Propylene Glycol

[Rob_J]

hi folks,

has anyone use Propylene Glycol in their custom loops, if so how were/are the results.

I know its used in other coolants as is Ethylene Glycol, and just wondered if it can be used in a loop.

 

[andybird123]

I used car coolant for a while and it works fine and doesn't cause any problems, but equally now I just use DI water and a biocide and that works just as well

 

[Glanza]

Isn't that what Linus used in his whole room watercooling setup and it had no end of issues with gunking up?

 

[russell664]

Linus did that?!

 

[.:SAmSuNG:.]

He had problems as res wasn't cleaned and the anti freeze didn't stop growth in the loop I don't think.

 

[MasterOC]

Yeah , he assumed the anti freeze included biocide . Untill what I assumed was a dead mangled frog come out the res . Good watch , extremely well thought out design wise .... Unfortuntly his execution wasn't as good .

 

[andybird123]

Propylene glycol IS biocide as long as you put enough in... At low concentrations it's food