Hey, folks! Just wanted to share a bit of a horror story with you all to hopefully stave off some pain in the future.
 
If you watercool, CHECK YOUR HOSES from time to time. This is especially important if you make any changes to your loop.
 
The long and short of it is I added a second vga watercard to my loop yesterday and neglected to check everything over again and 3 hours later heard a gurgle and water sprayed out as one of the hoses pushed free. 
 
The gory part of the tale is I am down one video card (A 1070 SC) and am not yet convinced the other (The 1070FTW I won on the last contest) is 100%.

And given today's market prices? I expect to be down for a while. 

But, let this lesson take hold! CHECK YOUR LOOPS! Don't let this nightmare happen to you!
 
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That is very good advice. In fact I recommend you check your loop for a minimum of 2 hours for any major change.

Get you a large bin, half fill it with rice, place a papertowel over the rice, and set your card on the paper towel and let it dry. It may be fine. I have had quite a few leaks and always use distilled water or nonconductive fluids from EK, and have never had real damage done.

It has been suggested that I share my paypal address for anyone who wants to anonymously help me get this card/cards replaced and I wanted to hem and haw and be all 'naw, I'll just be patient' and all of that, but this was a financial suckerpunch that my wife and I can't really absorb to replace the card, so I'm gonna bite the bullet and put it out there.
 
drougnor @ gmail(dot)com is my Paypal. Don't feel like you HAVE to give anything, but if you do, you have my heartfelt thanks and eternal gratitude.
 
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::edited at bcav's suggestion::

bcav, that's awesome and I will let you know, but for now, hang on to them just in case of need for someone else. I'm not 100% down and out, so can stand to wait a bit.
 
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Thanks for sharing drougnor. I for one get so busy I take things for granted. I better check mine before the grim reaper catches me. It's been a while since I checked connections but last time I checked it was fine. When first installed I usuall let the system go through a few thermo cycles then check them when cold. I use the "push hose on nipple then screw the cap to lock down style. So far so good. Bitspower, alphacool and coolance all work well.

Sorry to see that happen to you, i will be even more ocd checking stuff from now on!
Good luck and hope you get back up and running soon

Thanks to you wonderful folks, I'm about half way to a replacement card, if EVGA ever is able to keep them in stock for more than 5 minutes at a time. *laughs* Getting to the listing when I get the 'hey, we have them now' e-mail before they are sold back out is becoming a sport in itself.
 
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I had an clc 280 to bad recently, so definitely got to check up on those.

24 hours at least, and if you have the ability of putting a thermal load on the loop during this test, DO IT! Sometimes the heat will let something fail during this test (Seals will soften a little, metal expands, etc).  Definitely not something everyone has access to, for sure.
 
Good news is I managed to find a replacement card and everything is up and running fine, so I was able to celebrate my birthday (today) early with some heavy Far Cry 5 time this weekend. Such a gorgeous game!
 
Now to finish paying for that card and look ahead to the next upgrades.
 
Thank you all again, btw! Glad to be useful to the team, even if it IS as an example of what NOT to do. *laughs*
 
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Glad you're back up and running Droug. Happy birthday to a young old fart.....