Aluminum Rad Glavanic Corrosion

[NaeKuh]

Copper and silver?! Will cause galvanic corrosion? Really? So using True Silver barbs and nickel plated copper blocks (in direct contact) will cause corrosion? Why hasn't anyone told me this before.

this is called red corrosion.
i addressed it on my silver rant.
But in practice, no one has seen it so far.

The key word is in practice. Not physics.

Because in 99.9999% of the case, your water will be an electrolyte. Its very difficult to separate this.

Totally agree Vapor. 99% of the sky is falling crap about Galvanic corrosion is blown WAY out of proportion. Its all about marketing a lot of the time. Fan boys beating on some other companies parts or mad about being out performed etc.

No the same arguement i had with eric.

If it was that easily avoidable, then why do we see it on our the forum EVERY YEAR, year after year...
The prep is more hassle then its worth, that is why us "fanboys" rant about alu.

The moment your motherboard is touching the case, and it has standoff's, it will transfer current to your case.
The moment your rad is mounted to the case via screws, it now has completed its current.

Overblown? No... its called being precarious....

If it was truely overblown, we wouldn't have corrosion threads pop out each year now would we?

2) don't use an electrolyte. Also impossible...this is liquid cooling. There are basically no liquids that will not act as an electrolyte (and none that are worth our time, thermally). EDIT: there are actually many liquids that won't act as an electrolyte, distilled included, but they'll all eventually ionize over time (months to years), thus acting as an electrolyte.

The part i bolded is why we rant about it.
Sure you wont start off with it, but over time you'll never see it? :P