I wouldnt use dish soap in a loop.
Iv always used distilled water with a bit of consentrate as the biocide.
Change coolant each 2-3 years.

 

Get a bottle of Mayhems Biocide+ and Inhibitor+. 4 drops of each per liter of coolant. The bottles will last a long time and your loop will have all the protection it needs.

 

Hi there

As above I wouldn't use dish soap water in my build or any build

As above Biocide and Inhibitor is good choice just you will need change coolant much frequently than with other coolants

I would have look on Mayhems X1 or XT-1(this I would use only if yours PETG tubing is on Mayhems approved or tested list)

Hope this helps

Thanks, Jura

 

Biocide+ and Inhibitor+ don't need to be changed frequently. It's X1 that needs to be changed every year. Inhibitor+ and Biocide+ can stay for 2-3 years in your loop. Just add a little more product to the water every year to keep it active.

 

I don't see there being an issue using liquid dish soap in small amounts (regular Dawn for example) the idea with that is to lower the surface tension of water its been suggested as an additive to automotive cooling systems for years as an alternative to name brand products like Water Wetter, as its essentially the same thing. I used it in my car without issue.

Although I'd probably stick to distilled with silver coil.

 

Absolutely experimental loop. a little bit of canola oil/Glychol and a few shots/sprays of some Cleaners./Bleach. It is of a Milkier white consistency...But similar idea to the Mineral oil...just haven't went and bought any. And Sealed up with that type of Pump. Maybe Flow Slightly Reduced. But yeah it's something that maybe be okay to run awhile.

That same idea wanting something Slicker and or Slick in there.

 

Im starting to consider ordering some acrylic tube, i received my order today from Performance PC, when i placed the order for 5 x 500mm of the PETG tube, i was thinking it was a lot to practice with... its actually not a lot and will probably have to order more...

Does anyone know if the same fittings will work with Acrylic as long as i get the same size tube?

 

Destilled water and a silver coil. Wouldn't use anything else except for a drop of ptnuke eventually.

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Hi there

He is or will be running or using Nickel plated blocks and therefore he shouldn't use silver kill coil or PTNuke as well

Here is somewhere thread where guy run Silver Kill Coil and PTNuke with Heatkiller IV Nickel plated blocks and he run to issues

Similarly friend has run as well Silver Kill Coil with PTNuke with Phanteks Glacier WB and on his block nickel plating started to peel off

Hope this helps

Thanks, Jura

 

If i would have known about the nickel with the silver/pt nuke reactions i would have gotten the copper versions of the waterblocks. I am seriously leaning on ordering acrylic and play with it also, thinking of forming the parts i need with the PETG i bought just to get some practice and understanding of what i need in acrylic, and then order what i need plus a little extra, because the acrylic vs PETG is much more expensive and seems better overall with all fluids. Then i may try the method my friend used with the distilled water and dawn dish soap. I asked him what he does for bacteria and fungal growth and he said he has never had an issue with it running the distilled water with dish soap. The dish soap kills off the stuff in the loop and because loop is air tight the water stays free of anything that can grow he said. Just seems like a really basic way to maintain a loop, since water is ultimately faster at transfer heat vs most premix fluids.

 

i use koolance low conductive clear fluid. i have had leaks and stuff now and then and it never caused permanent damage. it is more of a industrial rack server water cooling product.

 

I'm using EK Cryofluid concentrate and like it a lot so far.

 

Don’t say that around here, you’ll be burned at the stake.

 

Been a while since I heard about using dish soap. I use distilled water and Liquid Utopia. Has worked perfectly.

 

Ive used straight distilled water for 2 yrs. nothing else added except a monsoon silver plug which screws into radiator port to keep algae from growing. water is always clear like first day i put it in so far.

 

Im curious if this silver plug can be used with "Petra's Tech Nuke PHN", i am still in the building phase of my build and have lots of extra plugs in res i could use for a silver plug... Is this the same plug your using?
https://www.amazon.com/Monsoon-Antimicrobial-Silver-Bullet-4-pack/dp/B01DV7AN28

 

Mayhem X1, Pre-mix. So far so good.

 

XSPC ECX Ultra Clear concentrate. Lovely stuff.

 

Im going to use mayhems pastel green in mine