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[NotSoCoolJ]

What is your problem man? You suggested to someone else that it was OK for them to use tap water. I simply stated that this person shouldn't heed your recommendation. You started a bunch of and now you totally ignore that fact that you told forum user antiacid that he should use tap water. You have stick up your colon today or something. That much is obvious.

[Naja002]

What is your problem man? You suggested to someone else that it was OK for them to use tap water. I simply stated that this person shouldn't heed your recommendation. You started a bunch of and now you totally ignore that fact that you told forum user antiacid that he should use tap water. You have stick up your colon today or something. That much is obvious.

Ummmm, No. If life were that simple--there would be no conflict. I don't care how "right" you think you are--go back and read your first post in this thread and the other. You make statements you cannot support and you do it in a manner that goes well beyond "assertive". You need to step way back and take a look at yourself---only then may you begin to see where the conflicts arises.


Truth? Tap water is not the best choice. But that does not mean that it's not very usable either. I have an RODI setup and a Dual DI setup. I can buy distilled just like everybody else. Would I be better off for it? Sure. But by how much? You have no idea how many times I drained that car rad loop--no, not to "clean" it, but to work on something. If I had to buy distilled every time or "conserve" what was there? No. Not worth the trouble or expense.

I understand plenty about water. I've had aquariums for many years and you may want to check out the acrochordus.com in my sig. I'm not clueless about water, my water, or the vast range of water--even within a fairly small area. I decided to "test" that car rad setup with tap water, because 1) at the moment I did not feel like going and getting however many jugs of water I would need (remember the setup contained a 55 gal barrel) and 2) I was not sure how often I would need to drain it to "fix" something. So, I started with tap, stuck with it--and glad that I have. But if I were to setup an everyday loop like most people's--I would go pick up a gal or 2 of distilled. Why? Why not? It's too easy. But with this chiller, I used tap water because it was convenient and I've added $77 worth of anti-freeze--so, no, I won't be swapping it out for "purer" water any time soon. But my experience doesn't tell me that I need to....


For the record: I don't "recommend" for people to use their tap water. But I don't necessarily recommend against it either. It's up to them as far as I'm concerned. For the average loop: Not using distilled is just silly. It's just too easy. My situation is different though....and it's my choice--no one else's. Same for the next person.

As far as tap water goes--there is some really good tap water out there. But for the average loop: distilled is still a better bet.

[NotSoCoolJ]

Naja, honestly my intention wasn't to incite commotion. I wish my tap water was like yours. I would love to be able to fill loop from the tap. I never presumed that your water quality was anything other than how you describe it. You must understand my intention was to dissuade antiacid from putting tap water in his cooling loop. You can't imagine the flashbacks I had of my very first water cooling experiments where I did use my tap water and payed a hefty monetary price for doing so. I hope you also realize this person is talking about a bong setup. What happens when the shower head gets clogged from calcium buildup or just some crap that flowed in through the tap. I didn't totally ignore the fact that my tap water probably wasn't the best thing. I thought that I would see some change in temp over time or something, but really it was much more dramatic than that. It worked perfect for 5 days. No drop in temp nothing. I left to take my wife to dinner and came home to $1000 worth of dead PC components. The shower head had clogged and the pump I was using blew the hose off the water block. I learned many things that day.
1. Always use hose clamps.
2. Use a pump suitable for water cooling a PC not a city bus
3. Don't trust the tap water.

[Naja002]

It's was definitely a bad experience, no doubt, But I have a hard time finding the tap water itself at fault. I kept reptiles for ~30 yrs. I had misting systems and all kinds of stuff. The water at that location was so hard that it would clog the mistheads in 30 days. Yeah, that's fast. But those were fine mist heads with tiny openings...and it still took 30 days....give or take a couple. My point is simply that a bong setup is naturally inclined to collect all the garbage from the universe and put it into the loop. They are notorious for that! That's why I added the dual prefilter to my pump...which I have kept since switching over to this chiller. As I said before: I've had to clean these blocks twice--in just over 1 yr. And from actually being here, doing it--it's junk in the loop....not the elements that causes the issue. I am really waiting to see how long it is before they need to be cleaned out again.....with the prefilter--I'm hoping it will be a long time, cuz it's a real PITA!

But, honestly, I wasn't there, so I cannot say for certain, but I willing to bet is was debris and not the water itself.