Drainline

[ObiwanShinobi]

So when I put together my watercooling setup I did not put in a drain line. I now find myself needing to drain my system, how should I go about doing this?I would like to avoid leaking liquid all over my computer if at all possible. And how should I make a drain line in the meantime?

[R B Customs]

you using a T line right ?

turn you PC upside down.
fi thats really not gonna work... turn it upsdie down, remove PSU and drain into a buckect or whatever, this way you avoid spillin most of the water onto any components.

more info please

[SolidxSnake]

A good way to do it is get a bucket or something of the likes. Find the lowest point in your loop that is easily movable (for me it's GPU block). Position the point over the bucket and remove/cut the tubing off and let the water pour out into the bucket. I unmount my GPU block, loosen the clamps, and pull off each hose one at a time, after all the fluid pours out into the container.

[ObiwanShinobi]

I have a res, should I pump the water out when most of its drained or what?

[bignaz]

i take the return line off my res. place it over a bucket and turn my pump on and run it so the res is allmost empty but i dont run the pump dry. then i just use a pump and pump air in and flush out the rest of it with the pump off. works on my system perfect.

[ObiwanShinobi]

i take the return line off my res. place it over a bucket and turn my pump on and run it so the res is allmost empty but i dont run the pump dry. then i just use a pump and pump air in and flush out the rest of it with the pump off. works on my system perfect.
How do you pump in air and flush the rest of the liquid out?

[soloz2]

How do you pump in air and flush the rest of the liquid out?


probably with an air compressor

[R B Customs]

probably with an air compressor
YIKES thats a bit extreme !!!!!
compressors put out alot of pressure, and im not sure if that will work as well as it would seem.

i think tipping it round and round is your best bet

[[Corporal Dan]]

I used the kitchen sink. I left enough line to sort of pull the res free of the case, but i still had to be creative in the angles I held my case at...

[ObiwanShinobi]

Well, I'd like to try and recycle my current liquid I have in my system and be able to put it back in there(any ideas?)at 20 bucks a bottle and two bottles, its a bit expensive. Cant I just turn the pump on and pump it all out? Or would letting the pump run dry ruin it?

[R B Customs]

yea, u dont wanna let the pump run dry mate.
20 bucks a bottle ??
why dotn you just make your own for a few coins ?
distilled water and an additive, cheap as chips !

[voigts]

You are probably going to have to tip your case on its front top corner and drain out your res first, and then drain each component one at a time. To avoid this problem in the future, it is always a good idea to put a T connector with the I part of the connector going to some extra tubing and a ball valve so that you can just flop out the ball valve and drain away. This also depends on how you have your case setup as people for instance that have rads externally mounted and such may be able to just disconnect a line and drain it well that way. Otherwise, the T with a ball valve is the way to go.

[soloz2]

YIKES thats a bit extreme !!!!!
compressors put out alot of pressure, and im not sure if that will work as well as it would seem.

i think tipping it round and round is your best bet


not necessarily. if you're smart enough to turn down the pressure an air compressure would do an excellent job.

[ObiwanShinobi]

Well I dont feel like taking everything apart, and Im not sure me tipping my computer would be the best idea, its big and bulky, a perfect way to drop it :(

[SolidxSnake]

Well I dont feel like taking everything apart, and Im not sure me tipping my computer would be the best idea, its big and bulky, a perfect way to drop it :(


You can't unmount the block and disconnect/cut the tubing?

[ObiwanShinobi]

I'd rather not if i didnt have to.

[Arca_ex]

Personally I used an air compressor to leak test my system, I used 10 PSI and pressure guage, worked great. There is a regulator on the air compressor that you can turn down too, its not always at like 543892623948 PSI.

[bignaz]

i just blow into the line after whipeing it clean. or i use a turky baster. put it to the lin and squeeze and the air flush's it out. but takes a little bit of time to do it.

[voigts]

Look, no offense, but you want your loop to drain somehow without tipping your case over to drain out of the res and without unplugging any connections whatsoever with no drain valve? That simply is not reality. The water has got to go out somewhere...

[ObiwanShinobi]

Look, no offense, but you want your loop to drain somehow without tipping your case over to drain out of the res and without unplugging any connections whatsoever with no drain valve? That simply is not reality. The water has got to go out somewhere...
I just dont want to accidentally drop it, I'm a small guy and the TT armor case is rather big and bulky, but thanks.

[SolidxSnake]

I just dont want to accidentally drop it, I'm a small guy and the TT armor case is rather big and bulky, but thanks.


Then you'll have to disconnect tubing and let the water flow out. Only way.

[Kilyin]

So when I put together my watercooling setup I did not put in a drain line. I now find myself needing to drain my system, how should I go about doing this?I would like to avoid leaking liquid all over my computer if at all possible. And how should I make a drain line in the meantime?

Maybe this thread (http://www.ocforums.com/showthread.php?t=453336) would be of some interest to you.