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Unread 05-31-2006, 02:19 PM   #6
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Default Re: anyone ambitious? almost silent subzero case?

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Originally Posted by bobo5195
everything leaks.
Lol! That is God's own truth! Yes. All we can do is spend time and money to try and slow it down to "acceptable" values.

I've seen this idea of cooling the air inside a sealed case and then transferring the heat to some outside radiator. One way might be better than a complete seal. What you could do is treat it like a refrigerator

Refrigerators have a drip pan, and this might work too. Have a very VERY cold surface inside the case (like a TEC) that freezes water vapor. Then, have a four hour timer to defrost it and dump the liquid water into a tube that dumps into a drip pan outside the case. This dries out the air without noise. Either put a really quiet fan onto the drip pan that evaporates the liquid or just empty it often enough that it doesn't grow stuff.

Off Topic: Isn't flourinert related to the "liquid" that high pressure divers use for breathing? I think I saw a rat submerged in some flourinated (sp?) liquid that had dissolved oxygen. Was impressive.
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