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I accidentally drank some water from an AiO closed loop cooler earlier today. Is this dangerous? I have read somewhere that they put anti-bacterial and anti-corrosive additives in the water, so should I be worried?

The cooler in question was a Corsair Hydro Series H115i if that is of any relevance.

 

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what how lol 

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How much did you drink? If you only took a small sip, you will probably be alright.

I recommend you to consult the manual, it will probably have some better advice than I do.

 

But seriously, how did you manage to drink coolant?

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Wtf how did you drink the coolant, the only way I can think of is sticking the tubs in your mouth and slurping lol.

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Just now, TheNextLinus said:

How much did you drink? If you only took a small sip, you will probably be alright.

I recommend you to consult the manual, it will probably have some better advice than I do.

 

 

Are you sure it will mention drinking the coolant? Actually it probably will because ya know, people manage to do this nowadays... 

 

No offense OP

 

Ok a little offense OP

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No it's probably not safe since they do put anti-bacterial and anti-corrosive additives in the liquid.

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Just now, Abyss Gaming said:

Are you sure it will mention drinking the coolant? Actually it probably will because ya know, people manage to do this nowadays... 

 

No offense OP

 

Ok a little offense OP

I don't know, but there usually is a page with health and safety things, it may be there, and if it isn't, OP may go down in history as the first person who died of coolant.

 

JK, but seriously, how?

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Lesson learnt, never buy an AIO because it may poison you due to accidental leakage into mouth and/or sensitive areas

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I'm also starting to wonder if this is a troll, like how tf would you drink it... And he isnt replying.

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3 minutes ago, rattacko123 said:

Lesson learnt, never buy an AIO because it may poison you due to accidental leakage into mouth and/or sensitive areas

But with air coolers you may accidentally eat the fan and choke, that's a considerable risk too...

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7 minutes ago, Lurick said:

No it's probably not safe since they do put anti-bacterial and anti-corrosive additives in the liquid.

then he is officially anti bacterial and also anti corrosive as of this moment.

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lol, drinks PC coolant, instead of going to doctors/self diagnosis forums, he comes to LTT :D

 

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I don't know how much I drank, probably like a deciliter or a cup of it. I just heard there is something called ethylene glycol in the stuff, is this true? It says it's an antifreeze and that it is "moderately toxic" on Wikipedia. What does this mean? Also since it's not concentrated, but mixed in with the water, should I be OK? Does any one know the proportions mixed? This is actually starting to worry me now.

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probably no more dangerous than smoking. People text and drive dude i wouldn't worry lol :D

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2 minutes ago, snowman89 said:

I don't know how much I drank, probably like a deciliter or a cup of it. I just heard there is something called ethylene glycol in the stuff, is this true? It says it's an antifreeze and that it is "moderately toxic" on Wikipedia. What does this mean? Also since it's not concentrated, but mixed in with the water, should I be OK? Does any one know the proportions mixed? This is actually starting to worry me now.

If you really did drink some, go to the doctor ASAP. Even if it isn't a big deal you would rather be safe then sick/extremely sick or even death if you drank enough (I don't know how much that would be) Although the death is probably very highly unlikely unless you drank like all of the liquid in the AIO so I wouldn't worry about dying, just go to the doctor.

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1 minute ago, DnFx91 said:

probably no more dangerous than smoking. People text and drive dude i wouldn't worry lol :D

Idk about that

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Ethylene glycol is a colorless, odorless, sweet liquid, commonly found in antifreeze.[1] It may be drunk accidentally or purposefully in an attempt to cause death.[2] When broken down by the body it results in glycolic acid and oxalic acid which cause most of the toxicity.

Thats from the Wikipedia page, death 99 percent wont happen since he only drank about a cup imo but I'd definitely still see a doctor.

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How the hell would a doctor know what an AiO cooler is anyway? and exactly what it contains? That's why I asked here.

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Just now, snowman89 said:

How the hell would a doctor know what an AiO cooler is anyway? and exactly what it contains? That's why I asked here.

Well yea someone already posted a topic where it shows what they contain. 

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Just now, snowman89 said:

How the hell would a doctor know what an AiO cooler is anyway? and exactly what it contains? That's why I asked here.

a doctor doesnt need to know what the hardware was, why does that matter ? he just needs to know that you drank ethylene glycol, im sure he will understand

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1 minute ago, snowman89 said:

How the hell would a doctor know what an AiO cooler is anyway? and exactly what it contains? That's why I asked here.

Then you go to poison control. Call them ASAP.

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" Toxicity and death may occur even after drinking a small amount.[1] " You need your stomach flushed ASAP actually. Go to emerg

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