I'm an idiot... Used Mineralized water with EK concentrate instead of distilled...

[aetsan]

As in the title, I'm a dumb dumb dummy from dummy town and mixed MINERALIZED water with my EK Concentrate instead of DISTILLED. 

If it matters, the water is flat, but infused with Magnesium Sulphate, Potassium Chloride and Sodium Chloride.

 

Anyone know if this is going to be a problem? Using a distro plate, and the standard "shake shake tilt" method of draining a loop doesn't work and to fully drain the loop requires full disassembly and a few hours.

 

 

[LIGISTX]

4 minutes ago, aetsan said:

As in the title, I'm a dumb dumb dummy from dummy town and mixed MINERALIZED water with my EK Concentrate instead of DISTILLED. 

If it matters, the water is flat, but infused with Magnesium Sulphate, Potassium Chloride and Sodium Chloride.

 

Anyone know if this is going to be a problem? Using a distro plate, and the standard "shake shake tilt" method of draining a loop doesn't work and to fully drain the loop requires full disassembly and a few hours.

 

 

I’d certainly clean it out. But that’s my .02, and what I would do. 

[fonzz1e]

for a few weeks it's OK, long term no

 

u should flush with dw at least 2 rounds before u put it your ideal coolant (non opaque pls) 

[Vishera]

20 minutes ago, aetsan said:

Anyone know if this is going to be a problem?

It will damage components in the loop over time.

[Needfuldoer]

Drain the loop, fill it with distilled water, run it for a bit. Repeat that a couple times, then fill with the correct long-term mix.

[Sir Beregond]

Drain it. Yeah its a pain, but such is the life of a watercooler. I would NOT run that long term.

[AnonymousGuy]

Is it going to harm anything?  Probably not.  It'll leave bathtub rings of mineral though anywhere it doesn't submerged like in the reservoir.

[Sir Beregond]

12 hours ago, AnonymousGuy said:

Is it going to harm anything?  Probably not.  It'll leave bathtub rings of mineral though anywhere it doesn't submerged like in the reservoir.

Well I don't know about you, but considering loop cleaning/prep prior to use, having water full of minerals sounds terrible.

 

EDIT: Also, if this is a case of using tap water, its also full of chemicals that can be damaging to parts of the loop. Moreover, it can also promote corrosion depending on what metals are in the loop, depending on what metals/minerals are part of the water. 

 

So yeah it can absolutely harm something. Drain, flush/clean loop, and refill with proper stuff.

Edited August 25, 2022 by Sir Beregond

[Rusty Proto]

I can totally see this building up minerals in all sorts of places, including on the CPU plate and inside the rads. Mineral deposits are the bane of our existence here, so I would consider a good flush, then, if nothing else can be had, running to the auto parts store and putting some of that green 50/50 mix coolant in it until you can do better. Careful, though, as it is toxic, though best I can tell, most PC coolants are as well.