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Using a oil in your PC cooling system
bork:
WARNING !!!
Unless the tubing is designed to work with oil, the tubing could fail. Did a little looking around ->
Tygon Laboratory Tubing R-3603
Handles inorganic chemicals, not recommended for oil. On a 1 to 4 scale (1: excellent; 4: not recommended), mineral oil rates a 3. http://www.postnova.com/content/english/products/ismatec/ChemCompatibility.pdf
Nalgene180 PVC Clear Tubing (Feser Tube)
Hydrocarbon rating is depending on the type of fluid is ether do not use or it is effected by the fluid after 7 days of constant exposure. http://www.nalgenelabware.com/pdf/NalgenePlasticsTechGuide0209.pdf.
(page 39)
If you are going to run a organic fluid, I think Excelon GO-1480 would be a better tube to use. Trying to find it in units of less than 50ft is going to be a problem though, will look around to see if its sold in small lengths.
http://www.thermoplasticprocesses.com/pdfs/tpi-go1480.pdf
1000mAh:
So wtf is the idea?? Who doesn't know that already??
bork:
Nice response.
Some people do not know and will try it because they heard about some talking about it. Not everyone will research what can and cannot be done. I just looked up the two common types of tubing that are used in most cooling systems and pointed out that both are only suitable with water base cooling.
halfelite:
I have to say im sure most people would know that would use it. Your standard water pump would not work either.. Is this something you run bork? always wanted to see what oil people used. I always kept to water myself but was tempted at one point to try transformer oil.
kitamesume:
ohh so this is where my oil post went, ohh well, meh, i got a classmate daring enough to submerge his whole motherboard(including the GPU,CPU and RAM)but the HDDs outside.
temps went lower but not that low, he said only by about 2-4C
--- Quote from: halfelite on March 11, 2011, 06:53:51 PM ---I have to say im sure most people would know that would use it. Your standard water pump would not work either.. Is this something you run bork? always wanted to see what oil people used. I always kept to water myself but was tempted at one point to try transformer oil.
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car engine oil works fine, and standard water pump will work but not all of them.
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