cybershoe
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TL;DR: add a couple cents worth of silicone conformal coating to the ARGB strip to protect against accidental coolant spills.
Just finished refreshing my PC with Alphacool components, and so far I'm loving the build quality (and that VPP Apex pump is whisper quiet). I did however notice something that might be an opportunity for an improvement.
When I was filling the loop, I had a small coolant spill on top of the reservoir. Everything was powered off and I wiped it up right away, so I didn't think much of it, until about 48 hours later when the ARGB lights in the reservoir started going dim and flickering (I referred to it as "throwing an uncommanded rave"). Turns out a small about of coolant had made it down the side between the outer glass of the reservoir and seeped into the channel containing the ARGB strip, and the +5V trace had corroded almost all the way through after the first LED.
I was able to repair the damaged trace easily enough, but I feel like, if there is going to be any spillage assembling a loop, that's a pretty likely place for any spilled coolant to end up, and the problem could have been avoided by adding a silicone conformal coating on the ARGB strip prior to assembly. In fact, that's exactly what I did when I reassembled it to avoid any future moisture issues.
Just finished refreshing my PC with Alphacool components, and so far I'm loving the build quality (and that VPP Apex pump is whisper quiet). I did however notice something that might be an opportunity for an improvement.
When I was filling the loop, I had a small coolant spill on top of the reservoir. Everything was powered off and I wiped it up right away, so I didn't think much of it, until about 48 hours later when the ARGB lights in the reservoir started going dim and flickering (I referred to it as "throwing an uncommanded rave"). Turns out a small about of coolant had made it down the side between the outer glass of the reservoir and seeped into the channel containing the ARGB strip, and the +5V trace had corroded almost all the way through after the first LED.
I was able to repair the damaged trace easily enough, but I feel like, if there is going to be any spillage assembling a loop, that's a pretty likely place for any spilled coolant to end up, and the problem could have been avoided by adding a silicone conformal coating on the ARGB strip prior to assembly. In fact, that's exactly what I did when I reassembled it to avoid any future moisture issues.
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