Water

[Farmerbrown]

Hello I have been using primecool for my loop's....but wanted to change to clear water...so was having a look at just plain old Distilled water....if used do you need any additives and would it affect performance if I change to it....below is a link for the stuff...thanks :confused:

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Distilled-Water-5L-DW5L_W0QQitemZ140346682949QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_BO I_Medical_Lab_Equipment_Lab_Supplies_ET?hash=item2 0ad506e45#shId

[masska]

Hello I have been using primecool for my loop's....but wanted to change to clear water...so was having a look at just plain old Distilled water....if used do you need any additives and would it affect performance if I change to it....below is a link for the stuff...thanks :confused:

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Distilled-Water-5L-DW5L_W0QQitemZ140346682949QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_BO I_Medical_Lab_Equipment_Lab_Supplies_ET?hash=item2 0ad506e45#shId

Just get distilled water from your local supermarket or hardware store. Your linked product is Saline :confused:. If your not mixing metals then use Distilled water and pure silver (rod or strip) for biocide. :up:

[Boulard83]

Wallmart have distilled for ~3$ / 4 liter

[Bodkin]

You can get distilled water at Halfords in the UK

[luke997]

You can get distilled water at Halfords in the UK

Are you sure it wasn't deionised? I've been at couple stores (Scotland) and there was only deionised.
I ended up ordering online from some chemical company for some ridiculous price (though still cheaper than Feser Pure).

[Church]

Shouldn't drugstores have distilled water?

[shazza]

If you do a search for "distilled or deionized water," you should find several threads dealing with this issue.

Note that it seems distilled water is not readily available in the UK, as this has come up a number of times.

If you go distilled, just use some silver or a few drops of biocide. Deionized as sold by Halfords will work as well.

[Farmerbrown]

ok well i think i am just going to stick with primechill....this hole distilled water sounds to much of a mission....i mean it costs like 25 pounds for 3L....so its not to bad.....thanks for the help thou

[Orangey]

I can't find any reasonably-priced distilled on froogle, pretty weird heh. I ended up buying some de-ionised from Homebase for £1 a litre and a bottle of Nanoxia stark. I really need to source some cheaper stuff but my local drugstore only has "purified" or something. They couldn't tell me if it was properly distilled.

edit: I spoke too soon!

http://stores.shop.ebay.co.uk/BIOSTAIN-ON-E-BAY__W0QQ_armrsZ1QQ_fsubZ1267814011

5L for £3.99 should do me for now.

[wez]

Shouldn't drugstores have distilled water?


Yup! drug stores, gas stations, super markets and hard ware stores etc.
Drug stores are usually slightly more expensive, but you could assume they got the best stuff as well...

[luke997]

I've dug out the details of the chemical company where I got my distilled water from - did not have enough courage to buy from fleebay :D

http://www.reagent.co.uk/buy-distilled-water.html

£7.50 for 5L bottle.
Made sense to get 2x 5L, worked out ~£2.30 for 1L delivered.

I may be too cautious here but I wouldn't use deionised except for flushing...

[Bodkin]

Deionized water is just distilled water

[luke997]

Deionized water is just distilled water

Nope, deionised is not the same what distilled.
Only distilled water is near 100% pure, deionised is less as it may leave stuff behind:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Purified_water

The ebay product in the first post is misleading as it is named distilled but it is actually deionised.

[kuti]

Hey luke997, thanks for the link, indeed very difficult to buy distilled water in uk.

[tool_462]

Deionized water is just distilled water

Simply put, no.

Deionized water isn't all created equal either, I would use DI made with an ionic exchange column in my computer, whereas I would NOT use DI made by an organic removing tower.

[Church]

Distilling water, after all, is simply matter of boiling it and condensating steam. BTW, if being anal about purity, simply distilling water using this process will not remove all contaminants from the water. Contaminants such as toluene and other organic compounds must sometimes be filtered out of distilled water using a carbon filter. Few links quickly googled up:
http://uk.answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20070811061620AAcLzaV
http://www.vitality4life.com/health-articles/pure-water/distilled-water-%E2%80%93-pure-water-made-simple/
http://www.ehow.com/how_4728943_own-distilled-water.html
There are also some electric home water distillers one can buy.

One of simple DIY schemes to get distilled water:


|\^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^/|
| \ cold water / |
| \_and/or_ice/ |
| ) : ( |- kettle
| ( : ) |
| ) \ : / (-|- steam
|^^^^\*******/^^^^|
| ~ ~ \_____/ ~ ~ |
| boiling water |
|_________________|
@@@@@@ fire
In the center you get distilled water (***)

[Farmerbrown]

ok well if you use distilled water where do you get the other additives that you would need to put in the water...and will the over all cost me worth it....i mean if its going to cost the same then why bother...????

[Orangey]

A silver coil for a fiver is all you need unless mixing metals.

Such as: http://www.watercoolinguk.co.uk/p/Silver-Anti-Algae-KillCoils-by-iandh_1173.html

[Farmerbrown]

ok but how would i know i mean i have all copper blocks...???

[shazza]

***sigh*** - the search tool is a good thing: first page of search results for "distilled deionized water (http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/search.php?searchid=19982180). Takes a moment to glance down the page and find a number of relevant threads.

As has been said - distilled and deionized water are not the same. There are also differences in purity within sources of distilled and deionized water. That said, the majority of commercially available distilled AND deionized water will work fine for water cooling your PC. Check out some of the referenced threads for very detailed discussion on this topic.

[werdwerdus]

wow 1 gallon of distilled here is like $0.69