Radman said:
The Radman has been toying with the idea of a liquid cooling system with one unique aspect-oil instead of water. It would eliminate the water damage-shorting problems asscociated with water, and act as a better lubricant for the pump seals. Any thoughts? I was thinking of using a very light oil, such as Mobil 1 0-30 synthetic, or a synthetic auto-trans lube, all the easier to spot leaks due to the red dye.
Hi Radman,
Many people including me have toyed with the idea of using a non-conductive fluid in our cooling systems, (I was pertified of using H20!)
but using Water is really the only (practical) option.
Waters thermal attributes are much better than any Oil, (i.e. It absorbs heat better!!) there is one Oil which is nearly as good as H20 but its nearly $500 per Gallon
The great thing with H20 though is how reliable it is set up correctly, a watercooling system should never ever leak, just make sure you run it outside your case to check for leaks for about 24 hours before you install it into your case.
Water is only conductive because of all the gumpth (great grammar!!!) and bits in it (iron etc), as long as you use Distilled Water and Water-Wetter, then corrosion will be down to a minimum and the Thermal attributes will be increased (thanks to the Water-Wetter).
Oil isn't practical becasue of the cost, and the awful Heat absorbance and dissipation, you can Water-proof all your components with a spray so if anything does leak its not the end of the world, (some components such as a few Motherboards are already coated).
However if you are not comfortable then I would wait itll you are, theres less chance of you doing something wrong then!!
Good Luck,
Maximus Nickus
P.S. Sorry for my late replys but my PC (Windows XP
) has decided to play games and thus has stopped functioning!
I will have it back up and running soon! So hold tight!!!!