Warning !!! Don't Buy Aluminium Waterblocks

[SharkerSk]

WARNING:

DON'T BUY ALUMINIUM WATERBLOCKS

OR MIXED /// COPPER base with ALUMINIUM COVER ///

[NysoO]

What the FU*K!?

[Envydia007]

Ew!!!!

[shikuva]

OMG Is that true ?

[mummyz]

omg!!

[Loony]

Duh?

Yea, that happens.

[96redformula]

Can somebody explain the chemistry or whatnot involved here?

[SharkerSk]

OMG Is that true ?

Duh?

Yea, that happens.

to me

[perfection]

looks like some has been eating to many veges and has being pooing green

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[SharkerSk]

looks like some has been eating to many veges and has being pooing green

vegetable

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haha!

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[mat8861]

What liquid did you use ?

[SharkerSk]

What liquid did you use ?

I used ONLY destilled water without any "admixture" to stop corrosion

[Terryb47]

Gah, that's disgusting! but then again, you should have known better not to add anti-corro stuff
but this looks more than simply corrosion *pukes*

[ziddey]

Delicious! Put that on your salad next time you have some

[mat8861]

I used ONLY destilled water without any "admixture" to stop corrosion

ONLY water ? UNBELIEVABLE

[rogard]

Sorry guys, but Im gonna have to be controversial and disagree with the non use of AL blocks

Infact AL has a "natural" resistance to water:
"aluminum is immersed in pure water, it will form a white hydroxide film, which remains more or less constant in thickness"

From the above pics, there are lots of reasons that this can occur,mixed materials, had a pump that had way too much pressure, water that had a low Ph (acidic) but it was probably because it didnt have any glycol in.

As long as your not careless and look after your loop this wont happen.


For those interested in the a bit of chemistry and al corrosion and my source please see:
http://lytron.com/support/anti_corrosive.htm

However this thread is a good warning for those with AL block to stick a nice amount of anti-freeze (Normally a nice source of ethylene glycol)

In fact Marci..if your around (being a great source of all water cooling knowledge in the uk ) how do you find al? and would you agree/disagree with anything I have said?


*Im pretty sure that ONLY water in an AL loop will do more damage than good you need good anti freeze with glycol and anti corrosion ingredients and you will have trouble free operation with an AL loop

[DataNusse]

If you hade some glycol (or other alcohol based liquid) with destilled water you wouldnt have that green icky stuff.

[ranker]

Sorry guys, but Im gonna have to be controversial and disagree with the non use of AL blocks

Infact AL has a "natural" resistance to water:
"aluminum is immersed in pure water, it will form a white hydroxide film, which remains more or less constant in thickness"

From the above pics, there are lots of reasons that this can occur,mixed materials, had a pump that had way too much pressure, water that had a low Ph (acidic) but it was probably because it didnt have any glycol in.

As long as your not careless and look after your loop this wont happen.


For those interested in the a bit of chemistry and al corrosion and my source please see:
http://lytron.com/support/anti_corrosive.htm

However this thread is a good warning for those with AL block to stick a nice amount of anti-freeze (Normally a nice source of ethylene glycol)

In fact Marci..if your around (being a great source of all water cooling knowledge in the uk ) how do you find al? and would you agree/disagree with anything I have said?


*Im pretty sure that ONLY water in an AL loop will do more damage than good you need good anti freeze with glycol and anti corrosion ingredients and you will have trouble free operation with an AL loop

How about adhering to industry practices in general and not using it altogether so that there's less work/planning to be involved on the consumer side. Not to mention, Copper dissipates heat better. The use of ALU is shoddy craftsmanship and design.

By forcing us to use additives, we lower the theoretical amount of heat that can be dissipated instead of having gone a 100% solution of distilled water.

By making excuses for companies, we just shoot ourselves in the foot.

[rogard]

By making excuses for companies, we just shoot ourselves in the foot.

LOL very true!

[Origin_Unknown]

its does not look very nice ...

BUT


Warning: please do not use massive red text with a mix of capital letters and non-capital letters. (it's damn annoying expecially when your lappy screen is 1024*768)

[Xavior]

I used ONLY destilled water without any "admixture" to stop corrosion

I guess you should've. Nothing wrong with alu blocks if used properly.

[Origin_Unknown]

Warning: please do not use massive red text with a mix of capital letters and non-capital letters. (it's damn annoying expecially when your lappy screen is 1024*768)

heheh.... nice edit of the original text

[Solarfall]

If you hade some glycol (or other alcohol based liquid) with destilled water you wouldnt have that green icky stuff.

you are probably right.. to use just distilled water is not very smart, i always use some glycol based antifreeze to kill algae and other nasty things in my loops ..

SharkerSk Thats what i call an aqua park.. rofl