LEAK Fortunately I think i have found it in time. None of my joints leaked but the perspex/metal join on the neptune was leaking... not sure if it is the O-ring or what but tightning the allen nuts didn't work. Time to buy a new waterblock.... no perspex this time
i would only use a alu block as a last resort *aka i couldnt get ahold of a cu block* tons of pure copper blocks out there......
mmmmm I don't know, I think the stories of corrision are a bit exagurated, don't you think? With enough wattah wettah it should last long enough... I think? But anyway, my first choice would also definetly go to a copper block! Hail to the copper-ones! Hail! Hail! Hail!
no they arent......if youve ever opened up a block thats been corroded u wouldnt wanna mix either.....
so is it only a problem when Cu and Al are touching each other? because if I have an Alu res and a Cu block will that corrode less than an Al res and a Cu/al block
its all about the water.....ur water is full of microscopic peices of the blocks/res/whatever else is part of ur system.....the alu+cu=battery affect.....the res is probably coated with a sealing layer to protect it from corrosion so ur probably safe there.....
Hey kazza if your looking for a new block maybe an alu topped spiral would do ya good? http://dtekcustoms.safeshopper.com/18/149.htm?750 I picked it up a few weeks back and i must say its very nice. Maybe if you find the right barbs/compression fittings you can incoporate it into your setup. Just a thought..
My block is CU / AL and i have no problems what so ever with corrosion or low voltages being produced by the block. It`s genrally no problem if you treat the AL properly by either painting it, which i did or anodize it which doesn`t cost very much - at least it doesn`t cost much here I mean look at the swifties ... they all have CU bases with AL lids ... Cheers [DE]FreD_S
That's good to know. However to cufuse things the res I was thinking of could be made of Zinc or similar (fwiw its a storage box from Muji )
