Comments on: fully submerged cooling

By: Cam

Cam — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 23:12:59 +0000

i just found out you can

By: Cam

Cam — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 20:45:12 +0000

I have a question can you submerger the power supply??????

By: adam

adam — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 01:33:13 +0000

if you want to do this correctly use phase change liquid with pelters on the outside of a conductive box to lower the temp to -130 phase change liquid will freeze solid and maintain an thermal constant over the entire computer then overclock the hell out of it, energy consumption will be incredible possibly parallel computing remains a better option

By: Joffri

Joffri — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 17:31:05 +0000

And how long did it take to make french fries? :)

By: nazcalito

nazcalito — Thu, 17 Aug 2006 16:15:27 +0000

wholesaler charges about $60 a gallon – non-flammable too.

By: nazcalito

nazcalito — Thu, 17 Aug 2006 16:13:13 +0000

try cyclomethicone — it’s a light silicone oil about the consistency of water. It looks like it would be easy to pump. It’s easy to get, non-toxic, used in cosmetics, perfumes, and hair products as a carrier. Cyclomethicone evaporates easily, though, so your setup needs to be sealed. Cost is not cheap — saw some on eBay for $75 a gallon, so you would have to be careful about your design.

By: nazcalito

nazcalito — Thu, 17 Aug 2006 16:04:02 +0000

By: frilledren

frilledren — Tue, 13 Jun 2006 18:09:25 +0000

I think Chris has to be joking with the beta-mercaptoethanol (BME). This stuff is a highly toxic poison:
http://www.stratagene.com/msds/msds_files/1023%20bME.pdf
and if your health’s not worth saving, it is possibly the worst smelling substance in existance. No, not even if a funny way.
If you’re concerned about microbes, be the first person to have lights in your case that actually do something and put a UV sterilizing lamp over the oil.

By: halo 1150

halo 1150 — Sun, 04 Jun 2006 07:55:32 +0000

What requirements for a pump for the mineral oil would I need if I was going to submerge an P3 motherboard running at 733? I was thinking about overclocking this P3 so I could get a little more out of it for Linux.

By: Celtic_guy777

Celtic_guy777 — Mon, 22 May 2006 19:04:18 +0000

i have two questions, First dose this cause any rust?, and two, what kinds of vegitable oil would work? I might try this out myself thought.

By: Celtic_guy777

Celtic_guy777 — Mon, 22 May 2006 19:03:39 +0000

i have two questions, First dose this cause any rust?, and two, what kinds of vegitable oil would work? I might try this out myself thought.

By: daniel g

daniel g — Tue, 11 Apr 2006 22:46:36 +0000

built a revised version of the 2nd machine, and the heat has gone up, but so has the performance specs… anyone out there have a design for a home-made radiator/heat exchanger that might siphon the oil, and return it cooler?

By: Daniel g.

Daniel g. — Thu, 06 Apr 2006 20:58:54 +0000

I have also built 1 (now 2 actually) of these oil bath pc’s. The smaller enclosure runs @ approx 90*F… and the larger of the two runs @ approx 75-80*F. Not all that bad I would think…

By: krud

krud — Wed, 05 Apr 2006 13:23:46 +0000

Check out this old article (written for n00bs). Talks mainly about refridgeration, but touches on total immersion using mineral oil, as well as liquid nitrogen and fluorinert.
Heres a tip: don’t make your cpu run colder than -150 degrees C!
http://www.octools.com/ramil/newscientist/faster.htm

By: ScipioAfricanus

ScipioAfricanus — Sat, 18 Mar 2006 00:44:24 +0000

My dad sells this vegetable oil coolant for machining. He said if you pulled a vacuum in the tank over the oil, it will not rot. If water gets in it, it will rot.