Bubbles in your WC setup, are small okay?

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BurntToast

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I just built my first WC setup today. It has been running for the past few hours and so far no leaks!

When I first started up there where a gang of bubbles, but after some work they where gone.

But if you are 1-2 feet away from my WC setup you can see these micro bubbles. They dont even move when I flick the tubing. Is this normal?

I have a SMALL WC setup with 3/16" tube. The pump is semi weak, but for this setup I guess its fine.

So what do I do? Worry about it or na?

Thanks!
 
They will disapear after a while, and if they don't they often don't do any harm if they are just sitting there. The only bad about bubbles is if they are circulating in the system then they can harm the pump if its long runtime with bubbles.

3/16" tubing that is the smallest I have heard of. I hope that it is the inner diameter, or else it is very small.
 
lol no shit. When I got it I was like wtf@$#@#@$#$@

Came with silicon, I replaced it with vinyl tubing.

But since I have a near SFF case, the small unit does well. But larger tubing does look a tad better. MORE GLOWING FLUID!!!
 
BurntToast said:
But since I have a near SFF case, the small unit does well. But larger tubing does look a tad better. MORE GLOWING FLUID!!!
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post some pics.
what case do you have?
 
ya the bubbles will work themselves out. Unless you have a no resevior. But no worries, tiny bubbles won't effect anything. They degrade your cooling a very small amount, we're talking less than 1 degree. No bubbles is the perfect situation, but that is rarely achieved. Most bubbles get caught in radiators so you can't see them. The only thing you need to look for is if the pump changes sound because there is so much air, or your temps are not very stable.
 
bigbadgreen said:
ya the bubbles will work themselves out. Unless you have a no resevior. But no worries, tiny bubbles won't effect anything. They degrade your cooling a very small amount, we're talking less than 1 degree. No bubbles is the perfect situation, but that is rarely achieved. Most bubbles get caught in radiators so you can't see them. The only thing you need to look for is if the pump changes sound because there is so much air, or your temps are not very stable.
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Yeah, most people run a w/c setup with a non-bled (correctly) setup. Air gets trapped in the radiator a LOT of the time. If you have a nice resevoir or a properly set up baffle most if nto all air will work itself out.
 
diredesire said:
Yeah, most people run a w/c setup with a non-bled (correctly) setup. Air gets trapped in the radiator a LOT of the time. If you have a nice resevoir or a properly set up baffle most if nto all air will work itself out.
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I've been reading alot about trapped air in the rad.... My solution is going to be putting the rad at the lowest point in my system, and my res in the highest point of the system.... A little 3rd grade knowledge is actually being used.... (note, I haven't yet built my water system, parts are on their way to my house though.... This is my plan, but it seems like it would work great...)
 
Silent Assasin said:
I've been reading alot about trapped air in the rad.... My solution is going to be putting the rad at the lowest point in my system, and my res in the highest point of the system.... A little 3rd grade knowledge is actually being used.... (note, I haven't yet built my water system, parts are on their way to my house though.... This is my plan, but it seems like it would work great...)
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If this is doable in your case, then more power to ya. Air can get trapped still (but it's a better solution, of course). Not everyone has the room for selective placement, i typically end up putting parts where they'll fit. I generally have the rad up top :(

Oh well, a squelchy sound here and there doesn't bother me.
 
I've got a top mounted radiator with quite a bit of room for trapped air (120.3). I've found my best solution is to get all the air I can out with the case standing up, then drive to a LAN party with my case on it's side and the T-line pretty full. By the time I get there I'll have knocked out quite a bit of air. By the time I get home I'm 100% air-free. :)
 
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