Dirty water tower...how to clean

Monty · 06-25-2003, 12:45 PM

I recently built an evap tower using a 5 gallon bucket and 4" pvc pipe....about 5 feet tall. Temps are great, about 25c full load. Problem is, my cooling loop is getting dirty, I can actually see dust/debris clining to the inside of my lines. I don't think I have a bio-funk problem as I'm using tap water and add about a gallon of fresh each day. I think it's just a normal collection of dust and crap from the air.

First thing I'm doing is adding a fan filter, and I've flushed the loop with several bucket loads of fresh water. Unfortunately I still have a lot of funk clinging to the inside of my lines and I'm sure to the insides of my blocks.

Is there any type of chemical I can use to flush the system? Particulary anything that is safe for my pumps (ViaAqua 1300's) and blocks (swifty cpu and gpu). I'm not particularly in the mood to tear the whole thing down, take apart the blocks and clean it all up. I will if I have to, but its only been running about a month and I was hoping there was some way I could flush it some how.

Any ideas??

Thanks!
Monty

utabintarbo · 06-25-2003, 01:57 PM

I was thinking that an aquarium filter might be good here, though it might require a second pump :shrug: (/me + fish = dead fish).

Bob

Got KarmA? · 06-25-2003, 03:36 PM

I'm interested as well.

I was thinking a humidifier tablet but it might foam.

Freaek · 06-25-2003, 08:20 PM

I read in another thread (can't remember which?) that someone used pine sol? or something and that cleaned their gunk really well.

What we need is some nanobots in the coolant to automatically clean gunk from the system, and repair any leaks they find

(I saw the Hulk last night

bigben2k · 06-25-2003, 09:27 PM

Nanobots aside (even though it's a cool movie

), Airspirit is the one that tried it, here.

Got KarmA? · 06-25-2003, 10:29 PM

Interesting read, thanks BB.

I was hoping for something that could be run in a permanent basis on my bong setup ... I'm not sure if that UV thing would work, however. *shrug*

Monty · 06-26-2003, 01:11 AM

Thanks for the link BigBen.....might try the pinesol solution.....but I'll likely just scrub since I don't think my gunk is bio.....

06-25-2003, 12:45 PM	#1
Monty Cooling Neophyte Join Date: May 2003 Location: Colorado Posts: 9	Dirty water tower...how to clean I recently built an evap tower using a 5 gallon bucket and 4" pvc pipe....about 5 feet tall. Temps are great, about 25c full load. Problem is, my cooling loop is getting dirty, I can actually see dust/debris clining to the inside of my lines. I don't think I have a bio-funk problem as I'm using tap water and add about a gallon of fresh each day. I think it's just a normal collection of dust and crap from the air. First thing I'm doing is adding a fan filter, and I've flushed the loop with several bucket loads of fresh water. Unfortunately I still have a lot of funk clinging to the inside of my lines and I'm sure to the insides of my blocks. Is there any type of chemical I can use to flush the system? Particulary anything that is safe for my pumps (ViaAqua 1300's) and blocks (swifty cpu and gpu). I'm not particularly in the mood to tear the whole thing down, take apart the blocks and clean it all up. I will if I have to, but its only been running about a month and I was hoping there was some way I could flush it some how. Any ideas?? Thanks! Monty

06-25-2003, 01:57 PM	#2
utabintarbo Cooling Savant Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Sterling Hts., MI Posts: 496	I was thinking that an aquarium filter might be good here, though it might require a second pump :shrug: (/me + fish = dead fish). Bob __________________ Sarcasm is yet another of the free services we offer!

06-25-2003, 09:27 PM	#5
bigben2k Responsible for 2% of all the posts here. Join Date: May 2002 Location: Texas, U.S.A. Posts: 8,302	Nanobots aside (even though it's a cool movie ), Airspirit is the one that tried it, here. __________________ WBTA (Water Block Testing Alliance) Nordic Hardware WC 101

06-25-2003, 03:36 PM	#3
Got KarmA? Cooling Neophyte Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Too far from Canada ... Posts: 95	I'm interested as well. I was thinking a humidifier tablet but it might foam.

06-25-2003, 08:20 PM	#4
Freaek Cooling Neophyte Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Newcastle, Australia Posts: 2	I read in another thread (can't remember which?) that someone used pine sol? or something and that cleaned their gunk really well. What we need is some nanobots in the coolant to automatically clean gunk from the system, and repair any leaks they find (I saw the Hulk last night

06-25-2003, 10:29 PM	#6
Got KarmA? Cooling Neophyte Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Too far from Canada ... Posts: 95	Interesting read, thanks BB. I was hoping for something that could be run in a permanent basis on my bong setup ... I'm not sure if that UV thing would work, however. shrug

06-26-2003, 01:11 AM	#7
Monty Cooling Neophyte Join Date: May 2003 Location: Colorado Posts: 9	Thanks for the link BigBen.....might try the pinesol solution.....but I'll likely just scrub since I don't think my gunk is bio.....

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