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- Oct 15, 2001
- Location
- Tennessee
I've been interested in setting up a fanless watercooling system.
I thought that a good sized car radiator should do the trick, to cool water in a watercooling system (a real radiator, not a heatercore.)
I got an old copper radiator from my brother in law. It is huge and made of copper. I think it should do the trick, but I need a good way to clean it, inside and out. The outside, I'm not too worried about (I'll scrub it with steel-wool, if I have to.) The inside, however, worried me a bit. This radiator probably has some gunk and grime in it and I don't want my computer to end up with gunk and grime and rust and creepy-crawlies.
Is there a good way to clean the inside of this thing?
Right now, my only idea is to hook it up, outside of the case, with just the radiator, the pump, a bucket, some wire screen, and a cloth filter. The pump would go in the bottom of the bucket. I would put a cloth filter (like an old t-shirt or something), over the top of the bucket and the wire mesh over that. The return water line would dump into the wire mesh, then go through the cloth filter, then go into the bottom of the bucket, where the pump would send it on its way, again. The screen and cloth would filter out large particles, but let the water get through. I'm wondering if I should use distilled water, with some watercooling additive in it, for this setup, so I don't introduce any biological contaminants or anything. I have a little distilled water (1 and a half gallons) and some additive (Swiftech) already.
Am I on the right track? Is there are smarter/faster/better/more effective way to do this?
Thanks.
I thought that a good sized car radiator should do the trick, to cool water in a watercooling system (a real radiator, not a heatercore.)
I got an old copper radiator from my brother in law. It is huge and made of copper. I think it should do the trick, but I need a good way to clean it, inside and out. The outside, I'm not too worried about (I'll scrub it with steel-wool, if I have to.) The inside, however, worried me a bit. This radiator probably has some gunk and grime in it and I don't want my computer to end up with gunk and grime and rust and creepy-crawlies.
Is there a good way to clean the inside of this thing?
Right now, my only idea is to hook it up, outside of the case, with just the radiator, the pump, a bucket, some wire screen, and a cloth filter. The pump would go in the bottom of the bucket. I would put a cloth filter (like an old t-shirt or something), over the top of the bucket and the wire mesh over that. The return water line would dump into the wire mesh, then go through the cloth filter, then go into the bottom of the bucket, where the pump would send it on its way, again. The screen and cloth would filter out large particles, but let the water get through. I'm wondering if I should use distilled water, with some watercooling additive in it, for this setup, so I don't introduce any biological contaminants or anything. I have a little distilled water (1 and a half gallons) and some additive (Swiftech) already.
Am I on the right track? Is there are smarter/faster/better/more effective way to do this?
Thanks.