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Originally Posted by dai
my brother was here
he went back to the uk a couple of weeks ago
he is also a industrial chemist he had a chemical works in coventry pity it did not come up while he was here
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Thats how it goes!
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it's not what you expect to happen with a high end piece of equipment
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Absolutely! However, in fairness, I did deviate from their mixing instructions using de-ionised rather than distilled because of said difficulty in procuring..
Chemically, it may be OK to use de-ionised but something is dramatically wrong.
I cannot, for one moment, think that the Zalman Reserator XT is a bad piece of kit. It has been out long enough for any shakedown faults or errors to have been sorted (& reported on the 'net)
It is beautifully engineered. I did lift the lid and peeked inside. There are two integral heat exchangers. The main body is machined & anodised aluminium which also has coolant pathways machined into it so that the whole body acts like a heat sink. The internal reservoir is large and the built in electronics control looks like a very high standard PCB & components.
The water block is likewise beautifully engineered.
My only criticism is the single alarm. It is certainly attention getting, beeping and flashing on/off all the indicator LEDs. But it is the same alarm irrespective of what triggered it. It is triggered on: Low coolant level, low or no flow rate and coolant temperature.
It would be nice to have some indication as which of the three points triggers it...
Even with the problems I am having, I still like it & would recommend it to anyone with the caution re de-ionised water.