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Watercooling How to fill reservoirs without air?

Discussion in 'Hardware' started by Bladesingerz, 19 Nov 2013.

  1. Bladesingerz

    Bladesingerz Minimodder

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    Hey everyone so I've recently refilled my loop and I'm still thinking of a way of filling my reservoirs fully since I keep getting bubbles against the tubes..

    Does anyone have any ideas? Obviously I could keep filling the reservoirs more and more but I there is always a small amount of air still in the system...

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  2. Parge

    Parge the worst Super Moderator

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    Just run it with part of the loop open to the air, and make sure at that point, no additional air is going in.
     
  3. IvanIvanovich

    IvanIvanovich будет глотать вашу душу.

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    I agree best way avoiding air is to fill it some so the pump won't be running dry then turn it on and fill the rest of way.
     
  4. Parge

    Parge the worst Super Moderator

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    Though looking at your setup, you'll probably need to tilt your res upwards, to get get full up.
     
  5. bulldogjeff

    bulldogjeff The modding head is firmly back on.

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    That looks like condensation to me
     
  6. Cerberus90

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    Wouldn't surprise me. But if the res was full there'd be nowhere for it to condensate on.

    Fluid is warm, ambient temp outside of res is colder, causing the bit of the res with no water to cool, warm water in the res then condensates on the cooler inside bit of the res. Think that's how it would happen.
     
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    Just fill it more. If you can tilt the table to make the liquid cover the res's and that will effectively clean it as well.
     
  8. Bladesingerz

    Bladesingerz Minimodder

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    Yeah its probebly condenasation, I tried to tilt the reservoirs all up and filled them so they almost overflowed. And even then I still have some air inside the tubes, maybe I should just repeat the proces?
     
  9. Parge

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    If you do that a few times, eventually you'll have a full loop!
     

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