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Maintinaing a watercooling system
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Sideroxylon
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Shouldn't be much maintenance involved as long as your using the right combo of water and coolant. There's been some controversy over how long you should go before changing out the water. I've heard anywhere from twice a year to once every couple years. Other than that just keep your radiator free of dust and you should be good to go.
DFI Daishi
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if your coolant additive is not anti-fungal, then you might need to add something to keep algi and other life from growing.
some thymol crystals every once in a while work for me.................but then again i have bio labs where i can get such things.
change the water when it starts to get cloudy, always use distilled water (de-ionized water) and it should keep on trucking pretty well.
some thymol crystals every once in a while work for me.................but then again i have bio labs where i can get such things.
change the water when it starts to get cloudy, always use distilled water (de-ionized water) and it should keep on trucking pretty well.
DFI Daishi
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i hate to tell you this, my good fellow, but the only ions in distilled water are H30 and OH. they are there because you cannot get rid of them above temperatures of absolute zero. distilled water is de-ionized. the ions that they refer to in "de-ionized" water are the various mineral salts and chlorine present in normal tap water. de-ionized water also contains some H30 and OH at temperatures above absolute zero. the different names are as a result of different uses in different industries, however in both cases they mean that the water is highly purified so that it contains H2O, H3O and OH at any measurable levels.
i hate to tell you this, my good fellow, but the only ions in distilled water are H30 and OH. they are there because you cannot get rid of them above temperatures of absolute zero. distilled water is de-ionized. the ions that they refer to in "de-ionized" water are the various mineral salts and chlorine present in normal tap water. de-ionized water also contains some H30 and OH at temperatures above absolute zero. the different names are as a result of different uses in different industries, however in both cases they mean that the water is highly purified so that it contains H2O, H3O and OH at any measurable levels.
http://www.newton.dep.anl.gov/askasci/chem00/chem00223.htm
De-ionized water is also normally more expensive than destilled.
De-ionized water is also normally more expensive than destilled.
fore1337
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I run a mixture of 25% prestone, 75% distilled water.
For cleaning I run 70% IPA for a few hours.
For cleaning I run 70% IPA for a few hours.
SledgeMakeGood
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Give the kid a break, willya? 
Sideroxylon is right: flushing your system every six months to a year is all the maintenance you should have to do, unless you run into a problem like a clog from bacteria or corrosion build-up. Your temperatures will rise if your loop is becoming blocked. Grab one of the many freeware temperature monitoring apps and pop it open once a week and you'll be fine (just remember that temperatures might change according to room temperature). Your Aquarius shouldn't be difficult at all to flush, just don't do it with the computer plugged in and don't rush.
Corrosion inhibitors like [any antifreeze] and antimicrobials like [your favorite antibacterial soap], in very small amounts, are pretty much as complicated as it gets for stuff running around in your distilled water. Just test them out and make sure they get along together before you throw them in and find out you've just discovered how to make superglue by combining Zerex and Ivory (don't worry, this almost never happens unless you've pissed off Murphy's Law in the same day).
The only other thing I can think of is topping it off. The Aquarius probably has a fill plug and a water-level gauge, so check it every week and that's it. You can run a watercooling system under-filled, as long as the pump inlet is completely submerged and not pulling in air bubbles, and the radiator is full of water. I just mention that because water will magically disappear from your system over time (it very slowly "sweats" out through the surface of tubing, but you'll never notice), don't worry that you can't go on vacation with the computer left to download or fold or find primes or whatever.
Post Script: Water is water. Try to just use distilled water from the grocery store, it's about the cheapest thing you can buy in gallon containers (under a buck), but tap water won't instantly rot your entire computer, desk, room, house, and neighborhood in minutes flat if you are in a fix. Just don't get it out of the toilet.
Sideroxylon is right: flushing your system every six months to a year is all the maintenance you should have to do, unless you run into a problem like a clog from bacteria or corrosion build-up. Your temperatures will rise if your loop is becoming blocked. Grab one of the many freeware temperature monitoring apps and pop it open once a week and you'll be fine (just remember that temperatures might change according to room temperature). Your Aquarius shouldn't be difficult at all to flush, just don't do it with the computer plugged in and don't rush.
Corrosion inhibitors like [any antifreeze] and antimicrobials like [your favorite antibacterial soap], in very small amounts, are pretty much as complicated as it gets for stuff running around in your distilled water. Just test them out and make sure they get along together before you throw them in and find out you've just discovered how to make superglue by combining Zerex and Ivory (don't worry, this almost never happens unless you've pissed off Murphy's Law in the same day).
The only other thing I can think of is topping it off. The Aquarius probably has a fill plug and a water-level gauge, so check it every week and that's it. You can run a watercooling system under-filled, as long as the pump inlet is completely submerged and not pulling in air bubbles, and the radiator is full of water. I just mention that because water will magically disappear from your system over time (it very slowly "sweats" out through the surface of tubing, but you'll never notice), don't worry that you can't go on vacation with the computer left to download or fold or find primes or whatever.
Post Script: Water is water. Try to just use distilled water from the grocery store, it's about the cheapest thing you can buy in gallon containers (under a buck), but tap water won't instantly rot your entire computer, desk, room, house, and neighborhood in minutes flat if you are in a fix. Just don't get it out of the toilet.