Shipping a Liquid Cooled System

Re:Shipping a Liquid Cooled System (dieman566)

Mon, 04 Jun 2012 20:41:39 GMT

You sure can get instapak's in bigger sizes. Have a look around they're avalible.

Also if you find a local business with an instapak 900 machine then can spray the void in the box for you.

Source http://www.digitalstormonline.com/forums/forum_posts.asp?TID=10847&FID=1&PR=3

Re:Shipping a Liquid Cooled System (PanzerMensch)

Mon, 04 Jun 2012 09:08:58 GMT

dieman566

Hey matey, either way as long as your sure your fittings wont leak they are fine. Especially compression fittings.

Now for packaging the system, dont just go with bubble wrap because it wont support that well. What you want is something called Instapak. You can buy these bags that are filled with two types of foam, once you push down on the two active points the chemicals react making the foam to expand.

Put that in the case, close your side panel and you have a foam mould and your graphics card will be held in place.

Woah, that is interesting for sure!

Re:Shipping a Liquid Cooled System (angelous86)

Mon, 04 Jun 2012 00:41:30 GMT

Cheers mate, much appreciated, however I much rather remove my graphics card, and take it with me on the plane, while my LCS system will be shipped via UPS.

Can you get Instapaks in larger sizes? or is it only one size?, may use it to pad the inside of the box, to provide a better buffer zone between my system and the shipping box.

angelous

Re:Shipping a Liquid Cooled System (dieman566)

Mon, 04 Jun 2012 00:22:48 GMT

Hey matey, either way as long as your sure your fittings wont leak they are fine. Especially compression fittings.

Now for packaging the system, dont just go with bubble wrap because it wont support that well. What you want is something called Instapak. You can buy these bags that are filled with two types of foam, once you push down on the two active points the chemicals react making the foam to expand.

Put that in the case, close your side panel and you have a foam mould and your graphics card will be held in place.

Re:Shipping a Liquid Cooled System (angelous86)

Sun, 03 Jun 2012 23:58:17 GMT

thanks a lot guys, all your advice is very much appreciated, I goin to be taking the graphics card out and take it with me in my hand luggage, and ship the LCS system via UPS as mentioned in my last post. Should i place padding inside the machine as a precaution, or would it fine without it. UPS stated that the system would be marked as fragile, and shipped from the UK to Dubai within 3 Days max, as they provide customs checks etc.

Re:Shipping a Liquid Cooled System (PanzerMensch)

Sun, 03 Jun 2012 17:06:04 GMT

MSim

I would drain it to be safe and add extra padding inside the case to help support gpu. You might think about writing on the outside of the box "fragile handle with care".

Anything heavy inside the case you want to make sure it's supported.

+1 ... support the gpu! and anything else that is heavy. A GPU with a heavy block can snap off or even snap the pci-e slot right off a motherboard. I know someone who has had this happen to them when shipping a water cooled system. Said it was like a wrecking ball

Re:Shipping a Liquid Cooled System (loveha)

Sat, 02 Jun 2012 23:45:58 GMT

I would drain it BUT when I moved from main land Japan to North Carolina I left the water in my system. Nothing leaked or broke in my system at all. I just wrapped it in bubble wrap two to three times and got a very sturdy box. Although I didn't mail it, a moving company did the shipping, which of course takes time. It is safer than mailing though. Depends on how safe you want it to arrive.

Re:Shipping a Liquid Cooled System (angelous86)

Sat, 02 Jun 2012 23:31:15 GMT

Hi,

thank you all for you input, like I said in my original post, it was a stupid question to ask.

UPS are charging me a little over 350 pounds sterling, for overnight shipping with all the customs and surcharge fees, also I requested that upon delivery it needed to have an authorized signature, from me. I'm having it shipped from London, UK, to Dubai.

Once again thanks for the advice.

Re:Shipping a Liquid Cooled System (seth89)

Tue, 29 May 2012 19:01:53 GMT

get a "tip n tell" from ups/fedex

Re:Shipping a Liquid Cooled System (Kanti)

Tue, 29 May 2012 09:43:12 GMT

Mailing it with liquid intact would be Dubaious indeed.

Re:Shipping a Liquid Cooled System (jlee2448)

Tue, 29 May 2012 09:35:27 GMT

I would drain just to be safe. I would probably pull the graphic card(s) out also. BTW how does that cost? It sounds expensive.

Re:Shipping a Liquid Cooled System (Xtrem)

Tue, 29 May 2012 09:32:28 GMT

Definitely drain it, you can't risk anything leaking during shipping. You should have the liquid in a separate package/bottle

Re:Shipping a Liquid Cooled System (MSim)

Tue, 29 May 2012 09:24:24 GMT

I would drain it to be safe and add extra padding inside the case to help support gpu. You might think about writing on the outside of the box "fragile handle with care".

Anything heavy inside the case you want to make sure it's supported.

Re:Shipping a Liquid Cooled System (huf757)

Tue, 29 May 2012 04:59:27 GMT

Drain it. I have shipped a system to west coast from east coast with a h-50 in it full intact and mounted to cpu since back then I didn't keep the original boxes (it made the trip fine)all I did for 5 days was worry worry worry and I couldn't drain that. Custom though drain it.

Re:Shipping a Liquid Cooled System (voodoo do-er)

Tue, 29 May 2012 04:55:43 GMT

Re:Shipping a Liquid Cooled System (HeThing)

Tue, 29 May 2012 04:53:53 GMT

I would drain it.. I wouldn't like making such a move with water in my pc..

Shipping a Liquid Cooled System (angelous86)

Tue, 29 May 2012 04:50:19 GMT

Hi guys

just a question, (kinda stupid, cose i knw the answer, but just after clarification) when shipping your LCS system, should you drain it of all liquid, as i am looking to ship my LCS system from the UK to Dubai, via UPS (as they provided me the best quote). Or can i leave the liquid in the system.????

Regards

Angelous