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Chrisylou
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Anti freeze

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Hi
I've recently purchased a Laser cutter I'm confused with the ratio of anti freeze to de-ionised. The container holds 35ltr of De-ionised water. Its is stored in an out building (little heating) how much anti freeze should I add to it?
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Re: Anti freeze

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Is it the anti-freeze from HPC?
What does the label say?

I don't use it myself ;)
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Re: Anti freeze

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Thank you
No its not from HPC its called coolflow DTX it states its for Co2 laser cutting. Do you not need to use anti freeze then? I'm still learning!
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Re: Anti freeze

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It can be useful if the lasers are in an environment that is likely to freeze - mine are in a relatively low risk building and if I think it is going to be a higher risk I leave the pumps going.

The concentration would depend on the temp to protect to - so say -10 would be 22% v/v so 35 ltr would be 7.7 Ltr of anti freeze
https://www.ou.edu/research/electron/bm ... rcent.html
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Please note I am not employed by HPC, any advice or recomendations I give are based on my own experience and are not necessarily the same as HPC's. First point of contact on any hardware issues should be with HPC
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