Ok, I'm Chilled. I'm Chilled. Relax....56K Warning!

[Naja002]

Easy killer. I had no Idea you had a problem with the no tap water recommendation. If you can't be bothered to do a little research before you get all antsy in the pantsy, perhaps you could explain to everyone how their water is exactly like yours no matter where they live. Manny places have horrible hard water. I can tell you from past experience, with my local water, your blocks would be ruined in a week easy. My water is chlorinated. Generally, if you live in developed country, yours will be to.

Now I propose an experiment. Go get your self some samples of various metals and apply some chlorine bleach to them. See what happens. Some metals will withstand this to a certain extent. Aluminum fares quite well. It may be several hours before you notice any oxidation. It will absolutely pit and destroy copper within a matter of days. Ferrous metals will corrode instantly! Do you really want that in your cooling loop? Have you ever rust blued steel with bleach? I do it all the time for tools and firearms. Certain firearms like over/under and side by side shot guns are soldered together and cannot be hot nitre blued or they will fall apart.

Yes, I do absolutely know the difference between distilled water and R/O treated water. Distilled (self explanatory) water still contains trace amounts of salts and chemicals and various other dissolved solids. R/O treated water is forced through several layers of filters and will be as close to pure water as you can get.

What your saying is analogous to me telling every one that it is OK to drive around without a seat belt because I do and I have never been hurt. While it works for you, it wont be the same for anyone else.

Hell, my equipment is expensive! I don't know about you, but taking a few precautionary measures to insure the life of my equipment is not an unreasonable thing. Nor should I have to come in here and defend a prudent statement just because YOU use tap water. In my opinion and many others including GM, Ford, Ferrari, NASA, and generally anyone who knows what a TDS meter is, using tap water in a cooling loop is unacceptable! Period!

To recommend someone put tap water in a cooling loop that they want to keep functioning in top shape is callus and arrogant. Is using tap water in your cooling loop OK? For you it may be. Don't be so quick to presume that all tap water everywhere is fine because it is not.

So I will say this again for the cheap seats. Using tap water in a cooling loop is asking for trouble! In the end you can put nasty old puddle water in your loop if you desire but certainly don't recommend that anyone else do so.

Edit:
Just so no one has to take my word for it.
http://www.ehow.com/how-does_4687100...ect-metal.html
http://www.directron.com/waterinfo.html#coolant
http://www.xoxide.com/water-cooling.html#Liquid
http://www.lytron.com/tools-technica...er-fluids.aspx
Seems like pretty much every one thinks using tap water in a cooling loop is a bad idea. Except you.
I will consider the matter settled.
Once again, I don't give a flying monkey fart what you put in your cooling loop. Don't go around recommending others do the same because it is not safe or a good idea. Now find someone else to get in a tiff with. Next time make sure you know WTF you are talking about.

What a riot! I'll finish reading your post after I respond to it!

1) I'm not the one with any explaining to do to anybody.

2) I'm not the one that's going to be doing any experiments. My results are right here. So, put up or shut up. The burden is on YOU!


After reading your post:

I really don't care about your opinions or analogies. Maybe you should read your links a bit more closely and pay attention. But my only one real point is: I don't recommend that people use tap water in their blocks---I simply state that I use tap water in my blocks. Even on that 1 simple point you can't get it right.