creating a drain port + premix choices

[MorganO]

hallo

so shortly ill be acquiring parts for a custom waterloop, now i just need to figure out what parts i need to create a drain port for the loop, if anyone could be so kind to tell me which parts i need it would be greatly appreciated.

prefer EK parts as  it will match with the rest

 

also i want a red fluid but i dont know which i should get and who from, im looking at PREMIX only (its easier for me) any suggestions for that would be great.

 

 

[For Science!]

4 hours ago, KOMTechAndGaming said:

hallo

so shortly ill be acquiring parts for a custom waterloop, now i just need to figure out what parts i need to create a drain port for the loop, if anyone could be so kind to tell me which parts i need it would be greatly appreciated.

prefer EK parts as  it will match with the rest

 

also i want a red fluid but i dont know which i should get and who from, im looking at PREMIX only (its easier for me) any suggestions for that would be great.

 

 

Usually: Ball valve, T-splitter, male-to-male dual rotary, stop fitting.

I would recommend EK-CryoFuel, although I have not used the red one/

[MorganO]

5 hours ago, For Science! said:

Usually: Ball valve, T-splitter, male-to-male dual rotary, stop fitting.

I would recommend EK-CryoFuel, although I have not used the red one/

if think the pump i have/getting has 3  ports on the pump part is it ok to omit the t splitter?(at the start atleast)

[AMDNeko]

58 minutes ago, KOMTechAndGaming said:

if think the pump i have/getting has 3  ports on the pump part is it ok to omit the t splitter?(at the start atleast)

You basically at that point would need a G1/4 male to male adapter and get a ball valve drain port. Then when you need to drain it you just screw on a cheap barb with soft tubing to the ball valve fitting run it out of the case and drain away~

[vESP]

2 hours ago, PPCs-Kat said:

You basically at that point would need a G1/4 male to male adapter and get a ball valve drain port. Then when you need to drain it you just screw on a cheap barb with soft tubing to the ball valve fitting run it out of the case and drain away~

Yea this is all you have to do 100% 

 

8 hours ago, For Science! said:

Usually: Ball valve, T-splitter, male-to-male dual rotary, stop fitting.

I would recommend EK-CryoFuel, although I have not used the red one/

I've used ek cryofuel red.  Never again.  It's the most lack luster red very dull and kg u have at all any distilled water in your rads after flushing etc it makes the red more and more pink. 

 

Plus takes a while to flush that stuff out as it sticks around I've had 3 vinegar and distilled water passes already and it's still in there. 

[vESP]

Just now, vESP said:

Yea this is all you have to do 100% 

 

I've used ek cryofuel red.  Never again.  It's the most lack luster red very dull and kg u have at all any distilled water in your rads after flushing etc it makes the red more and more pink. 

 

Plus takes a while to flush that stuff out as it sticks around I've had 3 vinegar and distilled water passes already and it's still in there. 

 

[MorganO]

14 hours ago, PPCs-Kat said:

You basically at that point would need a G1/4 male to male adapter and get a ball valve drain port. Then when you need to drain it you just screw on a cheap barb with soft tubing to the ball valve fitting run it out of the case and drain away~

cheers

[MorganO]

12 hours ago, vESP said:

Yea this is all you have to do 100% 

 

I've used ek cryofuel red.  Never again.  It's the most lack luster red very dull and kg u have at all any distilled water in your rads after flushing etc it makes the red more and more pink. 

 

Plus takes a while to flush that stuff out as it sticks around I've had 3 vinegar and distilled water passes already and it's still in there. 

 

do you have alternative fluid suggestions , im thinking a a deep blue or i might just go with clear fluid (premix) then add colouring afterwards 

[THFourteen]

I used mayhems blood red (x1 clear i think) in my build last year, it lasted fine for 10 months, got a bit darker by the end but when i cleaned my loop and refilled it with distilled water i didnt see any residue, and i didnt dismantle my gpu/cpu blocks and there was no residue there either.

 

This time i went with mayhems x1 clear and added some mayhems non stain pink/red dye, mainly because i had a bottle of clear from last year that i never used and i didnt want to waste!

[MorganO]

4 minutes ago, THFourteen said:

I used mayhems blood red (x1 clear i think) in my build last year, it lasted fine for 10 months, got a bit darker by the end but when i cleaned my loop and refilled it with distilled water i didnt see any residue, and i didnt dismantle my gpu/cpu blocks and there was no residue there either.

 

This time i went with mayhems x1 clear and added some mayhems non stain pink/red dye, mainly because i had a bottle of clear from last year that i never used and i didnt want to waste!

https://www.scan.co.uk/products/1l-mayhems-x1-blood-red-coolant 

this stuff?

[THFourteen]

5 minutes ago, KOMTechAndGaming said:

https://www.scan.co.uk/products/1l-mayhems-x1-blood-red-coolant 

this stuff?

That's the stuff.

It didn't look like that in my loop though, it looked like this : 

 

 

[MorganO]

Just now, THFourteen said:

That's the stuff.

It didn't look like that in my loop though, it looked like this : 

 

 

thanks dude