tap water?

FRAGN'STIEN · 05-05-2002, 09:38 PM

Hey all. I just recently went water cooled and was wondering if it's ok to put plain tap water in the system. Is there a chance it clog up the rad with minerals:shrug: If so is there any thing I can put in it or should I drain it and use distilled water?

Divided · 05-05-2002, 09:40 PM

Use distilled water

ECUPirate · 05-05-2002, 09:46 PM

ditto. use distilled.

FRAGN'STIEN · 05-05-2002, 09:54 PM

Ok thnx guys. Also can I just drain the system and put the distilled water in or do I need to clean the system and if so with what?

ECUPirate · 05-05-2002, 10:14 PM

you could put distilled water in it, let it run, and the drain it once more. then you should be good to go.

FRAGN'STIEN · 05-05-2002, 10:36 PM

Great thnx ECU. I'll pick some up tomorrow. BTW great avatar thats a hillarious commercial. Argh another 2 hours of bleeding the system

ECUPirate · 05-05-2002, 11:08 PM

thx.

... with a well designed res/airtrap, bleeding should be painless (no pun intended). I filled mine up, and let it run, adding water periodically. No prob.

Check out http://forums.procooling.com/vbb/sho...&threadid=2985 for sketches of my setup.

Also, check out http://forums.procooling.com/vbb/sho...&threadid=3042 for info on the size of the res...

Nordic · 05-05-2002, 11:30 PM

You should REALLY, REALLY add something to the water to prevent corrosion and funky stuff growing in your system. Even with distilled water you will end up with these problems, it might take a tad longer but you won't get away. Especially in case you are mixing metals in your system, copper&aluminum beeing among the worst, your going to end up with corrosion (oxidation) of the weaker metal (aluminum).

One word: WaterWetter

FRAGN'STIEN · 05-05-2002, 11:43 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Nordic
You should REALLY, REALLY add something to the water to prevent corrosion and funky stuff growing in your system. Even with distilled water you will end up with these problems, it might take a tad longer but you won't get away. Especially in case you are mixing metals in your system, copper&aluminum beeing among the worst, your going to end up with corrosion (oxidation) of the weaker metal (aluminum).

One word: WaterWetter

I'm running a black ice pro which I beleive is copper so no worries there but I do think I will run some water wetter in the system. I heard water wetter is hard on pumps is this true? Also can a person get water wetter at an auto or hardware store or do you have to order the stuff? Oh 1 more question. If I don't use some kind of adative will the water pick up a charge?

ECUPirate · 05-05-2002, 11:48 PM

NO, MAYBE, & YES

Marco · 05-10-2002, 09:02 PM

I'll just mention that I have a bong cooler here that has been running for approaching a year on tap water. Gets a cleaning every few months, but it isn't particularly dirty when I do clean it. Of course, the composition of tap water is different depending on where you are so beware!

UpAllNight · 05-10-2002, 09:54 PM

Jim & D.C are u going to throw your 2 cents in

ItsSoLARGE · 05-10-2002, 11:25 PM

I would say that tap water would conduct and transfer heat a little better than distilled water because of all the chlorine and minerals... but its really not worth it as it will speed up corrosion and stuff

FRAGN'STIEN · 05-10-2002, 11:47 PM

Well I sit right on a natural aquifer so I have some pretty harsh water but I drained my system and bought some distilled water and some water wetter. All should be good now

deeznuts · 05-11-2002, 05:21 AM

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Originally posted by FRAGN'STIEN
Great thnx ECU. I'll pick some up tomorrow. BTW great avatar thats a hillarious commercial. Argh another 2 hours of bleeding the system

for god's sake man put a fill tube or air trap or something in there! mine was so easy, and it worked so good, it was ridiculous. just a T fitting at the highest point in the system. the third end of the T has a length of hose, about 10" long, coming off of it. that's it. worked like a charm. filled up through a funnel, turned on the pump for a split second, filled up some more, let it run. come back every fifteen minutes or even longer to top it off. simple as that.

05-05-2002, 09:38 PM	#1
FRAGN'STIEN Cooling Savant Join Date: May 2002 Location: Rathdrum, ID Posts: 380	tap water? Hey all. I just recently went water cooled and was wondering if it's ok to put plain tap water in the system. Is there a chance it clog up the rad with minerals:shrug: If so is there any thing I can put in it or should I drain it and use distilled water? __________________ This space for rent

05-05-2002, 09:40 PM	#2
Divided Cooling Neophyte Join Date: May 2002 Location: NY, USA Posts: 81	Use distilled water __________________ Pentium IV 1.8A NW @ 2.65Ghz Alpha Heatsink w/ Panaflo H1A ASUS P4S533 Mobo 512Mb Mushkin Level2 DDR-SDRAM VisonTek GeForce3 Ti500 (254/540Mhz) 2 x 60Gig Seagate HD's W.D. Caviar 8Mb Buffer - 80Gig HD HighPoint Rocket404 Raid Controller Plextor 40/12/40A CD-RW

05-05-2002, 09:46 PM	#3
ECUPirate Hottest Stank of them All Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Washington, DC area Posts: 533	ditto. use distilled. __________________ Does a radioactive cat have 18 half lifes? --Kenny my pimpin' rig: ...previously poorly cooled... 486DX-2 66mhz @ 75mhz, 4Mb ram, shared, 256Mb hard drive Onboard VGA, watercooled, of course 16-color monitor, labtec speakers, 28kbs USRobotics modem Windows XP (think about it) Maze 3, DDen GF3 block, Eheim 1250, econoline van HC, 1/2" hose w/ 5/8" fittings Comair 172mm fan

