Crazy idea??????

[Maple]

So me and one of my co workers were talking at drill working on a FCR, then I notice the desconit cartradige on the jet to absorbed the mosture for the MLPRF to make the rader work @ high alt.

SO ok if that thing absobes mostuire then Why not put my PC in a frezzer with some of those Desconit bags, Im going to need one of the sub zero high heat tranfser fridge and as long as there is not sweating it should be fine.
I know they arent made to make things warm to cold but keep cold to cold.
I think todays technology and compressors it shoulndt be a p;roblem.
IDEAS, comments? What you think.:thumb:

[Appclypse]

I agree with the title haha but what do i know:P give it a bash

[BHawthorne]

Because the freezer probably can't dissapate a constant 200W-1000W of temp between video cards and cpu.

[TopSpin]

I think the moisture will still condense.

[BHawthorne]

I think the moisture will still condense.

If your ambient is -30F because you're in a freezer, I doubt you'll have to worry about using sub-ambient cooling applied to the computer. Plain old air cooling in that situation would be interesting. Problem comes into play, like I said earlier, that the freezer needs to be able to dissipate a constant wattage that the computer will put out to maintain that low -30F or whatever ambient temp is established within the freezer. I'd only do this experiment in a really dry dehumidified area. The condensation worry will be around the sides of the freezer, no so much around the computer hardware itself. Just keep high cfm fans constantly blowing over all areas of the hardware to force there to never be the possability of condensation on the computer hardware.

[Prophet]

There are dry refrigerators IIRC.

But if it worked well then people would not be doing phase change/air conditioning the way they are now. Or LN2.

Insulate the hose, insulate around the CPU.

[BHawthorne]

There are dry refrigerators IIRC.

But if it worked well then people would not be doing phase change/air conditioning the way they are now. Or LN2.

Insulate the hose, insulate around the CPU.


I don't always buy that line of arguement. Many times people just fallow what was done in the past because it's a known way to do things. When it comes to exotic cooling methods for computers, I wouldn't discount unothodox ways of cooling outright just because it's not done that way by most. :wink2:

[Prophet]

Don't buy it. Go ahead and try to refrigerate your entire case. Then you will be buying it ;)

Science is science. If you don't remove the moisture, regardless of temperature, you are screwed.

[BHawthorne]

Don't buy it. Go ahead and try to refrigerate your entire case. Then you will be buying it ;)

Science is science. If you don't remove the moisture, regardless of temperature, you are screwed.

Ofcourse, if you find a way to remove the humidity from the air in it, you're on the right track. It's still not proven that such a setup could even handle the ability to cope with the constant wattage (heat) being produced by such a setup. I'm not ignoring science, I'm just saying there are more ways to do things than just the conventional way.

How about submerging it in mineral oil within the freezer?
http://www.pugetsystems.com/submerged.php

[Prophet]

Of course. But most of the computer geeks have looked into it. Its not cheap to do, but it can be done. That is why the big time bencher's do it the way they do, because that is the cheapest method. I am sure there are methods to get the moisture out.

One would be to control the on/off cycle of the refrigeration compressor so it never gets below the dew point. Just need to measure the dew point.

I am sure there are ratings available and stuff to find out how much heat a refrigerator can dump.

Mineral oil is good, but its too think.

Look for HFE (HydroFlouroEther) or Flourinert, reclaimed. We use it on the machines I work on to cool linear motors.