Metal compatibility?

[Digital Kaos]

I have alphacool radiators and cpu block and ek gpu waterblocks and ek compression fittings as well at monsoon silver plugs, will there be any issues using these together?

 

Also can I put a silver plug into the top right slot of an ek dual parallel terminal without it interfering? It seems to fit fine but if somebody has some experience with it that would be helpful. I have two of them and I was going to put the other into my reservoir. I meant to put one into one of the radiators but I forgot to before installing them and it would be rather difficult to change now. I would assume one is enough anyway but I wanted to be safe by using two.

 

http://www.ekwb.com/shop/ek-fc-terminal-dual-parallel.html

 

Thanks in advance.

[Saladin]

Nickel, Copper, Brass, and Silver are all fine together, what you want to lookout for are Aluminum and Steel (avoid at all costs). As stated if you are using a premixed coolant you don't need silver plugs or a kill coil (or biocide drops), you only need to worry about silver if you are using distilled water (or distilled water that you added  dye to).

[Digital Kaos]

What coolant are you using? If it is a premix it will already have a biocide in it and you wont need a kill coil or silver plug

 

and there won't be issues with the metals your using

 

Nickel, Copper, Brass, and Silver are all fine together, what you want to lookout for are Aluminum and Steel (avoid at all costs). As stated if you are using a premixed coolant you don't need silver plugs or a kill coil (or biocide drops), you only need to worry about silver if you are using distilled water (or distilled water that you added  dye to).

Thank you both for the answers, I am planning on using distilled water for it. I have primoflex tubing which comes with a biocide, should I had it anyway even with the silver or just use one or the other? And if so which would y'all use? Oh and I am not adding dye, I have the plexi gpu blocks but since they are facing down anyway I'm not worried about the coolant being clear.

[Digital Kaos]

If your just relying on tubing for Biocide then I'ld get a kill coil or silver plug.

 

Kill coils only become an issue if your using a premix coolant with biocide already in it as it can react with a kill coil and be worse than just distilled water by itself in terms of build up and corrosion. But if your using distilled water then add a kill coil to your res for sure

I already bought 2 silver plugs haha. Should I not add the biocide that comes with the tubing then?

 

Thanks again  This is my first build and this forum has been very helpful 

[Saladin]

Use either silver (kill coil or plugs) or a biocide, not both.

[Digital Kaos]

Use either silver (kill coil or plugs) or a biocide, not both.

Sweet, thank you, I think I will use the silver plugs since I bought them. I just finished installing my loop, now time to test!