Found a really funny koolance product

[NaeKuh]

I present to you the ultimate protection for your seriously corroding rig!

http://www.performance-pcs.com/catalog/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=59_346_203&products_id=21717

http://www.performance-pcs.com/catalog/images/products/val-vl002k_01.jpg


That product alone should make people stay away from koolance. Common pressure release valve for corrosion? :rofl:

ITs almost like they expect it, and made it into an option to solve issues with it. :down:

[rogard]

omfg that is nuts!

[NaeKuh]

AHAHAHA yea... i was doing some shopping last night for my CM690 project. I wanted some 3/8 compression fittings from koolance and ran into those.

I couldnt stop laughing because thats telling people you use koolance with other products and it will corrode so you need this to help.

Anyhow... What a crock of BS. Koolance is truely funny now..

[Xilikon]

LOL, I don't understand how it works and how it prevent corrosion... I'm wondering what good stuff Koolance is smoking when they design the parts.

[Waterlogged]

LOL, I don't understand how it works and how it prevent corrosion... I'm wondering what good stuff Koolance is smoking when they design the parts.

When corrosion is taking place, it creates gas. This gas "may" raise the pressure within the loop. This "device" is set to open up when a certain pressure is reached.

There is nothing it can do to prevent corrosion.

[NaeKuh]

LOL, I don't understand how it works and how it prevent corrosion... I'm wondering what good stuff Koolance is smoking when they design the parts.

well the thing about corrosion in a closed loop, when it eats your alu, pressure builds up. This pressure then causes your tubes to expand and then ultimately somewhere around your barb, the tube will explode and you got yourself a nice big mess.

This valve is most likely used to release that pressure. But thats the funny thing. If you didnt mix metals to begin with, why worry about corrosion, and this stupid valve.

[Xilikon]

I see now... It's still a stupid bandaid solution :p

[road-runner]

Using 3rd-party cooling components and blocks voids the Koolance system warranty. If doing so however, this product is recommended to help avoid potential damage caused by bare copper and aluminum.

NOTE: This product should not be necessary for systems using only Koolance water cooling products

:rofl:

[systemviper]

glad i stayed away from them and went with swiftech

[mildseven7]

I don mix metal, but i got one of these, they come with a 5 cm long mini tubing that attached to the mini barb. Not sure how it work exactly

[NicePants42]

Uh, on a sort of positive note, could it be useful as a simple bleed screw? I can think of a few situations where a bleed screw would be nice...as long as it's not made of aluminum, which it probably is.

[MrToad]

I really like how the Koolance PR machine words their product descriptions.

"If doing so however, this product is recommended to help avoid potential damage caused by bare copper and aluminum."

Depending on how you read it, you may think that the valve is actually preventing the corrosion itself, yet although it doesn't serve this function, they're still not lying.

I suppose if they would write "this valve will prevent building up pressure in your loop due to the gases produced as a by-product of galvanic corrosion, but won't stop the corrosion itself from happening and ultimately compromising the structural integrity of the radiator" they wouldn't sell many of these.

[NaeKuh]

I really like how the Koolance PR machine words their product descriptions.

"If doing so however, this product is recommended to help avoid potential damage caused by bare copper and aluminum."

Depending on how you read it, you may think that the valve is actually preventing the corrosion itself, yet although it doesn't serve this function, they're still not lying.

I suppose if they would write "this valve will prevent building up pressure in your loop due to the gases produced as a by-product of galvanic corrosion, but won't stop the corrosion itself from happening and ultimately compromising the structural integrity of the radiator" they wouldn't sell many of these.

yeah, just like how there aluminum radiators will work better then the copper ones at 300F. :yepp:

[itznfb]

hrm... koolance has some great ideas. too bad they are generally executed very poorly. (i'm not saying this is one of those great ideas)

[lennox]

:rofl:

heh, I was thinking the same thing

[septim]

"NOTE: This product should not be necessary for systems using only Koolance water cooling products"

disclaimer...

i am glad i grew up from Tt and did not went through koolance. :down:

i went straight PA rad and copper blocks, the best investment :up: i've made for my aging pc...