Fortress FT02 Watercooling

The dye is a pigment so when it "fades" it has to go somewhere. Usually your CPU block, invariably gunking things up over the long term (or in this case the short term) Stick with distilled water
 
G-Dubs said:
The dye is a pigment so when it "fades" it has to go somewhere. Usually your CPU block, invariably gunking things up over the long term (or in this case the short term) Stick with distilled water
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Not necessarily, might be breaking down in solution, depends what it's made from.

Nice addition to an already great setup there khemist, well done!

Inevitable question - how are the temps?
 
It's finished, just that some of the comments got posted before i updated the pictures.

I wish the purple had stayed in the loop since it looked great, i'll probably change to some coloured tubing soon.

Bit of a waste getting a plexi block without colour mind you.
 
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G-Dubs said:
The dye is a pigment so when it "fades" it has to go somewhere. Usually your CPU block, invariably gunking things up over the long term (or in this case the short term) Stick with distilled water
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(please get you facts correct before you post some thing like this)

Sorry to say the dye is not a pigment its a dye. Pigments are totally different to dyes they are "Not" the same thing.

Pigment = http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pigment
Dye = http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dye

Pigments need to be suspended in water and i am looking into pigments as were working on a glow in the dark liquid using pigments , we how ever haven't had to much success in getting it to work with the heat killer as it does cause blockages as the suspension fluids brake down and separate when going though a forced restriction system. All so pigments do not fade as such as they are colours suspended in plastics normally that have been crushed to such a tiny size this is why the need a suspension fluid to help them in place.

The dyes only fade if there is some thing in the system to make them fade, Now strong biocide can make this happen, some thing else in the loop can make this happen. Because the dyes are pure dye (none UV colours are based on Food grade dye and UV colours are based on Acid dyes) and are made to be as safe for you loop as possible if you say add more than 1 drop of biocide to less than 1 ltr this can make the biocide very strong and this can fade the dye.

All so certain rad makers rads are not flushed properly we've seen this all in testing in the past this can all so make the dye fade.

Now as for blocking these dyes will not block your system they are a dye ... You need to look up how dyes work if you dont understand this. How ever some tubing all so can make a dye look weak its all down to your personal taste of equipment.

All So if your PH balance of liquid is out this can easily be achieved by to much biocide, unclean loop and so many other factors such as plastics not being clean enough ect ect this can all so upset the natural balance of the liquids and dyes. You loop should be around the PH7 mark and lower it will turn the liquid into a acid and on UV dye this will make them active and will make them stain and the higher the PH (7+) this can all so cause problems as well but this will cause build up not because of the dye.

Now ill offer the same thing you u if you send me a sample of your liquid (+dye that has faded) to me (if you wish) ill send the liquid off for analysis and tell you what the problem is. I bet you 1 years supply of my liquids for free that its not the dyes .....

if you checked out the massive long tread over at XS you can read about what tests are done on the dyes, you can read about how the dyes were first made and how they are now made and you can all so read about why dyes are not the route cause of build up.

Mick (Mayhems dye)
 
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Hi Mick,

You say that too much biocide can be a cause of this problem. This stuff like Pt Nuke yes? As I've only used a silver kill coil in my system and as far as I'm aware it shouldn't change the pH of the water.
 
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