Antifreeze???

[TubsAlwaysWins]

IF my Antifreeze has a biocide in it can I use nothing but antifreeze or will that yield bad temps? (I have some blue antifreeze that will look good in my system.) So no distilled water. 100% Antifreeze

[Lurick]

Just now, TubsAlwaysWIns said:

IF my Antifreeze has a biocide in it can I use nothing but antifreeze or will that yield bad temps? (I have some blue antifreeze that will look good in my system.) So no distilled water. 100% Antifreeze

What kind of tubing are you using? It can work in certain types of tubing but not others.

[TubsAlwaysWins]

1 minute ago, Lurick said:

What kind of tubing are you using? It can work in certain types of tubing but not others.

Whatever comes on the Raijintek Triton. Also will I have higher temps or will they be the same?

[Lurick]

3 minutes ago, TubsAlwaysWIns said:

Whatever comes on the Raijintek Triton. Also will I have higher temps or will they be the same?

While it will be safe to use in the tubing since it's most likely water + propylyene glycol you won't get better temps compared to water or other coolant.

[FirstArmada]

3 minutes ago, TubsAlwaysWIns said:

Whatever comes on the Raijintek Triton. Also will I have higher temps or will they be the same?

 

Do not use normal anti freeze in plastic it is corrosive instead look for anti-antifreeze made of Glycerol which is non toxic and not corrosive 

[TubsAlwaysWins]

1 hour ago, Lurick said:

While it will be safe to use in the tubing since it's most likely water + propylyene glycol you won't get better temps compared to water or other coolant.

im just asking for the same temps.

 

1 hour ago, FirstArmada said:

 

Do not use normal anti freeze in plastic it is corrosive instead look for anti-antifreeze made of Glycerol which is non toxic and not corrosive 

OK. If mine has some can I use it?

[Lurick]

Just now, TubsAlwaysWIns said:

im just asking for the same temps.

One thing to know is that it can be thicker so you may need to dilute it as well or you risk straining and killing your pump.

[FirstArmada]

1 minute ago, TubsAlwaysWIns said:

OK. If mine has some can I use it?

Yes you can use it , Only if it is based off of Glycerol dont use any other type

[TubsAlwaysWins]

1 hour ago, Lurick said:

One thing to know is that it can be thicker so you may need to dilute it as well or you risk straining and killing your pump.

alrighty then. Thanks

 

1 hour ago, FirstArmada said:

Yes you can use it , Only if it is based off of Glycerol dont use any other type

Ok

[airdeano]

just a hint:

since water cooling has been around for sometime, you'd think that many (if not all water cooling manufacturers) would recommend automotive antifreeze/coolant/washer fluid to use in a open/closed system. but, somehow they do not even utter or mention using such as a coolant.

 

as in use for the automotive industry, most are not diluted and the thermal properties can be altered by a percentage of distilled water and coolant used. another factor of thermal dissipation is the amount of internal pressure of the cooling system. most automotive coolants are formulated for buna rubber, abs plastics, copper, iron/cast iron, steel, stainless steel, and aluminum. these use industrial amounts of anti-corrosives and are prolly too high in concentration for our PC cooling systems as well prolly can attack some of our processes (nickel plating methods).

 

play it safe and use standard pre-mixes or distilled with a biocide. if it was such a great 'deal', there'd be many users saying "use auto/truck antifreeze/coolant!" but that population is muted. wonder why?

[TubsAlwaysWins]

11 hours ago, airdeano said:

just a hint:

since water cooling has been around for sometime, you'd think that many (if not all water cooling manufacturers) would recommend automotive antifreeze/coolant/washer fluid to use in a open/closed system. but, somehow they do not even utter or mention using such as a coolant.

 

as in use for the automotive industry, most are not diluted and the thermal properties can be altered by a percentage of distilled water and coolant used. another factor of thermal dissipation is the amount of internal pressure of the cooling system. most automotive coolants are formulated for buna rubber, abs plastics, copper, iron/cast iron, steel, stainless steel, and aluminum. these use industrial amounts of anti-corrosives and are prolly too high in concentration for our PC cooling systems as well prolly can attack some of our processes (nickel plating methods).

 

play it safe and use standard pre-mixes or distilled with a biocide. if it was such a great 'deal', there'd be many users saying "use auto/truck antifreeze/coolant!" but that population is muted. wonder why?

I used about 1/2 cup of antifreeze and the rest water

[airdeano]

you'd mentioned 'blue' coloring antifreeze/coolant. what brand was that and was it washer fluid antifreeze?

[Technous285]

Honestly, unless you live in a house with little-to-no insulation (so the temps outside form a baseline temp inside) in a place where it gets below like -3*C regularly during winter (say, Canada, or parts of Australia), and you regularly leave your system off for hours at a time overnight, you don't really need to worry about using any form of anti-freeze for your loop.

 

I was running EKWB's premix EVO Blue (-3*C freezing point) in my Beast system and last year had a fair few nights of -4*C or lower temps. That system never got below like 10*C on the coolant or blocks even on those cold nights as I kept the system running (if idle) thus keeping at least some heat being pushed into the coolant and preventing it from possibly freezing in the tubes (I dunno if the spare half-bottle of the coolant I had sitting in the kitchen ever froze on those nights through).