XSPC Dual Bay Reservoir for Laing DDC - leaking

[JackOfAll]

My friend, I did not say what I recommend a bucket to him so you can keep your precious jokes to yourself.

Precious - no. English "black" humour - yes. No offence was intended.

[JackOfAll]

Uh yeah - that would suck big time! If you really wanted to feel safe, you could always cover the top of the fan controller in some manner.

I didn't figure on it ever leaking. It should be well and truly through the infant mortality period now, so I'm not really concerned.

EDIT: Did you have to do anything special to get the LEDs to stay in your res? I had to use scotch tape to get them to hold in.

No, nothing holding them in. Just the wires routed in such a way as to put pressure on the LED's to stay in the holes.

[nkresho]

1, 1000, 2,1000, 3, 1000....Clear!

Reviving this thread.



So, how's the new res rambler? Can you visually tell a difference? Do the seams look better sealed?

I just ordered my dual split res today. I'd rather not have a repeat of your experience.

[dylskee]

I've got the same res myself but haven't finished my build yet, I really hope this is an isolated incident!

[rambler358]

So, how's the new res rambler? Can you visually tell a difference? Do the seams look better sealed?

The replacement res seems to be working just fine now. Have had almost a week of 24/7 folding and no leaks. The new res' seals look just like the old one and I couldn't see a difference really, but no issues with this one! I'm also using the same UV red coolant.

[nkresho]

Awesome, thanks for the input. Looks like an isolated incident. I haven't seen any other accounts of similar issues with it.

[rambler358]

Awesome, thanks for the input. Looks like an isolated incident. I haven't seen any other accounts of similar issues with it.

Yeah, but if it does start to leak again I'll post back to let you know. But so far, so good!

[HWMB]

Well my dual split res is leaking mine is a little bit more terminal, the top is actually popping out one side by about an 1/8th of an inch and one side is pulling away. See if I can get a few pictures. Its pretty clear the bonds have failed. Ran some Fresar blue coolant through mine for some leak testing, after that I went to distilled water (yeah don't ask I just changed my mind).

Only one side has leaked lost about a res full over a day noticed it drawing air, yeah it must of popped and went pretty quick.

I am guessing I will not see anything until after the new year in terms of new parts.

[braindancer]

Exactly the same thing happened to me today One of the sides went loose. Bad glue. Didn't use any additive... Will try to RMA through XSPC or Sidewinder.

[HWMB]

Exactly the same thing happened to me today One of the sides went loose. Bad glue. Didn't use any additive... Will try to RMA through XSPC or Sidewinder.

Bought it through the same company, I got a number for mine you should have no problems.

Considering the pain in the bum it was going to be for me to pull this down and back onto air, I made an emergency reservoir using a plastic lunch box, 2 3/4in Male 1/2in female drain fitting, 2 1/2 male, 3/8in barb to fit.

Hole sawed the lunch box fitted the brass fittings put the top on a pump (355), hooked it up primed it and let it rip, works a treat and I just routed the loop through the back of my Obsidian.

It will be fine until a replacement or what I decide to actually use turns up.

[nkresho]

Well, I did end up getting one and it's still running fine. Sorry to see you guys having problems with yours.

I'm using reverse osmosis water with a few drops of ptnuke.

[G4h4o8s6T]

1, 1000, 2,1000, 3, 1000....Clear!

Reviving this thread.

Sorry again for the thread resurrection, but just wanted to share my experience

I had my XSPC Dual DDC Res running for 3 weeks till it started leaking. Im guessing the bond was faulty, and with the heat from the water, caused the acrylic top panel to warp. It was also leaking from the joint indicated in the pic below, but I think the warped top panel is what caused that.



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I emailed Hank @PPCs for RMA, which he then forwarded to XSPC. XSPC emailed me back saying they are sending a replacement, but they also quoted Hank's message to them, which read.....

Another one...why so many RMA lately??

Can you help?

Hank

Whether PPCs just got a bad batch or its more widespread, that doesn't give me much confidence in the replacement

[squishee]

Well I have now become a member of this club.My res has had nothing but distilled water in it for its single month of use..yesterday i see a puddles in the case..sure enough the top panel has seperated and is leaking.I had high hopes for this as it fit my needs so well..Oh well back to my tried and true ek tops with reses.

[Zigosity]

My restop from RMA is still running strong. I guess QC at XSPC is hit-or-miss..

Anyway, when I rebuild by loop (going to add GPU when I upgrade in august), I'll be switching to a normal top + seperate res combo in all likelyhood. Sort of getting tired of this thing anyway.

[millertime359]

First the T3 now the XSPC. What is the deal with these res'