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Using a oil in your PC cooling system
bork:
... . It's impossible to have pure water in a loop. As soon as the water runs through blocks, rads, fittings, metal ions will be present.
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But what is missing is important, the minerals and salts that are in normal tap water.
bloody000:
--- Quote from: bork on March 14, 2011, 02:17:48 PM ---
... . It's impossible to have pure water in a loop. As soon as the water runs through blocks, rads, fittings, metal ions will be present.
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But what is missing is important, the minerals and salts that are in normal tap water.
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The point is that distilled water can still fry electronics and cause galvanic corrosion.
zat0x91:
Uhh, corrosion? Don't fucking mix metals like copper and aluminum and you shouldn't have that problem.
Otherwise, yes, distilled water isn't 100% non-conductive, but it's certainly much safer than other stuff, as other people have recovered video cards, and other components, probably not their motherboard though.
bloody000:
Jet plates in most CPU blocks are made of steel. The pump also have some steel components.
see table for potential difference of steel-copper vs. aluminium-copper:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galvanic_corrosion#Galvanic_compatibility
zat0x91:
Although it could corrode over time, but it's they're usually made with 316 stainless steel (at least with the EK Supreme) so it won't happen for a long time. If that really does bother you then put in an inhibitor or just use a different waterblock.
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