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Evil_spork
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PostPosted: Thu, 01 Sep 2005 02:44:15    Post Subject: Reply with quote

thePMG wrote:
I had 3 full years of near continuous running with no leaks on my Koolance. I ran a 60/40 mix of plain tap water and regular antifreeze.

The impurities in water are what make it electricly conductive. When you use distilled water and an additive to inhibit corrosion (Coolermaster fluid, Koolance fluid, antifreeze, etc), guess what you just did to your distilled water? Yep, made it electrically conductive. Running pure distilled water is also a bad idea, as there is most likely enough junk (dust, oil from pump bearings, whatever came off the funnel you used to put the water into the system, etc) to make the water impure and conductive again, and galvanic corrosion will set in anyways.

So in conclusion, use hose clamps, double check your work, and if you are that paranoid, use a specialized non conductive coolant.


what he said. if you use your head you wont have any troubles save for the extremely rare freak event
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