biocide

[ecthellion]

i cant seem to find any pt nuke. what biocides are people using nowadays? my cpu waterblock is a pure copper heatkillver iv and i have a heatkiller waterblock for my gpu that is nickel plated. my rads internals are copper and the fittings i have are nickel plated as well. looking for a good biocide to use. any thoughts would be greatly apreciated. thanks!

 

[Nebulous]

I still have PT-Nuke but haven't used it in a while. In the past I've used the Primochill biocide and has worked great. Currently using a silver slug from Monsoon.

 

[ecthellion]

I still have PT-Nuke but haven't used it in a while. In the past I've used the Primochill biocide and has worked great. Currently using a silver slug from Monsoon.

thanks, i will look into getting these. is the primochill for mixed metals/plated metals? also i dont use any sort of colored coolant, im only using distilled water atm.

 

[Nebulous]

I've been using primochill's biocide with zero issues. The biocides now are formulated for different metals, so you're safe there. Yeah, I don't use colored fluids as I had a bad mishap with Mayhems fluid. In less than 6 months it jelled up and clogged everything up. I almost fried my pump and took quite a while to clean everything out.

Now I only use distilled water with a biocide and I have colored tubing for the color I want. I flush and clean out my loop once a year.

 

[Zerileous]

You want something benzalkonium based, not copper sulfate. While PT Nuke made both, the classic Blue Biocide was copper based and will tarnish your nickel plated blocks.