Cleaning water cooling system...

Angry · 08-20-11, 11:46 AM

I managed to get my Hydor L30 fixed and going again, and decided it wouldnt be a bad idea to clean the whole system. I google a bit, and read of a bleach/vinger water mix.

.....So I mixed up just a bit of bleach/vineger with a LOT of water....

....Is that mix supposed to turn blue after running thru the system for ~15mins?

I orginally had a water/antifreeze mix in the system when it was running, then the pump died, and sat for over a month.

Conumdrum · 08-20-11, 04:05 PM

Blue is the oxidation of the copper. The vinegar accellerates the oxidation.

Angry · 08-20-11, 05:28 PM

Gotcha...thanks for that. Loop is all clean now, gonna let it dry for awhile.

Conumdrum · 08-20-11, 05:50 PM

Give the rad extra love and many hot rinses with soap. Seen the blue tint persist for a long time till the rad was greatly cleaned.

Angry · 08-20-11, 08:01 PM

Im going to run boiling water through it separately, but at the moment I took the whole setup outside, hooked the water to the inlet of the pump, turned it on, as well at the water hose and force feed the entire setup letting the water that had went through the entire system run out the yard.

Conumdrum · 08-20-11, 09:03 PM

Careful, house pressure can make a rad look like a watermellon.

08-20-11, 11:46 AM	Thread Starter #1
Angry Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: Bluefield, WV	Cleaning water cooling system... I managed to get my Hydor L30 fixed and going again, and decided it wouldnt be a bad idea to clean the whole system. I google a bit, and read of a bleach/vinger water mix. .....So I mixed up just a bit of bleach/vineger with a LOT of water.... ....Is that mix supposed to turn blue after running thru the system for ~15mins? I orginally had a water/antifreeze mix in the system when it was running, then the pump died, and sat for over a month. __________________ Main Rig.......................Game Server.........................Media Server..............Untangle Core i3 2100 ....... ........Phenom II X4 965...................Athlon II X4 620....... Athlon X2 2350-BE 2.1ghz MSI P67A-GD65 ..............Asus M4A79XTD........................GA-890GX.................MSI 785GTM-45 G.Skill 1333 4x2gb............16gb Partriot S5 DDR3 1333.......4gb DDR3 1600...........4gb OCZ DDR2 1066 EVGA GTX 670 FTW SLI........2x EVGA GTX 550Ti.........................Onboard 890gx 60gb OCZ Summit.................4x250gb WD RE Raid0 ViewSonic VX2453mh-LED
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08-20-11, 04:05 PM	#2
Conumdrum Mutant Forrespondent Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Las Vegas	Blue is the oxidation of the copper. The vinegar accellerates the oxidation. __________________ All stock for now, no need for more, but it's gonna be soon methinks. Giga Xtreme 58 mobo i7 965 ES D0 step Corsair 1600 6 gig SLI GTX470 OC when I need it to 870 GPU/1725 mem EK HF nickle blue top CPU block (free from Eddie) Koolance 470 waterblocks One big loop, two 120x3 rads. Pa 120.3 and XSPC RX 120x3. Swiftech 35x pump with V2 restop. GT AP15 fans. Banchetto Tech Station 120 GB SSD, and a few other drives. 1000W UltraX3 PSU, 900 watt (1500VA UPS 27" ASUS VG 3D/Nvidia V2 3D glasses and 24" Acer H243H UPS is 1500 PFCLCD
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08-20-11, 05:28 PM	Thread Starter #3
Angry Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: Bluefield, WV	Gotcha...thanks for that. Loop is all clean now, gonna let it dry for awhile.
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08-20-11, 05:50 PM	#4
Conumdrum Mutant Forrespondent Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Las Vegas	Give the rad extra love and many hot rinses with soap. Seen the blue tint persist for a long time till the rad was greatly cleaned. __________________ All stock for now, no need for more, but it's gonna be soon methinks. Giga Xtreme 58 mobo i7 965 ES D0 step Corsair 1600 6 gig SLI GTX470 OC when I need it to 870 GPU/1725 mem EK HF nickle blue top CPU block (free from Eddie) Koolance 470 waterblocks One big loop, two 120x3 rads. Pa 120.3 and XSPC RX 120x3. Swiftech 35x pump with V2 restop. GT AP15 fans. Banchetto Tech Station 120 GB SSD, and a few other drives. 1000W UltraX3 PSU, 900 watt (1500VA UPS 27" ASUS VG 3D/Nvidia V2 3D glasses and 24" Acer H243H UPS is 1500 PFCLCD
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08-20-11, 08:01 PM	Thread Starter #5
Angry Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: Bluefield, WV	Im going to run boiling water through it separately, but at the moment I took the whole setup outside, hooked the water to the inlet of the pump, turned it on, as well at the water hose and force feed the entire setup letting the water that had went through the entire system run out the yard. __________________ Main Rig.......................Game Server.........................Media Server..............Untangle Core i3 2100 ....... ........Phenom II X4 965...................Athlon II X4 620....... Athlon X2 2350-BE 2.1ghz MSI P67A-GD65 ..............Asus M4A79XTD........................GA-890GX.................MSI 785GTM-45 G.Skill 1333 4x2gb............16gb Partriot S5 DDR3 1333.......4gb DDR3 1600...........4gb OCZ DDR2 1066 EVGA GTX 670 FTW SLI........2x EVGA GTX 550Ti.........................Onboard 890gx 60gb OCZ Summit.................4x250gb WD RE Raid0 ViewSonic VX2453mh-LED
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08-20-11, 09:03 PM	#6
Conumdrum Mutant Forrespondent Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Las Vegas	Careful, house pressure can make a rad look like a watermellon. __________________ All stock for now, no need for more, but it's gonna be soon methinks. Giga Xtreme 58 mobo i7 965 ES D0 step Corsair 1600 6 gig SLI GTX470 OC when I need it to 870 GPU/1725 mem EK HF nickle blue top CPU block (free from Eddie) Koolance 470 waterblocks One big loop, two 120x3 rads. Pa 120.3 and XSPC RX 120x3. Swiftech 35x pump with V2 restop. GT AP15 fans. Banchetto Tech Station 120 GB SSD, and a few other drives. 1000W UltraX3 PSU, 900 watt (1500VA UPS 27" ASUS VG 3D/Nvidia V2 3D glasses and 24" Acer H243H UPS is 1500 PFCLCD
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