Plain Ol' Water!

bennyboy2606 · 22 Jun 2008 at 22:15

Hey, Can't get any distilled water at the moment, would plain water be ok for my watercooling setup, I will be adding G11 Coolant and Petra's Tech "Pt_nuke" biocide.

Thanks
Ben x

bennyboy2606 · 22 Jun 2008 at 22:21

virdee2 said:
i think its a bit more dangeropous to use normal water in an electrical system mate. cant you find any deionised water from your nearest car/garage shop? i got mine from there and its exactly the same as the feser stuff just without the cool colours etc

the deioniosed stuff stops short circuiting in case of any spillage.

Will do Halfords do the job ?

bennyboy2606 · 22 Jun 2008 at 22:49

Halfords or a local garage. Normal tap water is ok for short periods of time if you live in a soft water area, else you will get a limescale build up and poor temperatures.

Don't get limescale build up in my pipes at home, but it's only for my test run anyways, to make sure theres no leaks

Will install it properly tomorrow with that stuff from halfords

Glad I'm not having to pay £8 for Feser Coolant, so £1 is fine by me, plus I have some blue dye

bennyboy2606 · 22 Jun 2008 at 23:46

bru said:
what additives do you intend to use if any, i did hear that a small amount of anti freeze is a good idea.

Like I said above, I have G11 Coolant, and Petra's Tech "Pt_nuke" Biocide.