Draining my loop??

[MxPhenom 216]

I already talked to Cadaveca about this, but I need to drain my loop to take out my 680, and replace it with a 780 next week, and then put my CPU on water cooling for now. Take a look at the picture below and try and think of a way to drain my loop best way possible. Dave thought it would be good to pull the res forward out of the bay as far as possible, and then tilt the case so its on its front.

Anyone else have any other ideas?

 

[fullinfusion]

Take the hose off the gpu (right side if I'm looking right) Have a small pail under it and drain what ya can.

You have a straighter on picture?


Just dont mix glycol antifreeze to your loop

 

[MxPhenom 216]

Take the hose off the gpu (right side if I'm looking right) Have a small pail under it and drain what ya can.

The stuff in the block would shoot up out of the fitting if I did that. dousing everything above. Well, atleast that's what Dave said, because that's what I was going to do before I talked to him.

 

[MxPhenom 216]

I have an idea. take out everything I have in drive bays. put a small bowl of something below the res. undo one from the res, while putting my thumb over the tube when I disconnect it. rotate out of the case so its pointing down and release my thumb. so anything that goes from the res, goes into the bowl under it, then ill have another bowl outside the case for the tube I point outside.

 

[fullinfusion]

The stuff in the block would shoot up out of the fitting if I did that. dousing everything above. Well, atleast that's what Dave said, because that's what I was going to do before I talked to him.

If the loop is compleatly sealed it wont... I mean if the res cap is on tight it wont shoot out.

Depends what your top side of the loop looks like.. Got another picture?

 

[MxPhenom 216]

If the loop is compleatly sealed it wont... I mean if the res cap is on tight it wont shoot out.

Depends what your top side of the loop looks like.. Got another picture?

I can take another. What do you mean top side?

 

[fullinfusion]

the rez area

 

[OneMoar]

disconnect the line on the left-hand side(assuming thats your warm return)
dump it into a container of somekind and then put some power to the pump
to refill simply add a T to the intake side of the pump and then run a line to your fluids and turn it on(after reconnecting everything and cracking the cap on the res to allow air out)
to make this less of a pain in the ass add another T to the warm return and put a drain valve on it

 

[ShiBDiB]

Why not just remove the blocks/res from the case and drain it without worrying about frying your entire system?

 

[OneMoar]

Why not just remove the blocks/res from the case and drain it without worrying about frying your entire system?

even assuming the worst so long as you let it dry its a non-issue

 

[fullinfusion]

see my loop.. I unhook the bottom rez line after I pull (slide) out the rez and pull the line off.

I water trickles out of the res and line into a small container.. Just leave the res fill port on tight so the water dont shoot out and if your using distilled water dont worrie about wreaking things... Its not conductive dispite what some think

 

[ShiBDiB]

Still just seems alot easier to remove the blocks/res from the case, drain it, and then make ur modifications.

 

[OneMoar]

see my loop.. I unhook the bottom rez line after I pull (slide) out the rez and pull the line off.

I water trickles out of the res and line into a small container.. Just leave the res fill port on tight so the water dont shoot out and if your using distilled water dont worrie about wreaking things... Its not conductive dispite what some think

http://img.techpowerup.org/130524/DSC00474.jpg

I dare you to submerge your rig in distilled water and run it
come on mr know it all do it lets see that sucker fry after about 10M

 

[MxPhenom 216]

the rez area

I thought I had a picture, but I don't. But I do have a video. That I think you will be able to see the rez area.

 

[fullinfusion]

I dare you to submerge your rig in distilled water and run it
come on mr know it all do it lets see that sucker fry after about 10M

Listen here kitty lol... Dont fire me up!

But no really it's not conductive. Our local distillery here sell huge amounts of dis water to Manitoba Hydro to spray on the hydro lines for de-icing / fires and sorts...

@MX nice video... now hold your camera sideways lol

 

[OneMoar]

Listen here kitty lol... Dont fire me up!

