WC and condensation????

[joelkyr]

Can WC be affected by condensation, coz somebody ask me that he afraid to WC his rig because of condensation, just wondrin.

 

[DieLate]

With watercooling it will never be colder than the air temperature where the radiators are. So basically it's not going to cause condensation unless you did something extreme for cooling of the radiator (placing it in front of an air conditioner, or pulling cold air in through your window during cold weather, etc.).

Someone correct me if I'm mistaken...

 

[MikeP]

That is correct. The water in your loop cannot be lower than the ambient temperature around it so condensation will not form UNLESS you are doing something particularly to lower the water temperature below ambient. Such as using Peltiers, AC cooling, phase change cooling, etc.


Condensation is of primary concern to people using these "extreme" ( god I hate that word) forms of cooling but is of no concern to those of us who have an average watercooled rig.

 

[joelkyr]

would condensation form if I leave my window open during winter time or freeze my tube?

 

[Spidey329]

would condensation form if I leave my window open during winter time or freeze my tube?

If it cools the room, it's going to drop the ambient in the room, and the water temp level. The water will still be above ambient.

Condenstation would probably only form if you shoved the radiator out the window. If your radiator is in or near your case, you wouldn't have anything to worry about IMHO.

 

[cgrant26]

For the most part, your indoor relative humidity levels won't be too different from outdoors unless you have added moisture to the interior air. (hot steamy shower, etc) So generally speakling, having your rad outside should not be that big of a risk as the colder it is outside, the less the air can hold moisture. For any one in a cold climate, have you ever noticed how much more chapstick you use in the winter months? Now if your computer room is right next to your shower, you may want to take additional steps to protect your system. (like keep the door closed)

Also, running 15% Zerex antifreeze combined with the heat sources from each block and the motion of the water should keep the water from freezing. If your worried enough about it, make some various concentration mixtures of water and anti-freeze, put each mix into a container and put them all in your freezer. Check back in 24 hours and see which ones have froze and which ones haven't. That should tell you exactly how much anti-freeze you'll need.

 

[MikeP]

But the rest of the computer is inside where its nice and warm, we assume, and there is a lot more moisture in the air. bring in near freezing temp tubes and they will get condensation on them immediately. Just the moisture from breathing in the room is enough to do it.