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I watched the Mini Fridge video on Linus Tech Tips a couple of hours ago and I though too myself, would if be possible too stream cold water from the sink too the loop makeing it extremely cool and very quiet. I get that for 99% of countires this is irrelivant because of the water bill but in my case I live in Iceland and cold water is abselouty free. This is a topic that I would really like too be discussed because I think it could be completely possible but I want too know what other people think and it would be pretty awesome if it would appear on the WAN show,

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Technically possible but you do not want to do that because tap water has ions making it conductive. Typically people use distilled water for loops. Coolants usually contain distilled water as well. 

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I watched the Mini Fridge video on Linus Tech Tips a couple of hours ago and I though too myself, would if be possible too stream cold water from the sink too the loop makeing it extremely cool and very quiet. I get that for 99% of countires this is irrelivant because of the water bill but in my case I live in Iceland and cold water is abselouty free. This is a topic that I would really like too be discussed because I think it could be completely possible but I want too know what other people think and it would be pretty awesome if it would appear on the WAN show,

Thanks !

 

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If water is free, and its so abundant its not actually a waste, yes that would totally work. No need for fans, hell you may not even need a pump if the pressure of the source is high enough (which it should be...). It would definitely work, and if the water is chilled from being under ground, it will work even better!

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Technically possible but you do not want to do that because tap water has ions making it conductive. Typically people use distilled water for loops. Coolants usually contain distilled water as well. 

That is a good point. But it can be worked out I bet.

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Technically possible but you do not want to do that because tap water has ions making it conductive. Typically people use distilled water for loops. Coolants usually contain distilled water as well. 

Having ions in the water is not the reason for using distilled water. even if the water is conductive, it never touches the pcb, so there shouldn't be a problem.

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So basically you want to waste water for the sake of cooling your pc.You disgust me...you are better putting the rad in a bucket of cold water than doing that

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Technically possible but you do not want to do that because tap water has ions making it conductive. Typically people use distilled water for loops. Coolants usually contain distilled water as well. 

Distilled water becomes conductive when it runs in watercooling loops regardless since it picks up ions.

 

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Another user brought something like this up the main concern was if you have hard water since it can have build up and the possibility of algae growth since there is no biocide.

One more pressing issue is if the incoming water has a dissimlar loop with your copper since some places still some less than ideal water pipes such as steel which can cause galvanic corrosion. 

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So basically you want to waste water for the sake of cooling your pc.You disgust me...you are better putting the rad in a bucket of cold water than doing that

Depending on how you define "waste" in Sweden we have the same water from our taps in our toilets, showers etc so in my opinion cooling a pc like that aint a waste.

 

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So basically you want to waste water for the sake of cooling your pc.You disgust me...you are better putting the rad in a bucket of cold water than doing that

 

 

I dont think you quite realize how muc water Iceland has, there is a reason why it's free.

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only problem I can imagine is rust/corrosion over time. And that it can be a huge waste of water

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Technically possible but you do not want to do that because tap water has ions making it conductive. Typically people use distilled water for loops. Coolants usually contain distilled water as well. 

I'm sure that there are filters out there you can put on, that will more or less make the water distilled.

It might effect flowrate and cost, but its a solution.

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Depending on how you define "waste" in Sweden we have the same water from our taps in our toilets, showers etc so in my opinion cooling a pc like that aint a waste.

 

You should totally try it OP

 

 

I dont think you quite realize how muc water Iceland has, there is a reason why it's free.

Perhaps but is still a waste.you would need a constant pressure and since is coming from the sink unless is pouring into a bucket first it would most likely have bubbles and stuff in it.You would again need a tube to run to another sink so it will discard the hot water not to mention that would require a powerful pump.If you want to use the pipe pressure to watercool that will be a huge problem as the pressure can ruin the fittings and spill water all over your pc that and again bubbles and stuff in it.As i said you are better leaving the rad in cold water than doing that

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