What type of water for I/C sprayer?
What type of water for I/C sprayer?
10-10-2004, 02:10 AM
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Originally Posted by thsiao
I read somewhere that its suppose to be distilled water... but the saleperson told me just regular water is fine. What do you guys put in the I/C sprayer tank?
10-10-2004, 10:49 PM
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Distilled water is best, depending on how hard your tapwater is. Mineral deposits will clog your sprayers eventually, and possibly foul the pump. Mixing a little rubbing alcohol in helps cool the IC more by evaporating faster, but it's not really necessary.
10-15-2004, 11:53 AM
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I was browsing this and saw something very wrong. Adding a small amount of any type of alcohol to water RAISES the boiling point. Look up boiling point elevation/ freezing point depression in a chem book. The only way to get a lower boiling point is to use more alcohol than water, and then it will probably have some adverse afects on the I/C spray system. Just stick to distilled water.
10-17-2004, 06:23 PM
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Fill the tank about halfway in the winter, it won't freeze this way.
