Hose condensation

AllRoy · 05-15-2002, 10:11 PM

What do you all use to prevent condensation on your hoses?

WebMasta33 · 05-15-2002, 10:18 PM

just put foam rubber over them. Like the kind they use to insulate copper piping for AC systems.

AllRoy · 05-16-2002, 05:33 AM

I assume you mean the pre cut lengths they sell in home depot?

gmat · 05-16-2002, 06:01 AM

Yeha that would do it, provided they're sized accordingly. Just make sure they're held tightly - lots of zip ties for ex.

AllRoy · 05-16-2002, 07:52 AM

There goes my inside watercooled lighting!

bigben2k · 05-16-2002, 09:30 AM

Is condensation on your hose a problem for you? That seems highly unlikely, unless you're running a chiller, but even then, you'd have to have copper tubing, and you obviously don't, since you talk about lighting...

AllRoy · 05-16-2002, 11:23 AM

Ia m using Tygon from my chiller to my computer...thats my problem area....well along with the tubing inside

bigben2k · 05-16-2002, 12:42 PM

Then yeah... you'll have to isolate it.

You won't get lighting, but the bonus is that you might get slightly better temps!

Got any pics? I'm particularly interested in the chiller.

WebMasta33 · 05-16-2002, 12:56 PM

If the condinsation stops at one point in the tube, you could make a drip line, and then any condinsation that beaded up, would run down the tub, to the drip line and fall off.

bigben2k · 05-16-2002, 01:12 PM

Fall off where? (I don't know about you, but I don't have a drain in the floor where my computer is!)

No, just isolate it, all of it, and watch to see if the condensation spreads anywhere else, further down the system.

AllRoy · 05-16-2002, 02:52 PM

I wana finish setting everything up before I start showing pics

WebMasta33 · 05-16-2002, 03:37 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by bigben2k
Fall off where? (I don't know about you, but I don't have a drain in the floor where my computer is!)

Just put a little tuperwear under the drip line, and empty it once a week, when you clean your computer. It's not like a gallon is gonna condinsate off the hose

bigben2k · 05-17-2002, 07:56 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by WebMasta33

Just put a little tuperwear under the drip line, and empty it once a week, when you clean your computer. It's not like a gallon is gonna condinsate off the hose

I don't know about you, but I prefer a low maintenance system, without any kind of open containers lying on the floor, ready to be kicked accidentally...

On the other hand, if you have a pet...

Pyrotechnic · 05-17-2002, 10:28 PM

ya that would really suck for your dog or cat to come take a piss in your resivior.............

Brad · 05-18-2002, 02:40 AM

my dog and cats would just drink the water

BaconGrease · 05-18-2002, 07:55 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Pyrotechnic
ya that would really suck for your dog or cat to come take a piss in your resivior.............

LMAO
Can't get that image out of my head.

05-15-2002, 10:11 PM	#1
AllRoy Cooling Neophyte Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Miami, FL Posts: 67	Hose condensation What do you all use to prevent condensation on your hoses?

05-15-2002, 10:18 PM	#2
WebMasta33 Cooling Savant Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Nebraska Posts: 526	just put foam rubber over them. Like the kind they use to insulate copper piping for AC systems. __________________ ========== --Soyo KT333 DRAGON Ultra (Platinum Edition) --AMD 1.4 @ 1.54 (11x) --768mb of PC2100 (@140FSB) --Asus v8200 GeForce3 @ 210/490 --Maxtor 40gb Quiet + 2 IBM 40gb 60GXPs (removable) + 8gb WD --Audigy --Maze 3, DD Gf3 block, 2x BIX, Eheim1250 ===========

05-16-2002, 09:30 AM	#6
bigben2k Responsible for 2% of all the posts here. Join Date: May 2002 Location: Texas, U.S.A. Posts: 8,302	Is condensation on your hose a problem for you? That seems highly unlikely, unless you're running a chiller, but even then, you'd have to have copper tubing, and you obviously don't, since you talk about lighting... __________________ WBTA (Water Block Testing Alliance) Nordic Hardware WC 101

05-16-2002, 12:42 PM	#8
bigben2k Responsible for 2% of all the posts here. Join Date: May 2002 Location: Texas, U.S.A. Posts: 8,302	Then yeah... you'll have to isolate it. You won't get lighting, but the bonus is that you might get slightly better temps! Got any pics? I'm particularly interested in the chiller. __________________ WBTA (Water Block Testing Alliance) Nordic Hardware WC 101

05-16-2002, 12:56 PM	#9
WebMasta33 Cooling Savant Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Nebraska Posts: 526	If the condinsation stops at one point in the tube, you could make a drip line, and then any condinsation that beaded up, would run down the tub, to the drip line and fall off. __________________ ========== --Soyo KT333 DRAGON Ultra (Platinum Edition) --AMD 1.4 @ 1.54 (11x) --768mb of PC2100 (@140FSB) --Asus v8200 GeForce3 @ 210/490 --Maxtor 40gb Quiet + 2 IBM 40gb 60GXPs (removable) + 8gb WD --Audigy --Maze 3, DD Gf3 block, 2x BIX, Eheim1250 ===========

05-16-2002, 05:33 AM	#3
AllRoy Cooling Neophyte Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Miami, FL Posts: 67	I assume you mean the pre cut lengths they sell in home depot?

05-16-2002, 06:01 AM	#4
gmat Thermophile Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: France Posts: 1,221	Yeha that would do it, provided they're sized accordingly. Just make sure they're held tightly - lots of zip ties for ex.

05-16-2002, 07:52 AM	#5
AllRoy Cooling Neophyte Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Miami, FL Posts: 67	There goes my inside watercooled lighting!

05-16-2002, 11:23 AM	#7
AllRoy Cooling Neophyte Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Miami, FL Posts: 67	Ia m using Tygon from my chiller to my computer...thats my problem area....well along with the tubing inside

05-16-2002, 01:12 PM	#10
bigben2k Responsible for 2% of all the posts here. Join Date: May 2002 Location: Texas, U.S.A. Posts: 8,302	Fall off where? (I don't know about you, but I don't have a drain in the floor where my computer is!) No, just isolate it, all of it, and watch to see if the condensation spreads anywhere else, further down the system. __________________ WBTA (Water Block Testing Alliance) Nordic Hardware WC 101

05-16-2002, 02:52 PM	#11
AllRoy Cooling Neophyte Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Miami, FL Posts: 67	I wana finish setting everything up before I start showing pics

05-17-2002, 10:28 PM	#14
Pyrotechnic Cooling Savant Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 240	ya that would really suck for your dog or cat to come take a piss in your resivior.............

05-18-2002, 02:40 AM	#15
Brad Thermophile Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Nuu Zeeelin Posts: 3,175	my dog and cats would just drink the water __________________ 2x P3 1100's at 1400, Abit VP6, 2x Corsair 256mb PC150 sticks, 20gb 'cuda ATA-III, 2x 40gb 'cuda ATA-IV in raid 0. 20" Trinitron. No fans 2x 2400+ at 2288mhz (16.0 x 143), Iwill MPX2, 2x Kingmax PC-3200 256mb sticks, 4x 20gb 60gxp in Raid 5 on a Promise SX6000. Asus Ti4200 320/630. Cooled by Water

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