Water chiller project

[Spudley]

So.....I managed to Aquire a office water fountain chiller..................It was rude not to do this on my work bench with the guts of it.

The question is................ Time for a 8 year overdue whole computer rebuild using it?









It may just happen

 

[Spudley]

Todays test run went SubZero \o/

 

[Spudley]

well thats what I'm trying to suss out next, have thought about air sealed case & a load of desicant added in, or maybe using the rad + fan inside the case to act as a dehumidifier & draw out said air moisture & add a drain out tube from a condensation tray ( like a aircon split system etc), once its dry air in there maybe not such an issue. welcome to any ideas right now its a concept tinker sat on my desk for lunch breaks lol.

OR.....I wire in a bit more of a thermal watertemp stat to keep it above the ambient Dew point temperature. ( not much fun for the occasional benchmark run tho )

Dew point - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

 

[Spudley]

EG...my room ambient ATM is 18.9C, 55% relative humidity.....with some decent controls wired in, could safely chill down to about 10 deg C before having to worry about condensation, middle of summer however when its 30-35C & 95% humidity.....not going to be able to cool it at all

 

[Spudley]

Or going utterly bat**** crazy brain storming................air seal the case & fill it with welding nitrogen / inert gas atmosphere!!!!!!!!
semi expensive i know but with only needing a occasional possitive pressure top up to keep outside air ...well out....................probably cost less than the electric to run a case full of 20 fans all RGB up like a christmas tree, & then work better

 

[Spudley]

Is this the special section for fruitloops like myself? if so Thank you

 

[Spudley]

ok................my birthday is tomorra..............i may just go mad, This is what im looking at

 

[Spudley]

thats the idea of having the rad unit in the sealed case heat pumping the thermals out, soon air tight it...just shrink wrap it............looking pretty is not on my list of priorities, prime metric...performance