Drain Port in 800D

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Hi Guys.

I start my first Custom Loop, and I bought a Monsoon S2 reservoir and I just want to get your opinion on a drain port, as this is a bay ress.
What is the best way.

Hose from ress with a ball valve at the end is the only way I can think of, hope that you can help me with possibly a better idea or better ideas

 

[Surfie]

Ok, upfront a caveat: I have not yet started my first loop. So, I would not suggest for even an instant that the information provided in this post is correct. Consider it food for thought, if you will.

I know only one thing about your loop; that you have a bay res. I have no idea on layout of radiator, blocks, or anything else. If it is infeasible due to layout for a drain port to be added securely and safely, i'd suggest leaving it out. There are many ways of emptying a loop, and a drain port is only one. Another would be to disconnect the lowest part of the loop from the case, hold it over a bucket, and simply disconnect one of the connections. At this point, the water should flow out of the disconnected connection, and into the bucket. Note: until the water stops flowing, you would need to ensure that both the lowest item in your loop (be it rad, or block) will need to be held until the water stops flowing. Once it has stopped you could blow into one of the connections to clear out any un moved water from the loop. (note; don't drink the coolant, i'm almost positive it would be bad for you).

As I said above, I don't consider this to be the best way, just pointing out that it is one way of achieving a result, without needlessly complicating the loop.

 

[Remmy]

A lot of what Surfie said was pretty on the spot. As he said, with it being a bay res, it may not be that low down in the loop so it wouldn't be the best place to put a drain port. That being said, we don't know your loop layout, and it might be one of the lower points, so I'm sure you can work that out yourself.

When I drain mine, I just disconnect a low down fitting over a bucket and I've never had any problems doing it that way. Technically you probably shouldn't just go blowing into the loop, because the bacteria in your breath could fester in the loop if it's not adequately treated with biocides. (Having said that, I do actually do this if I'm changing to a different coloured coolant to get the most out that I can, mainly because I'm impatient. It's probably a case of "Do as I say, not as I do". If I'm just putting the same type of coolant back in then I don't bother). Most coolants are non-toxic, but some are. Anyway, if you do, just don't swallow and you'll probably be fine (I accept no liability here lol)

 

[Surfie]

I guess it depends on why you are emptying the loop in the first place too.

I mean, if you are emptying it to change the colour of coolant, then you could simply empty the loop (without blowing in the tubes), do a run in the loop with distilled water to clean out as much muck as you can, drain it, then do a run with the new coolant, drain it, and then fill it as you normally would with the new coolant. Note, in all this you NEVER NEED to blow into the tubes, because you are using the distilled water and coolant to do the clean out for you.

If you are simply emptying to do your yearly/half yearly/whatever maintenance, and you intend on using the same coolant, then you probably don't care so much about clearing out as much coolant as possible anyway, since whatever is left in the res will get cleaned, when you clean that.

The big thing to take away though, is that you want to be careful not to get water on your precious hardware, (or on your wifes precious carpet LOL), so just make sure you do your due diligence.

And Remmy is right, you don't want to introduce contaminants into your cooling system unless you are very sure that your biocide/silver coil/whatever you are using to control algae is doing its job well. And even if it is, you still don't want to if you can avoid it.

 

[Remmy]

Yeah the best thing to do when draining the loop is flushing it with distilled water