corrosion ?

user_name · 2 May 2014 at 14:18

I changed a fitting on my res earlier and noticed corrosion on the fitting i was replacing as well as loads of junk in the tubing and and water i drained.

Theres no aluminum parts in my loop ,all copper/brass/nickel plated brass , im using deionised water (halfords stuff) and 2-3 drops of biocide.

Im thinking its most likely the nickel plating on the fittings (EK compression fittings) from googling the problem since the cheapo 45° fittings i have seem to be fine ?

Will it affect the other components , i.e cpu and gpu blocks ?
Gonna be a couple of weeks before i can get new fittings

user_name · 2 May 2014 at 15:45

No sorry, didnt think to take any !

It looked like a blueish colour limescale , and when i drained the loop there was loads of blueish crud in the water .

user_name · 2 May 2014 at 16:41

pre said:
Alphacool radiator by any chance?

no , its a Hardware Labs Black ICE .

user_name · 4 May 2014 at 13:48

Thanks for the info guys

Gonna replace the fittings and redo my loop next week hopefully when i get another rad to put in and i think im gonna splash out some mayhems premix this time .