Yong Heng winter water

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Topped off my tanks this evening.

I know many guys resuse their Yong Heng cooling water over and over but I always dump it when I'm done and just get a fresh bucket the next time I'm going to run the compressor. Well, that tap water is frigid this time of year! Gauge read 18C before I hooked up the pump. Pump dropped it down to 12C prior to startup. Had a couple 15 minute runs and never got past 45C. Of course I got a fresh bucket before each run, dumping previous bucket in my currently dormant lawn.

That nice cold tap water this time of year sure makes Yong Heng life easier, no chasing ice!
 
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I use distilled water with water wetter in it and I seal the system between uses. So I reuse water but I have the water wetter in it to keep it from growing things. In the summer I've started putting in 3 frozen soda bottles which works great. In the winter, ice isn't needed as the OP has noted. I still might do it, however, since it's so easy.
 
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Geezerhood said:
If you have hard tap water, you might want to switch to distilled water to avoid mineral build up on the walls of the metal lines and the coolant paths in the cylinder heads, which may slowly reduce the ability to transfer heat to the coolant.
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Yes we do have hard water. I've been using a low pressure shop compressor to blow out the water when I'm done, specifically to avoid the hard water buildup that occurs when our tap water is left to evaporate. I just hook up one of the silicone lines to a needle tip from the shop compressor and give it 15 or 20 seconds of gentle air. First couple seconds pushes out most of the water, but figure another 10 or 12 seconds might help blow out residual droplets and maybe even dry up the rest.
 
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Franklink said:
Yes we do have hard water. I've been using a low pressure shop compressor to blow out the water when I'm done, specifically to avoid the hard water buildup that occurs when our tap water is left to evaporate. I just hook up one of the silicone lines to a needle tip from the shop compressor and give it 15 or 20 seconds of gentle air. First couple seconds pushes out most of the water, but figure another 10 or 12 seconds might help blow out residual droplets and maybe even dry up the rest.
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Good idea!
 
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Franklink said:
Yes we do have hard water. I've been using a low pressure shop compressor to blow out the water when I'm done, specifically to avoid the hard water buildup that occurs when our tap water is left to evaporate. I just hook up one of the silicone lines to a needle tip from the shop compressor and give it 15 or 20 seconds of gentle air. First couple seconds pushes out most of the water, but figure another 10 or 12 seconds might help blow out residual droplets and maybe even dry up the rest.
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That is exactly what I do after using my yong heng. I use an air compressor to blow out any water out. Works for me.
 
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As far as removing heat from a motor using radiator fluids go, distilled water is the better thermal conductor. With the addition of Water Wetter is the best solution because it is proven in race engines to keep water attached to hot spots within the engine. I use this on the track. Glycol based antifreezes are not as efficient, but are a good compromise to a frozen engine block and include additives that protect the different metals within the cooling system.

As far as compressors go, they do not get nearly as hot, as these boiling hot spots do not occur in them. If they did then the compressor has worse problems that the cooling system can solve.

So I guess I am the odd ball out on this one just using about 5 gallons of premixed antifreeze in a tote with the pump and lines sitting opposite so it circulates. It works great to top off the big tank with 5-10 minutes run time, including some compressor warm up and cool down time. It gets the water hoses just warm to the touch even when ran for longer sessions.

I also don't use that head temperature guage. I keep that guage hole open for cooling because some of the fan air pushes out there and goes over the head and high pressure lines, helping to cool the top end of the unit.
 
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Franklink said:
Topped off my tanks this evening.

I know many guys resuse their Yong Heng cooling water over and over but I always dump it when I'm done and just get a fresh bucket the next time I'm going to run the compressor. Well, that tap water is frigid this time of year! Gauge read 18C before I hooked up the pump. Pump dropped it down to 12C prior to startup. Had a couple 15 minute runs and never got past 45C. Of course I got a fresh bucket before each run, dumping previous bucket in my currently dormant lawn.

That nice cold tap water this time of year sure makes Yong Heng life easier, no chasing ice!
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I put antifreeze 50/50 no trouble one year
 
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When I was using the YH I was lazy. Yes I'm lazy. I would drag it to the swimming pool. Fill and drag the yh inside to the laundry room. The pool is cold this time of year even for SoCal. Even that was too much work so I ended getting a higher end compressor. Did I mention I was lAzY!

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When I was using the YH I was lazy. Yes I'm lazy. I would drag it to the swimming pool. Fill and drag the yh inside to the laundry room. The pool is cold this time of year even for SoCal. Even that was too much work so I ended getting a higher end compressor. Did I mention I was lAzY!

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Allen Did it warm the Pool ? Much
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