of system degredation can be disastrous.
On the other hand, if a rig is purely made of (say) copper, including the barbs (copper not being available, plastic, but not a solder joint), where galvanic corrosion is not an issue, and where the coolant temp will not be dropped under freezing, then H2O2 may be an interesting choice (with an open air-trap), as it would take care of the only remaining problem: the biological growth within the water (it's pretty much inescapable) but wouldn't that require a regular flush/refill?.
Water is still the best coolant. O2 would be a gas...