05-05-2002, 09:54 PM	#4
FRAGN'STIEN Cooling Savant Join Date: May 2002 Location: Rathdrum, ID Posts: 380	Ok thnx guys. Also can I just drain the system and put the distilled water in or do I need to clean the system and if so with what? __________________ This space for rent

05-05-2002, 10:14 PM	#5
ECUPirate Hottest Stank of them All Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Washington, DC area Posts: 533	you could put distilled water in it, let it run, and the drain it once more. then you should be good to go. __________________ Does a radioactive cat have 18 half lifes? --Kenny my pimpin' rig: ...previously poorly cooled... 486DX-2 66mhz @ 75mhz, 4Mb ram, shared, 256Mb hard drive Onboard VGA, watercooled, of course 16-color monitor, labtec speakers, 28kbs USRobotics modem Windows XP (think about it) Maze 3, DDen GF3 block, Eheim 1250, econoline van HC, 1/2" hose w/ 5/8" fittings Comair 172mm fan

05-05-2002, 10:36 PM	#6
FRAGN'STIEN Cooling Savant Join Date: May 2002 Location: Rathdrum, ID Posts: 380	Great thnx ECU. I'll pick some up tomorrow. BTW great avatar thats a hillarious commercial. Argh another 2 hours of bleeding the system __________________ This space for rent

05-05-2002, 11:08 PM	#7
ECUPirate Hottest Stank of them All Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Washington, DC area Posts: 533	thx. ... with a well designed res/airtrap, bleeding should be painless (no pun intended). I filled mine up, and let it run, adding water periodically. No prob. Check out http://forums.procooling.com/vbb/sho...&threadid=2985 for sketches of my setup. Also, check out http://forums.procooling.com/vbb/sho...&threadid=3042 for info on the size of the res... __________________ Does a radioactive cat have 18 half lifes? --Kenny my pimpin' rig: ...previously poorly cooled... 486DX-2 66mhz @ 75mhz, 4Mb ram, shared, 256Mb hard drive Onboard VGA, watercooled, of course 16-color monitor, labtec speakers, 28kbs USRobotics modem Windows XP (think about it) Maze 3, DDen GF3 block, Eheim 1250, econoline van HC, 1/2" hose w/ 5/8" fittings Comair 172mm fan

05-05-2002, 11:30 PM	#8
Nordic Cooling Neophyte Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: Umeå, Sweden Posts: 98	You should REALLY, REALLY add something to the water to prevent corrosion and funky stuff growing in your system. Even with distilled water you will end up with these problems, it might take a tad longer but you won't get away. Especially in case you are mixing metals in your system, copper&aluminum beeing among the worst, your going to end up with corrosion (oxidation) of the weaker metal (aluminum). One word: WaterWetter __________________ Pump:Eheim 1048, Radiator:LPD radiator 100x150x20mm, CPU block:DD Maze-2, GPU block: DD GPU block, Chipset block:Zalman NB32 AMD XP 1500+, EpoX 8K7A, PoV GF3Ti200 Pic of my YY-cube

05-05-2002, 11:48 PM	#10
ECUPirate Hottest Stank of them All Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Washington, DC area Posts: 533	NO, MAYBE, & YES __________________ Does a radioactive cat have 18 half lifes? --Kenny my pimpin' rig: ...previously poorly cooled... 486DX-2 66mhz @ 75mhz, 4Mb ram, shared, 256Mb hard drive Onboard VGA, watercooled, of course 16-color monitor, labtec speakers, 28kbs USRobotics modem Windows XP (think about it) Maze 3, DDen GF3 block, Eheim 1250, econoline van HC, 1/2" hose w/ 5/8" fittings Comair 172mm fan

05-10-2002, 09:02 PM	#11
Marco Cooling Neophyte Join Date: Mar 2002 Posts: 79	I'll just mention that I have a bong cooler here that has been running for approaching a year on tap water. Gets a cleaning every few months, but it isn't particularly dirty when I do clean it. Of course, the composition of tap water is different depending on where you are so beware!

05-10-2002, 09:54 PM	#12
UpAllNight Cooling Savant Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: HILLBILLY LAND Posts: 159	Jim & D.C are u going to throw your 2 cents in __________________ XP1800 @172x10.5 Maze 3..Ehiem 1250..Chevette Rad 1 120mm panaflo @7v 1" shroud All fits nicely inside my case ambient(74 F) 2.0v Core(33.5) Loaded idle(31.5c) Enermax 431 watt Antec 1030B Gainward Geforce 3 TI200 241/548 Sony CDRW Creative 52x CD Soundblaster Live

05-10-2002, 11:25 PM	#13
ItsSoLARGE Cooling Savant Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: So Cal Posts: 125	I would say that tap water would conduct and transfer heat a little better than distilled water because of all the chlorine and minerals... but its really not worth it as it will speed up corrosion and stuff __________________ Plumber's Goop: The Watercooler's Duct Tape

05-10-2002, 11:47 PM	#14
FRAGN'STIEN Cooling Savant Join Date: May 2002 Location: Rathdrum, ID Posts: 380	Well I sit right on a natural aquifer so I have some pretty harsh water but I drained my system and bought some distilled water and some water wetter. All should be good now __________________ This space for rent

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