Hey, I just got a case from Danger Den, and like it didn't seem to come with directions on filling or anything like that, I kind of figured out how to fill it but I accidentally put 1 part water wetter for every 4 parts distilled water. I really don't feel like ordering more water wetter and waiting and all that to completely drain the system (not really at home right now, kind of on a road trip and I'd like to have my computer for some LAN stuff.) How bad is it to run the system the way it is?
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Is it bad to have put a 1 to 4 ratio of water wetter?
- Thread starter Azbok
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You will get very bad temps with that much water wetter, not to mention foaming when you turn it on. Between 1 and 2 percent is enough for most systems.
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Just drain your system into a clean emply gallon jug and then add back enough of the drained fluid with distilled water to make a 25:1 ratio (water to solution). You should be able to do this on the road; just make sure the jug has a cap.
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You can do it on the road but I wouldn't recommend doing it in the car. Water water stains. I would get a large bowl instead of a jug as it's much harder to spill around the edges. After that, either use a large soup spoon or large kitchen eyedropper and pour it in the system.
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you'll be fine, your temps might be up by a few degrees, but it'll work fine until you can fix it.
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Yea that's way too much. I added enough to get a ph of 8.7 (I think it was 8.7) and I used litmus paper to verify the pH. Read the front page guides on water cooling...you will find the correct ph and ratios there
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Temps will be a bit higher than they need to be but it shouldn't be too much of a problem, as long as the foaming subsides.
I would suggest thinning the water wetter out as soon as you can though: better temps, if nothing else.
I would suggest thinning the water wetter out as soon as you can though: better temps, if nothing else.
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K thanks for all the replies , I figured it would just increase my temps, and I'm at this guys house at like a mini lan party and everyone's like "Dude did you fill your resivoir with palm olive?" It's all pink and bubbly heh, I think I'll just run it like this till I can get the case home, then I'll undo my motherboard and drain the system and stuff. I'd do it here but I don't have any distilled water, my friends drank it all, and like I had to fill my resevoir up with a measuring cup, was very annoying.
, I figured it would just increase my temps, and I'm at this guys house at like a mini lan party and everyone's like "Dude did you fill your resivoir with palm olive?" It's all pink and bubbly heh, I think I'll just run it like this till I can get the case home, then I'll undo my motherboard and drain the system and stuff. I'd do it here but I don't have any distilled water, my friends drank it all, and like I had to fill my resevoir up with a measuring cup, was very annoying.
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I've heard of waterwetter leaving a film on everything it touches. I would imagine this would be much worse with your concentration.
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Ug, yes. The stuff left a white film on my tubing, then when I added blue UV dye it soaked it up, so now I have light blue tubes that don't glow under UV/Blacklight. :|
