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Shoebox9 · 11-13-2005, 05:14 PM

Thanks everyone for your input.

FL3JM, simply replicating the fridge's cooling system was my aim- with the cold side of the TEC's mounted onto a sheet of copper, as a passive air cooler. This way it deliberately creates condensation, which is either collected in a drip tray, or freezes on a safe spot- either way if is removed from the small packet of cold air.

UPDATE- due to employing a new staff member I need to move my office to another room, and by good fortune the new room has a cement brick internal wall dividing off a washroom, which already has a built-in cupboard, in just the right spot! I now plan to take the easy way out and simply put every cable I might ever use through that wall, and then bog it back up again.

PLAN 2-

Bolt one of those groovy Swiftech MCW-CHILL 452™ dual 226w TEC water chillers to the cupboard door, with an MCP350 for the cold side, and another for the hot sides. Next- cut a 120x3 hole across the bottom of the cupboard door, and another across the top of the computer’s internal cupboard division. Place 120.3 rad with fans blowing chilled-on-the-way-through air in at the bottom, and a 120.3 rad at the top blowing out, which also cools the TEC hot side water loop.

I figure this would be around the same cost as an internal free standing air-conditioner, run more quietly, chill my “server room”, and give me something to do with my variable 3-15v PSU, & mCubed T-Balancer. (The wife gets cranky if I buy stuff but don’t use it!)

Thanks again everyone. :-)

Shoebox9

PS I believe my original idea really has potential, and would greatly reduce condesation problems for O/C'ers using extreme cooling. Put the PC in a freezer with the phase change unit running externally. Pre-chill the air with the PC off, the water in the air freezes on the freezer plate, then go nuts. As long as you don't open the freezer door till it's all warmed up again- condensation problems solved.

11-13-2005, 05:14 PM	#21
Shoebox9 Cooling Neophyte Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Down Under Posts: 23	Thanks everyone for your input. FL3JM, simply replicating the fridge's cooling system was my aim- with the cold side of the TEC's mounted onto a sheet of copper, as a passive air cooler. This way it deliberately creates condensation, which is either collected in a drip tray, or freezes on a safe spot- either way if is removed from the small packet of cold air. UPDATE- due to employing a new staff member I need to move my office to another room, and by good fortune the new room has a cement brick internal wall dividing off a washroom, which already has a built-in cupboard, in just the right spot! I now plan to take the easy way out and simply put every cable I might ever use through that wall, and then bog it back up again. PLAN 2- Bolt one of those groovy Swiftech MCW-CHILL 452™ dual 226w TEC water chillers to the cupboard door, with an MCP350 for the cold side, and another for the hot sides. Next- cut a 120x3 hole across the bottom of the cupboard door, and another across the top of the computer’s internal cupboard division. Place 120.3 rad with fans blowing chilled-on-the-way-through air in at the bottom, and a 120.3 rad at the top blowing out, which also cools the TEC hot side water loop. I figure this would be around the same cost as an internal free standing air-conditioner, run more quietly, chill my “server room”, and give me something to do with my variable 3-15v PSU, & mCubed T-Balancer. (The wife gets cranky if I buy stuff but don’t use it!) Thanks again everyone. :-) Shoebox9 PS I believe my original idea really has potential, and would greatly reduce condesation problems for O/C'ers using extreme cooling. Put the PC in a freezer with the phase change unit running externally. Pre-chill the air with the PC off, the water in the air freezes on the freezer plate, then go nuts. As long as you don't open the freezer door till it's all warmed up again- condensation problems solved.