Water Wetter almost 4 years tested
Posted: Fri Oct 23, 2009 7:27 pm
I have a post about 3 years, now its nearing 4.
It still has only made a miniscule film of white on the Zalman tower metal, very tiny amount.
The pump is still silent. It has been running from between 36 - 42 C for just about 4 years now straight. I have turned it off several times for a week when I went on vacation. So it isnt that.
Secret to all motors is no friction. Motors in a frictionless world live long, WW knocked out friction.
"noisey pumps add some dish detergent" is not scientific proof that it is lubricating, it is only breaking surface tension. It actually might be making it more raw and LESS lubricated. The cohesion of water is what makes it lubricate, removing that makes this worse. The WW also adds lubrication, flat out slippery stuff that will not degrade.
Dish detergent degrades in heat, light and air. It is biodegradable. It also is designed to strip wax, which means it could also erode rubber. I will be probably using my Zalman tower with WW for 8+ years. Still, people will say its a bad combo, yet no one I have ever known has had a system with water last this long without changing a part (aside from waterblocks to fit VGA, original hoses still used, just one small section got added in a year ago as things had to lay differently for the newer setup)
also a response to someone who has little experience in water cooling in my older thread. read that one all so you dont just take advice of people running systems constantly breaking or costing money for no reason.
WWeter is bad / impossible to use if you use an acrylic resevoir. I wouldnt use one anyways, I would just get a stainless steel tank, use polycarbonate lexan, or if you are good in the chem lab, you can find really awesome chemistry glasswear that makes things look neat too.
mine is aluminum. There have been several people who use a zalman tower as their resevoir and still use a radiator connection attached to it. I think this is for people who have like quad core oc'd to 4 ghz and dual gpu cards. Kinda whacky dissipation needs.
It still has only made a miniscule film of white on the Zalman tower metal, very tiny amount.
The pump is still silent. It has been running from between 36 - 42 C for just about 4 years now straight. I have turned it off several times for a week when I went on vacation. So it isnt that.
Secret to all motors is no friction. Motors in a frictionless world live long, WW knocked out friction.
"noisey pumps add some dish detergent" is not scientific proof that it is lubricating, it is only breaking surface tension. It actually might be making it more raw and LESS lubricated. The cohesion of water is what makes it lubricate, removing that makes this worse. The WW also adds lubrication, flat out slippery stuff that will not degrade.
Dish detergent degrades in heat, light and air. It is biodegradable. It also is designed to strip wax, which means it could also erode rubber. I will be probably using my Zalman tower with WW for 8+ years. Still, people will say its a bad combo, yet no one I have ever known has had a system with water last this long without changing a part (aside from waterblocks to fit VGA, original hoses still used, just one small section got added in a year ago as things had to lay differently for the newer setup)
also a response to someone who has little experience in water cooling in my older thread. read that one all so you dont just take advice of people running systems constantly breaking or costing money for no reason.
WWeter is bad / impossible to use if you use an acrylic resevoir. I wouldnt use one anyways, I would just get a stainless steel tank, use polycarbonate lexan, or if you are good in the chem lab, you can find really awesome chemistry glasswear that makes things look neat too.
mine is aluminum. There have been several people who use a zalman tower as their resevoir and still use a radiator connection attached to it. I think this is for people who have like quad core oc'd to 4 ghz and dual gpu cards. Kinda whacky dissipation needs.