Draining Setup

[Uncle_Albert]

Hi All! After some advice, essentially I have been a bit of a noob and installed a water loop without a drain point.....

I am going to tackle draining the loop (any hints/tips for doing this without a drain point would be greatly appreciated!)

My actual question relates to setting up a drain point once I have emptied the loop. What I am thinking is to put a Y splitter on the lowest part of my loop (pump) with one portion of the Y going to my reservoir and on the other connecting a male quick release. I will then keep the female portion of the quick release, with a hose attached, in my drawer - meaning I can grab it to empty the loop when I need it.

Can anyone advise the best parts to do this? I am thinking all of this needs to be thread fit?

 

[MikeTimbers]

Without a drain the trick is to get enough fluid out of your res that once done, you can rotate the case so that a fitting becomes a high point. With the res partially empty air should move to that new high point allowing you to remove the fitting, plug the port on the relevant component and then drain from the detached hose. Of course if you're using hardline this is much more tricky. If the case rotation allows you to get the bottom of the pump res to be the high point then you can fit a hose to any extra pump port. This is what I did yesterday to one of my rigs to empty it.

To create a drain port, first see if there is a spare outlet/inlet on the bottom of your pump. If so, you need a male-to-male and a valve.

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/xspc-g1-4-5mm-male-to-male-fitting-black-chrome-wc-105-xs.html
https://www.overclockers.co.uk/cors...rain-valve-black-cx-9055019-ww-wc-017-cs.html

 

[MikeTimbers]

If there is no spare pump outlet/inlet, you need the pieces above and

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/cors...er-adapter-black-cx-9055016-ww-wc-01r-cs.html

So this piece goes into your pump outlet, the current fitting goes into this and the two pieces in the previous post into the other outlet and you get a T with the drain valve the downstroke of the T.

 

[Uncle_Albert]

Great, so there are no spare ports on my pump (inlet/outlet only) - so just to be sure. The Y splitter would go into my pump inlet, meaning that the compression fitting I now have loose that was Res > Pump would go into one side of the Y valve....on the other side of the Y valve would be the Male-to-Male fitting and the ball valve?

 

[Uncle_Albert]

Just to explain properly I have drawn this image quickly - could you also let me know what parts I need to attach to the other side of the ball valve to drain?

pump Diagram — Postimages (postimg.cc)

 

[Wingz]

I use the spare bottom in/outlet of my graphics card waterblock when i want to drain my system. As long as the system is sealed unscrewing the plug result in a bit of a drip so i have a small bowl underneath to catch the water.

I then screw on a 45 degree barb with a hose attached with the other end of it in a bowl, then I unscrew one of the Reservoir fill ports which will let air in causing water to drain.

 

[MikeTimbers]

Y-splitter goes on the pump outlet not inlet. I suppose it doesn't really matter if it's the inlet but generally the outlet is lower than the inlet.

 

[darket]

As long as the system is sealed unscrewing the plug result in a bit of a drip so i have a small bowl underneath to catch the water.

A Little pro tip here. Never do this. If you're going to drain any loop release any residual pressure by venting the res first then you can seal the system again and release a fitting or hose. If you don't do this first you'll risk blowing water all over the place.

 

[Wingz]

A Little pro tip here. Never do this. If you're going to drain any loop release any residual pressure by venting the res first then you can seal the system again and release a fitting or hose. If you don't do this first you'll risk blowing water all over the place.

I see, thanks for the tip . Guess I've been lucky so far.