Water Cooling - Draining? - Overclock.net

codymackay · 02-16-08

Hey guys,
I've got the Thermaltake Kandalf which came with a water cooling kit for the CPU. The pump + resorvoir is at the bottom of the case and the radiator (which is quite big has 3 120mm fans on it) is mounted on the front panel. I'm looking to expand my water cooling to my graphics card, and perhaps chipset later on. Anyway I just want to know how do I drain the system since I'm gonna be connecting new things. (looking for the easiest way). Thanks! oh and thats what my case looks like in my avatar, the big thing on the front is the rad.

mikhsoj · 02-16-08

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Originally Posted by codymackay

Hey guys,
I've got the Thermaltake Kandalf which came with a water cooling kit for the CPU. The pump + resorvoir is at the bottom of the case and the radiator (which is quite big has 3 120mm fans on it) is mounted on the front panel. I'm looking to expand my water cooling to my graphics card, and perhaps chipset later on. Anyway I just want to know how do I drain the system since I'm gonna be connecting new things. (looking for the easiest way). Thanks! oh and thats what my case looks like in my avatar, the big thing on the front is the rad.

usually, i would just completely re-assemble the wc setup. good idea to give it a nice cleaning while ur at it. i find it easiest to drain it at the lowest point, and tilt the unit. since ur rad is attatched vertically, it should drain easy cuz of siphoning.

codymackay · 02-16-08

But I still dont know how to get the liquid out?

cleverchris · 02-17-08

a big syringe works well if you have one otherwise you could use some extra tubing and siphon it out of your res...or you could loosen all the equipment from the case and pour it all into a big bowl

microman · 02-17-08

a knife and a bucket usually works for me

codymackay · 02-17-08

I was thinking of keeping all the liquid still in the system, demount the CPU water block and take everything out of the case then get a big bowl or cup and hold the cpu block over it and untighten the tubing and let it come gushing out

EDIT

is it possible to have one tube disconnected and run the pump to get it out?

microman · 02-17-08

just cut one of the tubes and it will all drain out

tatted_taz · 02-17-08

I pull my pump to the outside of case, and dis connect a line and let it drain as it is now lower than entire system.

microman · 02-17-08

you could take the whole thing next to the kitchen sink pull the cpu block off so it hangs outside the case then cut one of the tubes and let it drain down the drain

roningai · 02-17-08

when installing a w/c system be it a kit or built a drain is always good to have otherwise it's gonna be a messy process.

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