RE: [OT] Water or refrigeration PC cooling

["Paul" <p-gale@xxxxxxx>]

How good is this stuff at actually moving heat away for the hot bits? I
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ss it has to work on conduction/convection at a fairly slow rate?

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Paul.

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-----Original Message-----
From: Phil Harris [mailto:phil@xxxxxxx]=20
Sent: 01 May 2003 07:37
To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
Subject: RE: [ukha_d] [OT] Water or refrigeration PC cooling

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> > > My latest project (after Phil providing the catalyst) is=20
> a complete
> liquid
> > > immersion using a non-conductive coolant liquid called=20
> Midel 7213...=20
> > > I'm aiming to have a completely silent totally=20
> transparent case full=20
> > > of
> "goop"
> > > as my PC. It'll be fun if it works :)
> >
> > OMG you were actually serious about that!
> >
> > K.
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> yeah... I was originally going to using 3M Flourinert... but it's:
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> a) Highly carcinogenic
> b) Skin Toxic
> c) a Massive greenhouse gas
> d) eats the crap out of some plastics, and most ominously,=20
> fingernails and hair.
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> Midel is a safe replacement, has no COSHH handling=20
> requirements, and I can get a 25 Litre drum of it for about=20
> =A370 from a Birmingham supplier, who said... "ahhhhh, you'll=20
> be one of those mad PC people then"
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> ;)

LOL - How times have changed ...

...it was the 3M Fluorinert stuff that I used for the old car hifi install.
No wonder they wouldn't sell me the stuff!

Phil (Who seems to remember draining the stuff into a bucket and pouring it
down a drain in the end...)