Temporary usage of deionised water?

iNezoi · 17 Jul 2013 at 20:26

Long story short, my liquid cooling setup is coming tomorrow and I assumed distilled water would be easy to get hold of. Turns out it's nearly impossible to find.

Could I order some distilled water and use some deionised water with a silver coil for now until it comes then bleed the system and refill? Or will it damage the pump or something? I heard some people use it so I'd assume it's not that bad.

Delivery for the distilled water seems to be quite expensive so chances are I'll only get the standard delivery which may take until around Tuesday next week.

Thanks.

brendy · 17 Jul 2013 at 20:29

Try your local garage/motorfactors. Distilled water is still sold there due to classic cars using refillable batteries etc.

8 Pack · 17 Jul 2013 at 21:28

Halfords man!!! done!!!!

OLDPHART · 17 Jul 2013 at 21:28

Halfords, Wilkinson store's or try a chemist for distilled water, nothing wrong using it long term.

iNezoi · 17 Jul 2013 at 21:35

I'll try some garages and such tomorrow.

I tried Halfords, boots, Tesco + sainsburys pharmacy and B&Q earlier today and only had deionised water. Or perhaps I'm going blind

Seems like my water cooling setup won't arrive tomorrow anyway- it's still in some warehouse queue despite it being in stock on the website.

Thanks for the ideas of places

Jokester · 17 Jul 2013 at 22:06

Nothing wrong with de-ionised. It's essentially the same.

8 Pack · 17 Jul 2013 at 22:18

I use like 50 litres from halfords in my Chiller.

Frozennova · 17 Jul 2013 at 22:38

Halfords label it as battery top up water. As everyone else has said deionized can be used permanently.

iNezoi · 17 Jul 2013 at 23:13

Ah, great. Thanks.

I heard in some places deionised water still has some impurities which would affect the loop over time whereas distilled water is completely pure H2o. Equally, I've also heard some people use it with no problems.

If I can't find distilled then I'll just keep using ionised as it's cheap as chips

Thanks for the help.

BluD · 18 Jul 2013 at 06:39

Try a local auto parts shop first, mine does Deionised water cheaper than halfords.

Confused · 18 Jul 2013 at 10:03

I picked up a litre of de-ionised water from Tesco/Morrison petrol station for about 50p.

It sat in my loop for well over a year, with no kill-coil or any other additives, and was still perfectly clear when it came out when I re-organised my loop.

kyle1970 · 18 Jul 2013 at 11:08

iNezoi said:
Could I order some distilled water and use some deionised water with a silver coil for now until it comes then bleed the system and refill? Or will it damage the pump or something? I heard some people use it so I'd assume it's not that bad.

Thanks.

totally fine

OLDPHART · 18 Jul 2013 at 19:11

Morrison petrol station > deionised water 2:1/2 ltr £1.20 just got some today.