How do you flush yours........

[Bubo]

Still can't for the life of me understand why you are bothering using filters too flush out a rad, unless you are absolutely paranoid about tap water entering your rad, which you will flush out anyway.

 

[pyropetepete]

Look inside you kettle! See why! Here a kettle lasts 6 months if that!

You've flux, bits of solder, copper, swarf, paint that are all in there and when wet or soaked over time will become free. This stops that blocking the fins in your cpu block or gpu etc etc

 

[Bubo]

Look inside you kettle! See why! Here a kettle lasts 6 months if that!

You will not get ANY limescale in a rad with tap water if all you are doing is flushing it with cold water for 10 minutes, and espcially if you do a final flush with deinnized afterwards if you are extra paranoid.

You've flux, bits of solder, copper, swarf, paint that are all in there and when wet or soaked over time will become free. This stops that blocking the fins in your cpu block or gpu etc etc

All of this crud will go down the plughole along with the tap water whilst flushing it, there is simply no need for a filter, unless you like to collect the bits to look at afterwards. Which if you do use a tea strainer or something over the tube going to the plughole.

 

[gatecrasherlok]

You will not get ANY limescale in a rad with tap water if all you are doing is flushing it with cold water for 10 minutes, and espcially if you do a final flush with deinnized afterwards if you are extra paranoid.



All of this crud will go down the plughole along with the tap water whilst flushing it, there is simply no need for a filter, unless you like to collect the bits to look at afterwards. Which if you do use a tea strainer or something over the tube going to the plughole.

The question is how thorough each and every individual is at flushing, then at that how do you determine how much flushing without filter it takes. All I am doing is spending a little more money on top to help maintain. If it does not hurt then why not.

 

[Bubo]

Of course you can do whatever you want. I am pointing out to that other chap that there is no need to spend extra on pond pumps, and especially filters, fitting etc just to flush a rad. You say your method means you don't have to shake the rad while flushing, I have to say that shaking is essential, as simply letting a pump send a flow through by itself is not going to dislodge everything as there will always be dead flow areas, unless you agitate it by shaking. But if it works for you then no worries.

 

[matt100]

I've been doing this for years now and I give a quick fill/rinse with hot tap water and I have on occasion poured boiling water in and left it for 5 before emptying but I barely ever change my water, only use DI no kill coils or anything and never had any issues whatsoever.

I am what you'd call "utterly careless" and it's never bitten me.

 

[BluSky]

I fill with hot / boiling water and a little white vinegar and shake it like crazy. After doing that a couple of times I rinse it out with distilled water a couple of times.