watercooling questions

TropicalTropical
edited October 2004 in Hardware
i recently installed my new and first watercooling rig and it is great but there is something bothering me, everytime i look at my T line the extra water in my system(the one that goes up the T) seems to slowly dissapear everyday. i know is not because of leaks because i put plumbing tape or teflon in every single connection and also my computer works so anyone have any ideas, is this supposed to happen because of evaporation?

Comments

  • TheLostSwedeTheLostSwede Trondheim, Norway Icrontian
    edited October 2004
    What type of tubing do you have? Silicone?
    Silicone is known to "sweat" a little, but not as fast as you say though. Gotta be a leak somewhere.
  • TropicalTropical
    edited October 2004
    no i bought the cheap nylon from lowe's is 1/2 inner diameter and every tube connection is cover in teflon for leaks, i recheck and there are no leaks, but there is some condensation in my T line. also the tube gets warm sometimes.
  • Geeky1Geeky1 University of the Pacific (Stockton, CA, USA)
    edited October 2004
    is the top of the line open?
  • TropicalTropical
    edited October 2004
    yeah it is
  • Geeky1Geeky1 University of the Pacific (Stockton, CA, USA)
    edited October 2004
    Then the problem is almost certainly evaporation.
  • TheLostSwedeTheLostSwede Trondheim, Norway Icrontian
    edited October 2004
    Yes, evaporation is the problem as Geeky said. I thought you had it closed. Fill it up and close it.
  • MAGICMAGIC Doot Doot Furniture City, Michigan Icrontian
    edited October 2004
    lot of the time theres air trapped in the radiator that takes a wile to get out ide just leave it uncapped for a few more days then plug it up
  • muddocktormuddocktor
    edited October 2004
    Yeah, it's not improbable that you will bleed residual trapped air out of the system for a week or 2. If you aren't seeing any water in the case anywheres then evaporation and possibly residual air are the problems.
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