Cleaning the Loop

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Gawd
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Due to the tragic loss of my PSU (and subsequently my motherboard too) I have decided to monopolize on the fact that my system is gutted and clean the loop. Over the last year or so the tygon tubing has turned a rather ugly shade of brown ... i'm not entirely sure what this is due to, but I think it was the 'UV colour additive' that I added, that did absolutely nothing to change the colour of my water. So first off, does anyone have any idea why my tubing has turned this nasty brown colour?

Secondly, I was thinking of using bleach to clean the loop and then flush it with water for like an hour or two in the bathtub. Does anyone have any experience with the use of bleach ... and/or can you suggest any better products for cleaning out my watercooling loop?
 
That mixture seems harsh, but, Tygon handles hydrochloride in lab's, so I think a little lysol and pinesol won't screw the tubing, lol.

Usually what I use to clean my tubing is hot water. All I do is attach the tubes to the end of my bathrooms sink (or as best as I can) and then turn on the hot water and let it do its job for about 30 seconds or so.

Then again, i've never really had a significant problem with bacteria or algae growing in my loop...
 
If a particular piece gets really bad, i'll take it out and run some hot (but not boiling) water through it for a good while.

Then I'll typically flush the entire system a few times with just distilled water, then fill 'er back up.

With Clearflex, I got a little buildup with my Hydrx additive, but I've yet to see it with my Tygon tubing...and it's been around 9 months.
 
For my aquarium pump tubing if it gets too bad, I'll disconnect everyting and coil the tygon in a bucket with bleach/water in it for a half hour. Followed by flushing the sytem with hot water, then follow it with a soak in aquarium water. The tygon will handle it no problem.

I would not suggest running it through the pumps or rads though, I always disconnect my tubing from the hardware.

Different application, same tubing. :D
 
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