Galvanic Corrosion

springy1989 · 26 Dec 2016 at 15:15

Just waiting on my Caselabs THW10 which will be sent out for delivery on January 6th, I already have all my watercooling parts but need help with one last thing Corrosion.
I have been reading that the EK nickel blocks that I have are no way suitable with a silver coil and will cause galvanic corrosion over time, I will be using Mayhems ultra pure H20 with the Mayhems blue dye I have also ordered Mayhems biocide extreme.
What I want to know is will I be fine with just the biocide extreme or do I need something else instead of the silver coil that I cant use? I really don't want to use premixed coolants as they tend to gunk up your blocks, thanks SpringY1989.

Evil-I · 26 Dec 2016 at 17:17

personally I just go with the mayhems pre-mix or concentrate. Everything you need in the right proprtions.

Ploppy2k3 · 26 Dec 2016 at 17:38

I ran Mayhems Ultra H20 with their blue dye and a few drops of biocide extreme for nearly two years before I changed the coolant.

worked fine. no gunk in the blocks but that Mayhems blue dye is a pig to clean out and stains everything.

Of course they make a clening kit for that.

springy1989 · 26 Dec 2016 at 17:47

Ploppy2k3 said:
I ran Mayhems Ultra H20 with their blue dye and a few drops of biocide extreme for nearly two years before I changed the coolant.

worked fine. no gunk in the blocks but that Mayhems blue dye is a pig to clean out and stains everything.

Of course they make a clening kit for that.

Awesome pal I can cope with cleaning no problem thanks for the update.

Finners · 26 Dec 2016 at 19:13

I'm sure it would be fine as that's the whole point on electroplating the block with nickel is that it doesn't react but just ditch the silver coil.

I ran a distilled water loop with just a couple of drops of PT nuke, basically the same as the biocide you have brought for 2 years with no maintenance once and it had no problems.

springy1989 · 28 Dec 2016 at 13:10

Finners said:
I'm sure it would be fine as that's the whole point on electroplating the block with nickel is that it doesn't react but just ditch the silver coil.

I ran a distilled water loop with just a couple of drops of PT nuke, basically the same as the biocide you have brought for 2 years with no maintenance once and it had no problems.

Thanks mate for the update

.:SAmSuNG:. · 28 Dec 2016 at 16:30

Wouldn't it be easier to just get mayhems pre mix and forget about it?