Cooling Water Cooling Question Help Plez ?

Hello All this is a simple question what type of water do u use for a Aquarius 2 and were do you buy water wetter from many thanks whits

 

You should be using deionised/distilled water in a water cooling setup, you should be able to find it at our local garage / automobile centre. It'll probly be sold there as top up water for car batteries, failing that you should be able to buy deionised/distilled water from a supermarket.

 

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For an Aquarius 2...hmm....the water in the toilet (right before you flush it down the drain...just kidding...I've just heard so many bad things about them. I had initially looked at one until I decided to put together my own)

I'd use Deionnized water. As for a water wetter...not sure...still haven't decided myself. I read an interesting article somewhere (wish I could remember) that showed that performance wasn't really affected. Deionized water is important to help prevent corrosion.

 

I'll have to admit I used tap water and a bit of the funny green fluid they supplied and it held up ok for the 8 months I had it in place.

 

Products like water wetter are as much about corrosion prevention as they are about enhancing performance.

And another thing you must remember is that adding anything to water lowers its thermal conductivity, thus affecting how easily thermal energy can get across the barrier layer at the surface. On the other hand, to compensate for this, water wetter helps to break down this barrier layer, so the two kind of cancel out. Essentially, you get corrosion prevention with little perfrormance cost.

Personally, having seen how easily bacteria and algae can grow, I'd have something in the water. A dedicated corrosion inhibitor is only really necessary if there are mixed metals in your loop.

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