But no really it's not conductive. Our local distillery here sell huge amounts of dis water to Manitoba Hydro to spray on the hydro lines for de-icing / fires and sorts...

distilled water in its pure state is relatively non-conductive but the second you go and run it though a water loop or expose it to metal or plastic that goes strait out the window

 

[erocker]

Just throw a bunch of towels everywhere disconnect one side of the loop on the GPU and try to get the water in a bucket or something instead of everywhere else. It's rather simple... the more you think about it, the more likely you are to screw it up.

 

[fullinfusion]

^
Just thinking of the devil and look who shows up

distilled water in its pure state is relatively non-conductive but the second you go and run it though a water loop or expose it to metal or plastic that goes strait out the window

Weird, why would a distiller be made out of stainless steel

 

[OneMoar]

^
Just thinking of the devil and look who shows up


Weird, why would a distiller be made out of stainless steel

when you distill water you reduce the amount of free ion's this is done with the water in a volatile-state(boiling) once you cool the steam back into a liquid it stabilizes but is still prone to picking up any-old free ions that might be out and about (air, uncoated-metal untreated-plastic) heating it only accelerates its ability to pickup free ions the hotter it gets the more free ions it picks up and the more conductive it gets
whats that we are using this stuff for ? o yea cooling
its not the water its self you need to worrie about its stuff getting into the water(be it microscopic bits of metal/rubber,plastic from the block or pump, or even AIR )
distilled water only remains a insulator for a finite period of time

 

[MxPhenom 216]

Just throw a bunch of towels everywhere disconnect one side of the loop on the GPU and try to get the water in a bucket or something instead of everywhere else. It's rather simple... the more you think about it, the more likely you are to screw it up.

Yeah that's kind of what I was going to do at this point.

 

[fullinfusion]

when you distill water you reduce the amount of free ion's this is done with the water in a volatile-state(boiling) once you cool the steam back into a liquid it stabilizes but is still prone to picking up any-old free ions that might be out and about (air, uncoated-metal untreated-plastic) heating it only accelerates its ability to pickup free ions the hotter it gets the more free ions it picks up and the more conductive it gets
whats that we are using this stuff for ? o yea cooling
its not the water its self you need to worrie about its stuff getting into the water(be it microscopic bits of metal/rubber,plastic from the block or pump, or even AIR )
distilled water only remains a insulator for a finite period of time

Yup and yup I agree!

I hear what your saying and not disputing it. But all I was getting at is it buys you time if the unfortunate should ever arise

 

[TheoneandonlyMrK]

Just throw a bunch of towels everywhere disconnect one side of the loop on the GPU and try to get the water in a bucket or something instead of everywhere else. It's rather simple... the more you think about it, the more likely you are to screw it up.

I like the memories that brought back

 

[MxPhenom 216]

I like the memories that brought back

Please share lol.

 

[TheoneandonlyMrK]

Please share lol.

Mine is awkward to fill or drain and I've got water everywhere plus dropped whole rig off a desk well trolley

 

[newtekie1]

When I had to drain my loops in the past I'd use a small piece of aquarium air tubing. Slip it in the res through the fill port and fish it as far down into the loop as possible, trying to get it to the lowest possible spot in the loop.

Then I'd use the aquarium tubing to start a siphon and use the siphon to suck out as much liquid as I could. It will take about half an hour to drain. This would get most of the fluid out allowing me to open one of the fitting without spilling any fluid to drain the rest.

I dare you to submerge your rig in distilled water and run it
come on mr know it all do it lets see that sucker fry after about 10M

Tom's did this several years back. The computer ran for about 5 minutes, then something shorted and the computer shut down. However, no permanent damage was done, they were able to remove the computer and start it back up without a problem. Deionized or distilled water is actually very corrosive, it will eat away at any metal it can find, so when exposed to something with a lot of metal in it like a complete computer it will quickly become conductive.

But that is really not the point here. A small amount of liquid(conductive or not) will not harm a computer as long as the computer is turned off, unplugged, and has the battery removed from the motherboard. I've ran computers in this state through the dishwasher and they've come out fine. The water doesn't cause harm, the electricity flowing threw the water to areas it shouldn't be is what causes harm. So if there is no electricity flowing there is no risk of damage. If anything spills, just make sure it is totally dry before you apply any power to the computer and everything will be fine.