Help me improve my loop

sdavlaws · 6 Jun 2018 at 19:13

I have just assembled my first custom loop, and after running the Blitz cleaner though it i have found its a pig to drain in its current config, any opinions from more skilled people on how I could change the config to make it easier to drain would be appreciated.

Thanks.

Avathar77 · 6 Jun 2018 at 19:21

If you have space:
T piece to the Liquid out of the side res. One of the outputs of the T to a ball valve the other to the pump IN

sdavlaws · 6 Jun 2018 at 19:31

Avathar77 said:
If you have space:
T piece to the Liquid out of the side res. One of the outputs of the T to a ball valve the other to the pump IN

do you mean fitting it in at the bottom? sadly i tired you cant fit everything in down there.

LuckyBenski · 6 Jun 2018 at 21:04

There's already a T-piece and ball valve.

I have a similar layout to this and really struggle to drain - in fact there were still two little sections of water no matter what I tried. Interested to hear any tips.

sdavlaws · 6 Jun 2018 at 21:46

LuckyBenski said:
There's already a T-piece and ball valve.

I have a similar layout to this and really struggle to drain - in fact there were still two little sections of water no matter what I tried. Interested to hear any tips.

This is the experiences i have been having. I ended up having to split the loop at the GPU block as well to get the last of it out

Dirk Diggler · 10 Jun 2018 at 20:54

Most people think about a drain port, and they create a low point tee piece to let the water out but they forget that air needs to get in to replace the water coming out! It can be difficult to get the water out of a closed loop, even with drains. My advice is be prepared to cut out and replace all your tubing, which isn't a bad idea to replace once a year or two.

Which leads to me to ask, why did you put a cleaning solution through a newly built loop? That makes no sense, you should be cleaning each component prior to installation.