Need help with drainage point in my loop

west1980 · 16 Feb 2016 at 15:58

This is first time I've put a drainage point in my loop ,but it doesn't seem to drain all water.

There is still water left in system I can't get out,I've put a fitting in top left port in radiator to release some pressure,the only place I can find for lowest point is bottom of reservoir.

west1980 · 16 Feb 2016 at 16:11

Supa Koopa said:
Maybe I'm confused but the lowest point in your system is the bottom rad, so if the drainport isn't there you'll never get all the water out. Sorry if I'm mistaken.

I didn't think that would work that way,never used a drain point before.

I normally use soft tube so it was easy to cut tube and drain that way.

west1980 · 16 Feb 2016 at 16:27

Supa Koopa said:
yeah it would be tricky with how you have it set up, but that is the problem with the Enthoo and using the bottom rad space. Probably the reason why I've not done it myself yet.

Was thinking of getting the fractal design s,might make life easier

west1980 · 16 Feb 2016 at 16:44

Glanza said:
If your keeping it there have you tried putting your case on it's side with the drain pipe hanging down?

I've tried different ways and can't get any more water out ,but case is so heavy it's akward,probably be easier if i could suck the water out with a wet vacuum lol.

west1980 · 16 Feb 2016 at 20:46

Supa Koopa said:
Maybe I'm confused but the lowest point in your system is the bottom rad, so if the drainport isn't there you'll never get all the water out. Sorry if I'm mistaken.

if i was to put a q adapter on the bottom rad and use that for a drain port that would be best option ?

Tried it,still didn't get all water out,nearly 2 litres of water in the loop.

west1980 · 17 Feb 2016 at 16:27

Sin_Chase said:
Sorry to be blunt.....but you are making this more complicated than it is.

You will not drain any water out of the loop that is BELOW your drain port. That bottom rad will never drain without:

- Suction
- Siphon action
- Changing orientation so that drain port is lower

It's that simple.

Best case scenario is that the bottom rad has 4 ports, 2 of which are on the bottom side (as viewed), on one of which you can add a drain port to.

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Without that, you will need to add a drain port to the bottom rad and orient the case 90 degrees so that said drain port is the lowest point.

Might have to do that then,I would see about a XSPC RX240 Dual Fan Radiator V3 with 4 ports.