Drying out radiator

iKettles · 2 Apr 2008 at 14:16

I've just gotten a second hand Thermochill PA120.2 Radiator which I'll be using in a CPU loop in a month or two. The radiator arrived quite wet because it had just been taken out of a loop. How would I go about drying out this radiator while it's out of use? Is it safe to put it in the airing cupboard?

shadowake · 2 Apr 2008 at 14:19

Don't see why not. Just leaving it somewhere warm for a day or two should be fine. As long as its not excessivly hot (e.g. in the microwave) it should be OK.

iKettles · 2 Apr 2008 at 14:40

Airing cupboard it is

Senture · 2 Apr 2008 at 15:22

shadowake said:
As long as its not excessivly hot (e.g. in the microwave)

We all know what happens when you put metal in a microwave... right?

lol

Brizzles · 2 Apr 2008 at 15:25

iKettles said:
I've just gotten a second hand Thermochill PA120.2 Radiator which I'll be using in a CPU loop in a month or two. The radiator arrived quite wet because it had just been taken out of a loop. How would I go about drying out this radiator while it's out of use? Is it safe to put it in the airing cupboard?

I would rinse it through with boiling water before you dry it.

If you dry it now , you will be drying the previous loops dyes,additives etc to the insides of the rad.

Mark

iKettles · 2 Apr 2008 at 16:38

mrdbristol said:
I would rinse it through with boiling water before you dry it.

If you dry it now , you will be drying the previous loops dyes,additives etc to the insides of the rad.

Mark

So fill up a kettle (no pun intended), boil the water and just pour it over the radiator?

Monkey Puzzle · 2 Apr 2008 at 17:19

Probably easier to just run a hot water tap through one of the barbs.

iKettles · 2 Apr 2008 at 17:36

Just flushed it out with hot water, was quite clean inside except the odd bit of water cooling fluid coming out.

mk17 · 2 Apr 2008 at 18:54

maybe take a look at a 20 minute soak with distilled vinegar (the clear kind). Someone on here shows the gunge that various vinegar soakages removed - w3bbo I think - and its suprising the amount of filth that can build up.

I think XS are no longer recommending long-term soaks as there is preliminary evidence that vinegar *may* not be good for the radiator's internals, but 20 minutes should be adequate. You may want to repeat the cycle if the vinegar is particularly filthy.

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found the link: Radiator Cleaning
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