Mineral Oil Cooled and submerged computer
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Admiral Gloval  Send message Joined: 31 Mar 13 Posts: 20231 Credit: 5,308,449 RAC: 0 
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I know mineral oil is nonconductive. But doing this is insane to me. I know you are thinking that if you wanted to add or replace a component. It is going to be a royal pain and how long will the fans last? Submerged computer in mineral oil.  
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 Wiggo  Send message Joined: 24 Jan 00 Posts: 34744 Credit: 261,360,520 RAC: 489 
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Actually mineral cooled PC's have been around since the 1990's that I've known of, they've just never really caught on. ;-) Cheers. ID: 1603988 · |
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Ianab Send message Joined: 11 Jun 08 Posts: 732 Credit: 20,635,586 RAC: 5 
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A bit extreme, but it should actually work OK. Fans will probably last indefinitely. They usually die because the bearings run out of oil and seize up. Not going to happen in that scenario. Running slowly under a heavy load like that wont generally harm a small brushless motor like a cooling fan, and the fan itself is also liquid cooled. But messy to service.... ID: 1603990 · |
Richard Haselgrove  Send message Joined: 4 Jul 99 Posts: 14650 Credit: 200,643,578 RAC: 874 
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... Just not very practicable. Might be able to fry chips? ID: 1604017 · |
Darth Beaver     Send message Joined: 20 Aug 99 Posts: 6728 Credit: 21,443,075 RAC: 3
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Might be able to fry chips? The way seti heats things up that's quiet possible .....good one hehehehehhehhehe 
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John Chrzastek  Send message Joined: 28 May 12 Posts: 45 Credit: 29,723,112 RAC: 0
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Ham radio operators used mineral oil to cool the big resistors in their dummy load antennas. The dummy loads were used for test and tweaking purposes - allowed you to run your transmitter without actually going out over the air waves possibly interfering with other stations. Heathkit made a dummy load 'can-tenna' that was actually a gallon paint can with the resistor and connector mounted to the lid. You filled the can with mineral oil - allowing for the displacement of the resistor - then put the lid on the can. Ah, the good old days. ID: 1604044 · |
Aurora Borealis  Send message Joined: 14 Jan 01 Posts: 3075 Credit: 5,631,463 RAC: 0 
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Ham radio operators used mineral oil to cool the big resistors in their dummy load antennas. The dummy loads were used for test and tweaking purposes - allowed you to run your transmitter without actually going out over the air waves possibly interfering with other stations. I remember using caned dummy load in the early days of VHF radio servicing. It was useful when working outside the faraday cage. Boinc V7.2.42 Win7 i5 3.33G 4GB, GTX470 ID: 1604057 · |
HAL9000  Send message Joined: 11 Sep 99 Posts: 6534 Credit: 196,805,888 RAC: 57
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At first I was like "wow that is running hotter than my i5 at 100% load", but then I saw it was an AMD and I understood. :P I was setting up an older system for submersion a few year ago, but then I bought a new place & haven't bothered to venture back into the idea. SETI@home classic workunits: 93,865 CPU time: 863,447 hours  Join the [url=http://tinyurl.com/8y46zvu]BP6/VP6 User Group[
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Grant (SSSF) Send message Joined: 19 Aug 99 Posts: 13727 Credit: 208,696,464 RAC: 304
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A bit extreme, but it should actually work OK. No fans on the PC itself, just a fan on the radiator to remove the heat from the oil as it is circulated. Grant Darwin NT ID: 1604197 · |
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