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Xoritor · 01-18-2004, 09:58 PM

bigben2k,

Thanks for the warm welcome, or should I say "cool welcome"?!?

Sorry for the bad pun... I couldn't help it.

You are correct, this is not what is typical when most people out there are looking to use a refridgerator. I am looking to dampen noise and want the "liquid cooling" to do most of the work, while lowering the ambient temps for the residuals that may happen to be lying around. I have seen the posts here ( and elsewhere ) reguarding using the refridgerator to remove all of the heat and agree that it will kill the fridge quickly while not achieving the effects I want.

Supercooling liquid is a bit costly, but the freezer of of a full sized fridge should do nicely to cool it to wher water would freeze. A fridge would allow the ambient to drop some while not admiting too much humidity, or at least it can be controled better since that is what it is designed to do. I will definately check into that dehumidifier mod from #Rotor though, thanks for the tip!

I still am not sure if the phase-change unit on a fridge would be adaquate for this type of setup. I intend to use a full size fridge/freezer but not just a freezer due to my percieved possibility of condensation in a "freezer only" unit. I am not looking to go too extreme for the ambient temps of the board, but more concentrating on the very cold liquid cooling with lower ambient temps to help out.

Thanks again!

01-18-2004, 09:58 PM	#3
Xoritor Cooling Neophyte Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 5	bigben2k, Thanks for the warm welcome, or should I say "cool welcome"?!? Sorry for the bad pun... I couldn't help it. You are correct, this is not what is typical when most people out there are looking to use a refridgerator. I am looking to dampen noise and want the "liquid cooling" to do most of the work, while lowering the ambient temps for the residuals that may happen to be lying around. I have seen the posts here ( and elsewhere ) reguarding using the refridgerator to remove all of the heat and agree that it will kill the fridge quickly while not achieving the effects I want. Supercooling liquid is a bit costly, but the freezer of of a full sized fridge should do nicely to cool it to wher water would freeze. A fridge would allow the ambient to drop some while not admiting too much humidity, or at least it can be controled better since that is what it is designed to do. I will definately check into that dehumidifier mod from #Rotor though, thanks for the tip! I still am not sure if the phase-change unit on a fridge would be adaquate for this type of setup. I intend to use a full size fridge/freezer but not just a freezer due to my percieved possibility of condensation in a "freezer only" unit. I am not looking to go too extreme for the ambient temps of the board, but more concentrating on the very cold liquid cooling with lower ambient temps to help out. Thanks again!