Distilled water

Richy1204 · 18 Oct 2009 at 20:01

Im plaining on using distilled water but im not sure if i should just buy the ready made stuff ?

If i went with distilled water what would i need (e.g distilled water + Concentrated Biocide) ??
how do i go about adding colour in ?

I see ocuk have got more water cooling stock in and they have new fluids too

Nanoxia Hyperzero

Nanoxia says "Double-distilled water, anti-corrosive as well as UV-reactive fluorescent dye"

Any good or not ?

mod1fied · 18 Oct 2009 at 20:14

Ive heard Thermochill EC6 is supposed to be good

I know you can get precoloured biocides as well if that helps at all.

Happy · 18 Oct 2009 at 20:23

I have used Feser's distilled water, but it cost quote a bit, so I now use standard distilled water from Lemco and then Petra'sTech PT_Nuke Concentrated Biocide

MikeTimbers · 18 Oct 2009 at 21:38

Adding colouring is a great way of adding particles which eventually clog up your pump, block and stain the tubing. If you want pretty water, get coloured tubing.

JonJ678 · 18 Oct 2009 at 22:33

Deionised water is a lot cheaper, and probably not much in it between deionised and distilled for our purposes.

WJA96 · 18 Oct 2009 at 23:35

MikeTimbers said:
Adding colouring is a great way of adding particles which eventually clog up your pump, block and stain the tubing. If you want pretty water, get coloured tubing.

JonJ678 said:
Deionised water is a lot cheaper, and probably not much in it between deionised and distilled for our purposes.

That's got it pretty well covered I reckon. I do use distilled and micropore filtered medical grade water, but I buy it in Germany in 200l bottles, so the price is very reasonable.

Richy1204 · 20 Oct 2009 at 20:24

Thanks guy you're covered the distilled water for me

How good tho is this
Nanoxia Hyperzero ReadyFluid ?

JonJ678 · 20 Oct 2009 at 20:27

The dye will come out and it costs rather over 80p a litre. Can't say I'm tempted by it.

Richy1204 · 20 Oct 2009 at 20:29

ok i wont buy that then i'll go with Distilled water

fergie128 · 21 Oct 2009 at 16:23

I use deionised water (Halfords battery top up water) and PT Nukes Conc. Biocide. Been a mighty fine combo for me so far

binaryknight · 21 Oct 2009 at 16:49

im gonna buck the trend and say tap water

think the area im in has decent tap water though no problems with algae etc

was under the impression that de-ionised / distilled water took ions from the metallic parts in the loop and slowly regained its conductivity?

khemist · 21 Oct 2009 at 17:42

Happy said:
I have used Feser's distilled water, but it cost quote a bit, so I now use standard distilled water from Lemco and then Petra'sTech PT_Nuke Concentrated Biocide

Same, well, deionized that's all i've ever used.

JonJ678 · 21 Oct 2009 at 17:53

Sure, and pure water will immediately become impure when exposed to air/metals etc. Part of the attraction is that if it starts off as water then fills with copper ions, you're probably doing better than starting with an unholy mess.

However I live in a very hard water area, and it would be asking for trouble to fill a ddc with limescale. If the water was better here, I'd be using tap water too

Richy1204 · 25 Oct 2009 at 13:16

fergie128 said:
I use deionised water (Halfords battery top up water) and PT Nukes Conc. Biocide. Been a mighty fine combo for me so far

Right i've got some of that Halfords battery to up water

Just need some PT Nuke Concentrated Biocide right ?

MikeTimbers · 25 Oct 2009 at 14:18

Or Halfords Coolant Conditioner.

Richy1204 · 25 Oct 2009 at 14:46

Couldn't find it online but i might pop out to the local shop and get some so its, Halfords Coolant Conditioner.

Also my dad said could i use Antifreeze ?

MikeTimbers · 25 Oct 2009 at 15:39

You can use anti-freeze but the HCC stuff is better.

breadturbo · 25 Oct 2009 at 16:04

i use normal tap water, no algae at all in it (i have a silver chain in the res as im told that keeps it at bay?)
Although i lose 2-3 litres per week to evap

binaryknight · 26 Oct 2009 at 01:23

breadturbo said:
i use normal tap water, no algae at all in it (i have a silver chain in the res as im told that keeps it at bay?)
Although i lose 2-3 litres per week to evap

2 - 3 litres a week???????

breadturbo · 26 Oct 2009 at 01:27

its an open top box with a pondpump in it, not sealed