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07-17-2006, 03:40 AM
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| Ran out of coolant, BigWater needs refill My BigWater cooling system is going to need a refill pretty soon, but I ran out of coolant. What do you all use as coolant? I don't feel like spending $15 on a small bottle of antifreeze. I have the feeling the premixed automotive coolant that goes for $5/gallon would work equally well. Is that not the case? What's the best coolant solution?
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07-17-2006, 04:04 AM
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| I don´t know your system, but i´ve heard from several sources that using premixed automotiv coolant can be very bad. In my case, i bought 4 bottles of this coolant (needed for the 12V inline pump to work correctly). A little bit more than 3 bottles have been used to fill the system, since that i´m refilling with distilled water only (as recommended by the shop where i bought my system). The extra coolant will be used only to refill the system after a component has been changed (changed my graphicscard and it´s cooler for example). Greetings Dru
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07-17-2006, 04:09 AM
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| Not quite what I was looking for. I want something I can get at a local store, not from Deutschland.  I just need to top off my system. I guess I can use distilled water for the time being. BTW, this is what I have: http://www.overclockercafe.com/Revie...ter/index.html
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07-17-2006, 04:37 AM
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| Hi martin2110! Nice cooling system you got there. The coolant i linked to was only meant as example, not as advice or recommendation for you. Distilled water should be the right choice for refilling the system. Don´t bother buying something expensive (yes, even distilled water can be expensive), i (and the guys from my shop) only use the cheap one you get at every gas station. Greetings Dru
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07-17-2006, 04:39 AM
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| Thanks for the advice, Dru. In fact, I have some distilled water at home (for the steam iron). 
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07-17-2006, 11:09 AM
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| You can find a similar mix of coolant from swiftnets for $1.75 a bottle. I would not run straight distilled water as there is a slight amount of Aluminum in the system and you would not want corrosion on your waterblocks and radiator.
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