S & A 5000 Water Chiller Maintenance (Changing the distilled water) for co2 laser
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- Опубліковано 6 сер 2024
- In this video I show you how easy it is to change you distilled water in your s & a 5000 water chiller. Be sure to follow all manufacturers recommendations! You need 3 items to do this process.
1. 2 gallons of distilled water, you may need slightly more if you have a larger laser tube.
2. A container that will hold at least 2 gallons of water
3. A good funnel.
Chiller flow sensor: www.amazon.com/Cloudray-Water...
Thunder approved antifreeze: support.thunderlaserusa.com/p...
Chiller info:support.thunderlaserusa.com/p...
Nova owners manual page 78 for water chiller maintenance schedules: support.thunderlaserusa.com/p... - Фільми й анімація
You have one of the best laser channels and I've watched a katrillion vids on lasers. You always seem to make the vids that others don't but everyone is wanting to learn just like this one. Nice job.
Thank you so much. I appreciate the comments and you watching
Thanks! I keep going back to this video each time I change the water on my chiller.
thank you so much for your donation to the channel, I missed this one and apologize for the tardiness of my appreciation!
Didn’t think about keeping a spare flow switch. Just ordered one. Thanks for the tip.
good deal, smart!
Thank you for this clear explanation. Very helpful.
Glad it was helpful!
Awesome, I did not know about the water flow sensor thanks for the info.
Glad to help
Thanks for taking the time to make this (and other) very informative videos. This really helped me in getting my laser in my garage ready for the cold Canadian winter. I do have a heated garage, but the chiller lines are close to the uninsulated foundation wall and are subject to freezing without adding anti-freeze.
Glad it helped!, thank you so much for the contribution to the channel!
Nice! i just got my S&A for my UV. The instructions were tossing doubt in my mind as to when I did what....and where. Thanks again!
Glad it helped!
Thank you for this video! love all your help thought the videos you post on UA-cam.
thanks for the input
Great ideal to keep spare parts on hand.
Ya you know you will need something like that at a critical time. Thanks for the comment
My hero! Thank you. 🙂
Thought you might like the timing on that!
Thanks for the info
thanks for watching
Thanks!
my pleasure
Just want to let you know Robert I got my first laser and it was a Nova 24. I did a lot of vetting and your candid feedback was a huge contribution to making my informed choice. I really appreciate the time you take to make these videos and hope you continue on. I live up in MA - it gets really cold here, talking to some folks they had no problem telling me to put 100% rv antifreeze in there. My shop is not heated when Im not in there either - do you have any heating at all, do you let the room warm up before you use your laser?
I have kerosene heat right now and when it’s really cold. I will run the heater for a bit before I fire the laser up.
@@computercreationz thank you for that reply. I have a Modine propane heater. I plan to run it for 20 mins to let the room warm up also.
Great video Robert! What's your thoughts about building a "permanent" platform for your chiller that would be high enough to drain it without having to use a block or something? Do you know of any reasons that wouldn't work?
Less head pressure on the pump. Don’t know why it wouldn’t work!
Quick question… when I installed my 35/80 I took the foam wrapped around the the laser tube off and I noticed you still have it on there. Does it matter ethier way? Thanks for the video always great content
Was gonna ask the same question
I removed it on my 24 and left it on my 35 not sure what the right answer is!
Excellent explanation and tips, congrats
Glad it was helpful! Thank you!
Hi Robert, thanks for the video. I was looking at the manual (NOLED) and it states how close both the sides and back of the chiller must be maintained from obstacles. That back its about 5 feet and the sides are 3 foot. I was wondering if this was true based on the position of yours?
I don’t know anyone that would be able, to maintain those clearances!
@@computercreationz yes, I agree. I have about a foot in back and on the sides. Thanks for getting back...I can sleep now LOL
Do you turn everything off each night? If so do you have to check for air bubbles every day you turn it back on? I can’t find any videos or information on proper shutdown for Thunder laser.
Also how often do you change your water out?
Once you have all your air bubbles out you should have them show up, so no I don’t worry about it once they’re all gone. Yes I turn everything off once I’m done for the day. Assuming your laser is in a conditioned space. Depending how much heat your laser is exposed to on distilled water change, Thunder recommends once a month.
I have a NOVA 51 with a 130W tube and have the chiller on a stand about 1Ft high. Is there any reason you keep the chiller on the floor?
nope, in your case it’s actually better, it’s easier on the chiller water pump. less head pressure to move the water through the tube.
I take it you don't need to extract any excess water in the tube via the hose? Will the chiller with new water just cycle all that through? I am finally changing my water on my personal machine after a year 😆, only because I was not using it regularly, now I am.
If your chiller is below your tube all of the water in the tube draines out when you do this process
So I'm about to do the opposite, remove the winter anti freeze water, and replace it with new fresh distilled water. Can I use tap water to flush the old antifreeze water out or do you recommend using another bottle of distilled water to flush it out ? and I mean empty, fill with hose water, empty again then fill with Distilled water?
Distilled water is the only thing recommended!
@@computercreationz Thanks for vid took me 3 flushes to get it clear. The video helped !
Hey Robert, It's been a year since this video...are you continuing to run almost a 50/50 antifreeze to water ratio? (It only freezes maybe 10 days out of the year here and just barely gets to freezing temps so I've been wondering about using diluted antifreeze as well.)
Yes it’s worked well so far! Remember you still need to change it regularly. The warmer the environment the more frequent you should change.
@@computercreationz Thanks so are you running this combo all year (changing out regularly) or just for the "winter quarter" then back to 100% distilled water?
No just for the winter time then as soon as any freezing possibility has passed I got back to 100% distilled water. @@jennyb3850
Why does the water need to be changed at all, if using distilled water in a closed system? I was hoping to hear the answer but it was never mentioned in the video.
yes it’s a closed system, But lots of documented cases of algae growth with the distilled water over time. this growth will increase the conductive properties of the water! this can ruin your pump on your chiller and contaminate your laser tube to the point of failure. ignoring this will eventually catch up with you!
@@computercreationz great video and tips thank you. How often do you recommend the water is changed to negate the issues you have mentioned please?
I was told to change the water every 4-6 weeks. But on most forums people haven’t changed their water for months!
Hi, I have noticed some dirt in my tubes. Is there a way to remove this?
It shouldn’t be dirt it’s a classed system but it could be small algae chunks. Not good! Talke a look at your tube. You should be your distilled water a least once a quarter more in humid areas
What are your recommendations on getting rid of noticable algae build up? :( @@computercreationz
How much distilled water are you putting in and how much antifreeze do you put in?
I use 1gallon of Rv antifreeze and just shy of 1 gallon of distilled water
@@computercreationz Thank you that is what we were thinking.