Mineral Oil Submerged Computer, Cool Your PC With Vegetable Oil

I wonder if we could this in audio related stuff, like an amplifier.....?!?!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PtufuXLvOok

does it keep it cool?

I've been know to kinda give my computer a little tap with my foot once in awhile when it does stupid stuff, like lock up. That looks like a lot of fluid that might dump on the carpet.

elroy

It looks incredible but yes, it works. The other day i was talking to a guy in the computer business about this and he said to me that he have done this with pure and simple vegetable oil used in domestic kitchens. Amazing isn't it?! Even the ventilation fans works...

The transformers on power poles that used to be filled with PCBs are now filled with mineral oil.

I have some HUGE capacitors here that came from the lab that are full of mineral oil if one of you would like to try it.

Other than the obvious advantages of having 30 gallons of silicon-infused, oxygenated laxative oil handy at all times, what are the benefits?

Does it run faster?

So if I did this with my stereo system, would my 33.33333etc rpm
turntable run at say, 37.7777 rpm?

It's all about a way or ways to keep the cpu cooler. Cooler = better in terms of performance, of course.
Like Larry says, the step down transformers used in electric power lines are submerged in oil, so why not submerge the transformers of the valve amps...........?! One of the issues in valve amps is the output transformers high temperature. Maybe submerge them in mineral oil is the solution....who knows?! Did someone tried this yet? Anywhere?

I'm on a couple of computer forums, and there's a lot of chatter about oil-cooled PCs!

The main advantage, of course, is that they're much quieter than air-cooled or even water-cooled PCs. The bad part is the mess when a part has to be replaced.

http://www.metacafe.com/watch/565060/miner...erged_computer/

Frankly, I don't see why this wouldn't work with stereo equipment... except for certain caps, especially variable air types for tuning (would the dielectric values change?) or paper ones (would getting them oily destroy their capacitance value?).

We get used to the sound of the fan, but I had company over the other night and turned off the computer before she got here. I definitely notice when it is OFF. Love the white noise of my humidifier when I'm sleeping, but don't like it
when I'm awake. I like the concept.

i find any source of noise an unwelcome distraction when i'm in a listening mood, but it seems fans are the worst. the most serious offender in my home is the refrigerator, i'd like to dip that sucker in oil.

AC/DC ballbreaker cd "Cover You In Oil"

Absolutely agreed! I get really uptight about fan noise in any of my gear but at least the computers are virtually silent (I'm a "glowing fruit fashion victim") and in my little studio, that's pretty important. I don't have a separate control room so the computers have to be as close to silent as possible. Physically large fans rotating at low speed is the answer!

Anyway... interesting demonstration with the oil cooling! I recall the dye LASER unit I used at university had the power supply submerged in some hydro-flouro-carbon fluid to keep it cool (that was a looooong time ago though)

This post has been edited by marcz on January 13, 2009 05:18 pm