Stupid Water Cooling Q.

[dead2self03]

ok, I have fully assembled my watercooling setup. It is time to add the water. I have a 4 oz bottle of watterwetter and a gallon of distilled water. I have been told you add about 1 quart (1/4 gallon) in the watercooling setup. How do I go about measuring off one quart? Since if you put it off in a measuring device or one of those pints of spring water it becomes unclean, right? I'm assuming the first reply to this post will be 'quit being an idiot and just poar what you think is one quart into it and add the water wetter'.

 

[weapon--]

pour 1/4 of the gallon (it isnt that hard to guestimate the amount from the jug) into the system and then add the water wetter - the pump will mix it for you.

or, if you are the anal retentive type, rinse out a 1 quart measuring container with the distilled water, then add another quart of distilled water to it + the water wetter.

 

[AggieMEEN]

You asked a perfectly valid question, so here's my response.

If you are seeking to get the perfect measure, you really should use some form of measuring glass. If you have worries about getting the surface of the glass cleaner, here's what we use in our (somewhat ghetto) semiconductor lab:

First, pour some acetone into the measuring glass and swirl it around so you cover all the inside surface. Acetone will break up any organic oils. Pour out the acetone (in sink, or on a concrete surface, it evaporates very quickly).

Second, QUICKLY pour in some high purity rubbing alcohol, and swirl it around in the same way you swirled around the acetone. This will prevent the acetone from forming a film on the inside of the glass. Pour out.

Use a can of compressed air to dry the surface.

It is now very clean.

However, I imagine the coolant will likely come into contact with other contaminants inside your tubing, your res, your waterblock, and your pump. It's very difficult to keep everything perfectly clean, that's why many people use a squirt of betadine in the coolant. It keeps the majority of biological growth from happening.

 

[The_In_Kid]

i thought most coolants have something to prevent growth/buildup

 

[kronchev]

dont measure, you just add and then guestimate how much you put in.

 

[OneMadPoptart]

Each watercooling loop holds a different ammount of water, so measuring before hand is retarded. You wont get it exactly right the first time anyway, and then what will you do? Add more water...Pretty pointless to measure if you ask me.

The EASIEST way to mix additive is in batches of a gallon, then pour as much water/additive mix as is needed into the system directly from that gallon jug. No measuring, no mess, and you always get the EXACT ammount of water needed in the system.

For a gallon you need only 2-4 oz of additive any way. So if you had a 4oz bottle, you can do the math and add half through the full bottle. Easy.

 

[thewhiteguy]

'quit being an idiot and just poar what you think is one quart into it and add the water wetter' is right.

 

[dead2self03]

Pointless to measure was indeed correct. Since those pints of spring water = 1 pint and 2 pints = a quart. I filled two bottles of that spring water, and it only took one and a half. So its different for all setups. Obviously because different setups had different pumps, res, and tube lenghts/diameters. The funny thing though. When I wen't to put it in I didn't turn the pump on so it overflowed all over me. This is my first time water cooling so I find myself overlooking things like that. Luckily I had towles on hand Thanks for you're replys.