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BlessedMoogle

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Help... I did not know about the "battery effect" And have some nice chunks of crap in my waterblocks... What would you guys suggest to clean them out? I used distilled water with a little bit of water wetter.. apparantly not enough. Any Help? :confused:
 
I am not familiar with your blocks but I use distilled water and a toothbrush. Sompe people alcohol.
 
alex paik said:
what is the battery effect..
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Two dissimilar metals in an electrolyte solution will move metal off one place and deposit it onto the other metal surface like a battery does. Water is an electrolyte solution. So depending on your choice of watercooling metals you use this can be negligible to very bad. However, the simple solution is to use an anti-corrosive solution in you circuit like AC Fluid.

So it appears you will need to disassemble your blocks and circuit and clean it with your favorite cleaner. To prevent the problem from happening again make sure you use something like the aforementioned AC Fluid. :)
 
BlessedMoogle said:
A RBX block and also a maze# gpu block... also my pump seems to be affected as well
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Those are both copper; are you sure it isn't algea or something else and not galvanic corrosion?
 
AS usual, TN points out that you should use an additive like AC fluid.
How long has this system been running before you had this problem?
 
I had it running for a few weeks.. kinda weird if you ask me. The pump has some nice chunks in there that prevent movement... i opened it up and pulled off the wheel, the motor is fine, just the chunks are stopping it from moving.
 
What do these "chunks" look like? Are they hard or soft? What kind of water did you use in your loop?
 
BlessedMoogle said:
i used distilled water in the loop. The chunks are soft disgusting looking things.
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Do you have a window in your case, or lights? Sounds like an "organism" problem to me. You should never use only water in your loop. Use distilled water and an additive like hydrix or some auto antifreeze or other stuff.
 
How about that thermaltake coolant stuff.. not sure exactly what its called, but Xoxide.com carries it and my friend has a few gallons extra of it :)
 
BlessedMoogle said:
How about that thermaltake coolant stuff.. not sure exactly what its called, but Xoxide.com carries it and my friend has a few gallons extra of it :)
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That should do you fine, especially since your friend has extra...
 
BlessedMoogle said:
i used distilled water in the loop. The chunks are soft disgusting looking things.
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That is biological growth. Your system probably became contaminated before you put in your distilled water or while you were assembling your system. Did you ever use tap water of saliva to help get any of your fittings or tubing on?

The Tt coolant is designed to be used as is. You don't need to add any H20 or other fluids.
 
I got it. I used CLR to clean out all the deposits. That stuff is amazing. Removed most everything instantly, and only required a few minutes of soaking to remove the harder stuff.

Thanks for your help
 
I did this too m8.

go get about $7-8 worth of 90% IPA (isopropyl alchohol) from the local drug store/walmart. bleed out your system, then run 1 or two transfusions of the IPA. this should break up the crud and even clean up your tubes pretty good.

just be careful if you have a plexiglass reservoir... it can only handle 2 or three of these cleanings. I've done it twice, and the last time I did it, micro cracks have formed all over my plexiglass reservoir.

oh and you can completely disassemble that RBX and scrub the copper fins back to their factory shine with a toothbrush.

good luck m8.

here's an older version of my rig running the IPA (yeah I know that was a lousy plumbing job, I'm better now)
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