Reservoir condensation solution

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silent54

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Not experiencing any real problems as my loop works fine but looking for suggestions from those with more experience. I have the EK Multi-option Advance Rev 2 250mm reservoir. I've had my res setup like most. Mostly full with and in and out tube. I got bored and bought a few of the other optional components. One of the options is to have a center tube where the in flow of fluid runs up through the tube and over the top like a fountain. It works well and I like the view but because of the coolant temp, I have condensation that runs from top to bottom. I was wondering if anyone had any suggestions as to how to remove some of the heat? I was thinking of a tube out the top but I doubt that would be enough to make a difference. Thanks

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4Ryan6

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@silent54

Is that inside the tube or outside the tube?

I'm a little confused as to how you could be getting condensation outside the tube with just an ambient cooled setup, unless you have chilled water?

I do run a chilled water setup and can run 10c below my ambient with no condensation at all so unless you're running chilled water how is condensation forming at all?

Or is what we're seeing in the picture on the inside of the reservoir tube?

If on the inside of the tube it's more a water fall splash effect than condensation.
 
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silent54

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First off, not running a chiller. As for the condensation, it's on the inside of the reservoir. I don't believe it's from the fountain effect as far as I can tell. The coolant from the internal tube isn't being pushed up that fast to cause a splash. The water is pushed up through the internal tube, it flows over and down on the outside of the internal tube. I'm saying it's not from the flow because after filling and starting to bleed the air from the loop the only thing running were the pumps. So, no heat from cpu or gpus. I had a little splash initially from the fill but it was more or less clear as the loop ran testing for air and leaks. Once system was back up and running, in a matter of minutes droplets started. Don't get me wrong here, I expected some condensation. Had it in original res setup. Water vapors have no where to go. I was just trying to figure out a way to limit it some so the fountain effect can be seen. My idle temp is around 26-27c.
 
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Well, I still want to believe it's condensation but when time allows I'll test to see when class work is done. But the reason I still believe it's condensation is that one would assume if it was spray from the fountain effect, that the droplets would run form quicker and down the tube at a constant rate. That isn't the case. I've hardly seen any drops running down the tube without shaking or thumping the res. You could be right though. It's possible. Will check later when I can power down. I'm actually hoping for condensation as there are possibilities to correct this where the spray not so much. Maybe slowing my pumps down may be a solution. My two MCP655s are wide open at 4.0-4.3 lpms. So I have wiggle room if the spray is the culprit. Thanks
 
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