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I have read up on a refined type of Mineral oil used in some high voltage applications for both insulating and cooling. It is called Transformer Oil and has Double the conductivity resistance as untreated Mineral Oil.
There is a fantastic fluid that puts even Transformer oil to shame both in thermal conductivity and electrical resistance, called Fluorinert, But it is expensive
Here is a cool video mentioning Fluorinert and shows the building of a Submerged Mineral Oil PC with a aquarium PC kit from Pugit I think the company was called. The video shows step by step tips for building your Oil rig and they even put the PSU in the tank. But I did not see them add anything to keep the fluid moving.
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ChOe6F1rZKQ[/media]
And this guy has a cool evaporator unit with a coil in a tank that could be placed in the same oil bath with your pc to keep the oil chilled.
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9h3_5QI82cs[/media]
I am also fascinated with the Idea of a liquid submerged Rig. I have seen Vegitable oil used and am not impressed, It has an ugly yellow color to it, often an odor and from What I have read must be changed out on a regular basis as the heat from you rig components cause the oil to go bad and darken even more.
I would want the best quality oil or other liquid I could get but I personally would want a nice non-color clear fluid.
With the addition of solid state drives replacing HDD's, that is one less component that needs to remain outside of the tank.
I really like the Idea of starting to not just keeping processors cool but actually start working on actually super cooling well below room temperatures without being concerned with condensation. But then again, the cooler the oil the thicker it is and harder to pump, but I would not think very thin oils like mineral oil would be too much of a problem.
There is a fantastic fluid that puts even Transformer oil to shame both in thermal conductivity and electrical resistance, called Fluorinert, But it is expensive
Here is a cool video mentioning Fluorinert and shows the building of a Submerged Mineral Oil PC with a aquarium PC kit from Pugit I think the company was called. The video shows step by step tips for building your Oil rig and they even put the PSU in the tank. But I did not see them add anything to keep the fluid moving.
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ChOe6F1rZKQ[/media]
And this guy has a cool evaporator unit with a coil in a tank that could be placed in the same oil bath with your pc to keep the oil chilled.
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9h3_5QI82cs[/media]
I am also fascinated with the Idea of a liquid submerged Rig. I have seen Vegitable oil used and am not impressed, It has an ugly yellow color to it, often an odor and from What I have read must be changed out on a regular basis as the heat from you rig components cause the oil to go bad and darken even more.
I would want the best quality oil or other liquid I could get but I personally would want a nice non-color clear fluid.
With the addition of solid state drives replacing HDD's, that is one less component that needs to remain outside of the tank.
I really like the Idea of starting to not just keeping processors cool but actually start working on actually super cooling well below room temperatures without being concerned with condensation. But then again, the cooler the oil the thicker it is and harder to pump, but I would not think very thin oils like mineral oil would be too much of a problem.
