Finished Watercooling Project, Now I need Help

[Gulp35]

I finished my watercooling project around mid-November 2004 and all was going well. I thought that I was going to add some anti-freeze to my system at a later date, but being forgetful it has now been nearly 2 months and there is no anti-freeze in the water.....

but that doesn't keep it from looking that way....



This happened about 1 Month after I had the system running... (around the time I lost the paranoia that my pc would gush coolant everywhere if i didn't check it constantly)... It recieved very little sunlight and was the reason I didn't see the problem initially (without a camera flash the tubes look brown and they are inside the case where it was dark (now have UV cathodes as Xmas present *NOT INDENDED FOR STERILIZATION*)

My dad spotted the problem after we finished building our WiFi antenna's for my room

Temps haven't increased from what they were when I started (actually got 1C lower)
I need help or reccomendations of what i should do (besides flush the system).

[Gulp35]

And if You were wondering I did use distilled water, and I flushed and filtered the loop before I installed the Cascade.

[scooterfl]

Check out airspirit's Ultimate *SOL flush

[Gulp35]

Thank You, the people at overclockers.com told me to make Kool Aid out of it, I'm glad to get a better responce (I guess I didn't search enough to find that however *slaps head* )
That Article says that all of the tubing was cleaned by the *SOL flush do you think that it would clean out any thing left in my heatercore and cascade?

I don't really want to disconnect my cascade because I have it mounted so I get I rise in temps over ambient of only 2 Degrees C... ahh welll.... c'est la vie

[rebelranger]

What are some good biocide?? I tried to get the hot tub sanitizer but it is only available in large sizes!!!

[superart]

bleeche
alcohol
gasoline
hydrogen peroxide
terpintine

are all good sanitisers. I suggest avoiding the flamable ones such as terpintine and gasoline. Then again, on second thought.........................

[bobkoure]

Originally Posted by superart

...bleeche ...
are all good sanitisers.

Laundry bleach (usually sodium hypochlorite or sometimes calcium hypochlorite) will do bad things to the copper in your loop.
The search function seems to be down at the moment - when it comes back, do a search for the thread airspirit started on cleaning bio-gunk out of tubing, but in the meanwhile either
- don't use bleach
- use bleach, but take and post pictures of what happens so we can use you as a "bad example".

Bob (not a chemist - but if you don't believe me throw a pre-'83 penny into a jar with some bleach and watch what happens)

[superart]

oh yea, true true.

[BillA]

if you are cleaning the system like this you will foul the wb
take it apart and clean it out when the tubing is done

[Gulp35]

so the *sol treatment wouldn't be good for the cascade( take the cascade off then *sol), or clean the system with *sol then take off the WB and clean the insides?