Water Dye and foam

ChefCDJ · 08-05-2002, 11:45 PM

I just recently set-up my first water-cooling rig. I bought some blue dye from D-Tek and put that in with my water. The only other additive in the water is a few drops of blue food coloring. I also used distilled water.
There seems to me a lot of foam developing in my reservoir and through-out my system. Is this normal for a dye additive? Besides dilutting or changing the water, is there a way to get rid of the foam? Is the foam harmful?
I don't seem to be getting the cooling numbers I was expecting but I do need to add another fan to my radiator and I am very suspicious about this foam.
Any help would be appreciated.

WebMasta33 · 08-06-2002, 12:32 AM

Your inlet and outlet are too close, I'm sure you're getting some water chruning...

I had this problem, made a new res with inlet/outlet farther apart, and it fixed it.

ambient · 08-06-2002, 11:24 AM

i also have the dye lite from d-tek, i had the same problem until all the air was bleed from the system.

08-05-2002, 11:45 PM	#1
ChefCDJ Cooling Neophyte Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Las Vegas, Nevada Posts: 3	Water Dye and foam I just recently set-up my first water-cooling rig. I bought some blue dye from D-Tek and put that in with my water. The only other additive in the water is a few drops of blue food coloring. I also used distilled water. There seems to me a lot of foam developing in my reservoir and through-out my system. Is this normal for a dye additive? Besides dilutting or changing the water, is there a way to get rid of the foam? Is the foam harmful? I don't seem to be getting the cooling numbers I was expecting but I do need to add another fan to my radiator and I am very suspicious about this foam. Any help would be appreciated.

08-06-2002, 12:32 AM	#2
WebMasta33 Cooling Savant Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Nebraska Posts: 526	Your inlet and outlet are too close, I'm sure you're getting some water chruning... I had this problem, made a new res with inlet/outlet farther apart, and it fixed it. __________________ ========== --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 ===========

08-06-2002, 11:24 AM	#3
ambient Cooling Savant Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Planet Earth Posts: 312	i also have the dye lite from d-tek, i had the same problem until all the air was bleed from the system. __________________ water cooled 1.4 tbird @ 1580 143x11 vcore 1.88 vio 3.55

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