Quote Originally Posted by Manicdan View Post
i advise against water wetter

used it before and all it did was stain tubing pink, foam up so bad i couldnt bleed the loop, and it eats through every kind of glue out there. i had epoxy in my reservoir and a week later it was like toothpaste.
Actually, I've used water wetter before to great effect. I never noticed any foaming or gunk/goop anywhere. But then again I wasn't using clear tubing, nor am I here. I am using Norprene industrial chemical type tubing. Materials that will be in my water loop: Norprene, PVC, Copper, Nickel, Brass, Galvanized Steel, and acrylic. The Galvanized Steel only touches PVC (so there is no galvanic corrosion there) and the only aluminum is touching the copper in the sub-zero chilling unit which I may remove from the copper tubes.

Quote Originally Posted by Phatboy69 View Post
I plan to stay above dew point either by setting temp sufficiently high (20-25c) to avoid it or possibly using the Aquaero 5 controller with the software sensors feature to adjust the operating cycle based on dew point. Im still working out what is possible in terms of hooking up different types of physical and software sensors to the controller or possibly even an additional external environment type controller.
Last thing I want is to be dealing with condensation. If I can measure relative humidity in the case compared to air and water temp thats a big step in the right direction!
You shouldn't need to go as high as 20-25 C, 15 C can take you up to pretty high levels of humidity and still be safe. (About 20 C room temperature at 75% relative humidity). I really never let my house go above 50% relative humidity and 20 C temp, so I could run chilled water as low as 10 C. That would be my limit for the Geothermal Loop but the temperature I am expecting is 13-14 C which is well within the safety limit. Much better water temps than ambient cooling that is for sure!


On another note; I just finished my custom reinforced 7 foot stainless steel desk to hold my monster display setup. I stood on this right in the middle on one of my feet (180lb) and it didn't even flex a hair.





Welding stainless steel is harder than you think! (just kidding). Time for the old glass desk to go!