If you apply that to this machine as well, the tubes used to transport the cool liquid would also condense the water in the air. Running something like that for long periods may end up trickling water into your machine. That can't be too good for your electronics either.
A fridge's compressor is not designed to run all of the time. It is designed to keep things cool, not cool them down. Once a fridge brings a drink down to a set temperature, it has to do little work, a PC pumps out heat constantly.
Not only that, but condensation would form and kill everything.
These setups do exist, it's called phase change cooling, but you cannot use the compressor from a fridge - it'll burn out.
If you built the components into the fridge case itself it would not build up condensation. The only time that would happen is if you had a cold computer out in the ambient environment.
If what you were saying is true then everything in your fridge would be soaked 24/7 in the summer. It only gets that way when you bring it OUT of the fridge and the water in the air condenses on the cold surfaces.
Even when you open the fridge, the only surface that collects condensate is really the evap coil
Umm wrong, everytime you open the door, a little more air gets into the fridge. you have to have all the components sealed up. i did'nt seal them and assumed they'd be ok (stupid idea)
The only way round i can think of is to install everything, heat the fridge to get rid of all moisture and then seal that badboy up and let her cool down overnight.
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y not build the PC rig INTO the fridge? now THAT would be a mod.
ben heck's next project.
Tried it, killed motherboard and harddrive.
turns out that fridges chill water out of normal air. not good for electronics.
If you do give it a go, make sure its dried out, sealed up and never opened.
@emailtabs
You have a interesting point there...
If you apply that to this machine as well, the tubes used to transport the cool liquid would also condense the water in the air. Running something like that for long periods may end up trickling water into your machine. That can't be too good for your electronics either.
- John
A fridge's compressor is not designed to run all of the time. It is designed to keep things cool, not cool them down. Once a fridge brings a drink down to a set temperature, it has to do little work, a PC pumps out heat constantly.
Not only that, but condensation would form and kill everything.
These setups do exist, it's called phase change cooling, but you cannot use the compressor from a fridge - it'll burn out.
@Lattyware
He is completely right. I would like to see him stress that thing overnight and see what dies first.
@emailtabs
Not true actually.
If you built the components into the fridge case itself it would not build up condensation. The only time that would happen is if you had a cold computer out in the ambient environment.
If what you were saying is true then everything in your fridge would be soaked 24/7 in the summer. It only gets that way when you bring it OUT of the fridge and the water in the air condenses on the cold surfaces.
Even when you open the fridge, the only surface that collects condensate is really the evap coil
@ Ellesworth,
Umm wrong, everytime you open the door, a little more air gets into the fridge. you have to have all the components sealed up. i did'nt seal them and assumed they'd be ok (stupid idea)
The only way round i can think of is to install everything, heat the fridge to get rid of all moisture and then seal that badboy up and let her cool down overnight.
Never open a working fridgepooter.