Aluminum + Copper mixing results

[bigslappy]

HUH! what Aluminum in a W/C part not in the description !
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[Waterlogged]

http://www.performance-pcs.com/catal...ducts_id=21399

Definitely know it's aluminum now!

I bet a machine shop would charge me an arm and a leg to cutout a couple acrylic tops. Where does one obtain acrylic?

Never said it wasn't aluminum, I just didn't think it was anodized.
I know Hank just does a copy/paste of the Manu's web pages so maybe they were visually deceiving me the whole time? Here I thought that they were plated because that exposed top part is plated and that is what I was going by, I merely thought something got screwed up in the translation, I should have known better.

Seeing your in the States, you can try Home Depot, Lowes, or any other local retailer that might sell replacement glass/acrylic. Mcmaster also has a large selection if you want to try that route. As for machining, you might even be able to do it yourself with just a scroll saw or band saw and a drill.

[bigslappy]

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[migueld]

Hmm those picts look fishy. The alu+copper block doesn't look bad at all, there is no corrosion, only some stains maybe from fungus or something. The shinny block looks fake... pure copper never stays shiny after a few years, it oxidizes. The only way that it can stay shinny is if it's plated in gold which it's not...

[T_Flight]

Hmm those picts look fishy. The alu+copper block doesn't look bad at all, there is no corrosion, only some stains maybe from fungus or something. The shinny block looks fake... pure copper never stays shiny after a few years, it oxidizes. The only way that it can stay shinny is if it's plated in gold which it's not...

Both blocks were cleaned. That's after cleaning. The one on the left is bad because it has Al transfer into the Cu. How deep? I can't tell how deep as the pic isn't close enough, but it's bad. Every one of those spots is where Al has fused into the Cu, and the entire surface has migration also.

The other one is as shiny as new because it was cleaned and is the way it should look. The one on the left will never look like that again. It's permanently ruined.

[T_Flight]

Guys what we need is a spreadsheet to keep track of what we have found to contain Al. This is getting out of hand.

I'm alsmost embarrassed to post this, but maybe we need to keep track of ferrous metals also.

I cannot believe I just used the words ferrous metals in this forum.

[migueld]

Both blocks were cleaned. That's after cleaning. The one on the left is bad because it has Al transfer into the Cu. How deep? I can't tell how deep as the pic isn't close enough, but it's bad. Every one of those spots is where Al has fused into the Cu, and the entire surface has migration also.

The other one is as shiny as new because it was cleaned and is the way it should look. The one on the left will never look like that again. It's permanently ruined.

Ah ok that makes sense. Yea, the picts aren't very clear either. Compare those with this:

[Zw_Roodbaard]

Is it really that bad with the Apogee GTX I've got a GTX but I haven't opened it since 3 months. But you would think that when you've got the GTX for a long time it could be starting to leak when it's disintegrates like that.

[T_Flight]

Ah ok that makes sense. Yea, the picts aren't very clear either. Compare those with this:

It is a miracle that water was not shooting out around the seal of that block. The step has been eaten completely through in multiple places. This is a serious problem with watercooling. You've got to be very careful something doesn't have Al in there, and recently we've had incidents where what was supposed to be brass was Al and STEEL! Friggen steel man. On my parts I guess I'm gonna have to scrape the plating off (if it has any) and inspect every fitting, and piece of hardware to make sure it doesn't have any ferrous metals or Al snuck in there.

Delrin, Copper, and brass for me. No brittle plastics and no GC.

[voigts]

That is seriously nasty.