[Amps] SS amps watercooling - was PowerGenius XL

[Al Kozakiewicz]

Distilled water is deionized - it is one of the ways deionized water is produced. All else being equal, deionized water can be cheaper to produce.  It takes less energy to remove the ions from an aqueous solution than the water. Think desalination as an example.

Al
AB2ZY


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From: Amps [mailto:amps-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of Jeff AC0C
Sent: Sunday, March 05, 2017 2:29 PM
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Subject: Re: [Amps] SS amps watercooling - was PowerGenius XL

I suspect the terms are being mixed up here as well.  We use DI water for cleaning in many of the processes in the semiconductor process specifically because of it's aggressive nature - it's an excellent solvent.  But the generation of DI water is a very expensive process.

For the purposes of amp cooling, distilled water would be just fine and save you the hassle of mineral deposit accumulation.  It will have high volume resistivity initially but as metals leach from the cooling system the VR will drop slowly over time.

73/jeff/ac0c
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-----Original Message-----
From: Jim Thomson
Sent: Sunday, March 05, 2017 1:17 PM
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Subject: [Amps] SS amps watercooling - was PowerGenius XL

Date: Sun, 5 Mar 2017 01:44:43 +0000
From: Bill Turner <dezrat at outlook.com>
To: Amps group <amps at contesting.com>
Subject: Re: [Amps] SS amps watercooling - was PowerGenius XL


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On Sat, 4 Mar 2017 20:26:23 -0500, Jim wrote:

>>
>> ##  de-ionized water is a chemical process, so you end up with pure 
>> water.....

REPLY:

De-ionized water is NOT pure, it is merely free of ionized atoms or molecules. There may still be impurities which are not ionized such as organic molecules.

When I worked in the avionics industry, we used de-ionized water to clean circuit boards. Distilled water was strictly forbidden due to it's corrosive properties on the plumbing.

73, Bill W6WRT

###  Ok, what do you call rain water, that falls  from the sky ?
It was not boiled, but was evaporated.   I should collect a sample of rain
water in a SS bowl, then pour into a plastic cap, then stuff the  fluke 87
probes into it, and see what the dc resistance is.   I did this with tap 
water,
and also distilled water.    Distilled water was WAY higher, by several
magnitudes.   Interesting to note that Paul bought distilled water at 
wallgreens
that had low resistance.    Caused grief in his vapor cooled  alpha.  Sounds
to me like they were selling plane tap water....labeled as distilled.

##  Folks on here have mentioned the use of  distilled AND de-ionized water.
AFAIK, the 4 litre jugs of distilled water, sold at my local grocery store are distilled only.
IE: Clean water that has been boiled, and  the steam condensed back to water.

Jim  VE7RF



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