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....on side of distilled water and Anti-Freeze so i don't get no nasty stuff is there anything to make the water colder i can put in???
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Is there any thing i can put into the Water....
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i am using the vw antifreeze stuff works pretty well so far and it gives it that nice blue color.
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i sed 90% distilled water and 10% anti-freeze and after 2 months everything was coated in yucky green algea. a friend of mine told me that listerine (the stuff you use for your teeth) might work too. so, after cleaning all the tubing (about 10f-12f) i added a bottle top of listerine. since then i have not seen any more algea and everything i couldn't clean out has gone away. the water will smell nice and minty too --> BONUS!!!
doubt it takes very much...
listerine is basically 10% alcohol so it would kill a good deal of the algae, another idea could be to add something like... a bit of H2O2 ( hyrdogen peroxide) . Same stuff you put on cuts...
Any light based pure alcohol (don't pour beer in) would effectively kill bacteria.
I'm not sure if it would have an effect on cooling or exactly how much you'd need. I doubt more then a little is needed though.
EDIT: I can't spell.
listerine is basically 10% alcohol so it would kill a good deal of the algae, another idea could be to add something like... a bit of H2O2 ( hyrdogen peroxide) . Same stuff you put on cuts...
Any light based pure alcohol (don't pour beer in) would effectively kill bacteria.
I'm not sure if it would have an effect on cooling or exactly how much you'd need. I doubt more then a little is needed though.
EDIT: I can't spell.
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ive read that more anti freeze is not good because it doesnt tranfer heat as good as water...but i guess water watter will make up for that...i don't want any build up AT ALL but i also want the best way to tranfer heat...so how about this
65% Distilled Water
20% AntiFreeze
5% Listerene
10% Water Wetter
65% Distilled Water
20% AntiFreeze
5% Listerene
10% Water Wetter
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Could probably scrape by with 15% AF, and no listerine, the rest sounds good.
Generally a few capfulls of water wetter will do fine per litre or some such like that.. I don't know the ratio offhand, just dumped it in till all my lines turned pink, lol
Generally a few capfulls of water wetter will do fine per litre or some such like that.. I don't know the ratio offhand, just dumped it in till all my lines turned pink, lol
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how about uranium? Then everything will glow.
Seriously, I prefer swiftecs hydyx.
Seriously, I prefer swiftecs hydyx.
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i have another question...when i set up the WC stuff and i test out for any leaks ..after do i drain then install in my system with things still connected or do i disconnect everything, install, reconnected and then fill with the necessary liquids???
