Type of water to use

[Sc0rian]

After long time I'm going back to watercooling...


Ok, so I want some water, as I hate using WW etc..... Although water wetter is 100% evil...

I was going to say, I'm not paying for the price for fluidxp, it's just out of the roof for what it is, like 100% profit, paying for there brand name now days.

SO I looked around and had a go to find what the "real" name for fluidxp is, and how I can get it alot alot cheap in the uk.

After some google work, i found this statement "The term pH comes from Pourvoir Hydrogene, which is French for "power of hydrogen".".

After looking more I found 3M™ Fluorinert™ Electronic Liquid FC-70

So, I find this stuff, I got to get some stuff in the UK, and cheap, hopefull around east anglia (where i live and very much doubt it as slater is around my area too)

So, did I do my "research" right? IF so where can I look for this stuff. Is it really called pH?

THanks alot

- S

[Butcher]

Why not just use water? Flourinert is not as good as water, it's very expensive, and it's harmful to the environment.

[Sc0rian]

and it's harmful to the environment

Aye, But erm.. Yes.. ok..:| " liquid is chemically stable."

I still don't want to use water

sorry


-S

[SlaterSpeed]

Stick with the Zerex

Your best bet on getting Florenert is to find the local 3M dealer but i dont know who that is. Bet you Its not relly cheaper than Fluidxp tho..

slater..

[Sc0rian]

aye slater,

I ordered stuff last night with Zerex.

Criticool PowerPlant II Pump Relay Card 1 23.89 23.89
TDX AMD Lucite Top 1 39.67 39.67
NV 6800 GPU Block 1 70.49 70.49
Tank-O-Matic Black 2 45.99 91.98
Eheim 1250 Pump 1 47.99 47.99
Eheim 1250 1/2" Brass Adaptor Kit 1 4.99 4.99
UV Green Water Dye (10ml) 1 3.49 3.49
Zerex Super Coolant 50ml 1



- S

[Butcher]

Isn't fluidxp largely water anyway? Might as well just use water and zerex if you ask me.

[Sc0rian]

Ye,

Doesnt matter now, I have an idea. Not going to be using any of that stuff. Just di-ironed water, use some green dye, in the green dye has a few chiemical's zerex does. Should be ok.

- S

[killernoodle]

So you dont want to use water cause it is bad, now you want to just use water?

Put some glycol in it, I have never had a problem. That green dye will not help anything.

[Butcher]

Dyes don't in general have corrision inhibitors, you'd be better off with zerex or some other engine coolant additive. Dyes are just for added "bling".

[bobkoure]

Originally Posted by Sc0rian

Not going to be using any of that stuff. Just di-ironed water, use some green dye, in the green dye has a few chiemical's zerex does.

On the off chance that you're not kidding - the several kinds of automotive antifreeze do come with dye in them - but that's to make it clear to service personnel which antifreeze they're dealing with. The dyes don't actually do anything useful for your system - they're just markers.

[Nugit]

Originally Posted by Sc0rian

After some google work, i found this statement "The term pH comes from Pourvoir Hydrogene, which is French for "power of hydrogen".".

Sorry to dig up this thread, but I'd just thought that I should point out that the statement above is untrue. The term pH was invented by a danish chemist at Carlsberg laboratories, Søren Peter Lauritz Sørensen, and stands for "potens-eksponent af hydrogenion", and is measured as the negative exponent of the concentration of H3O+ ions in a solution. A concentration of 10^-3M for example will yeild a pH of 3.