Anyone tried tap water for cooling?

[Alchemy]

What's the resistivitity range for the transformer oil you suggest?

What effect does it have on the PC board and components? What is the solubility of copper, aluminum, PCB, etc. in it?

What is its viscosity? Density? Dielectric constant? Vapor pressure? Toxicity? Flammability? Reactivity?

The stuff won't do any good if it eats away at the traces, the polymer substrate, or shorts out leads, or has a capacitative effect at other leads, or is too thick to be pumped or ensure some level of thermodynamic homogeneity, or evaporates too quickly to be used long-term, or turns the room into a toxic deathtrap or raging fireball.

Which would be cool, admittedly.

Alchemy

[Ambian]

Originally posted by MadHacker
Fortunately for me, where I live in B.C. the water is not metered.
So if I turn on a hose and let it run 24/7 I don't get a large bill.

it rains here 10 months of the year (feels like it anyways)
so we have lots of water.
unfortuatly my wife would still freek if we had water hoses running around the apartment

if you even considered that, a lot of people including myself would have to start bitching at you.
its not raining 10 months this year, and we dont have enough water even to put out massive forest fires in the interior. dont waste it on your cpu.

[MadHacker]

Originally posted by Ambian
if you even considered that, a lot of people including myself would have to start bitching at you.

why? it doesn't effect you.

its not raining 10 months this year, and we dont have enough water even to put out massive forest fires in the interior.

forest fires are a natural occurrence. Forest fires happened before we were here... just because the logging companies want the trees to cut down, it is a very big deal. It is unfortunate that homes get destroyed in the process. Would you tell me not to use a jack hammer for fear of earthquakes?

dont waste it on your cpu.

There is lots of water. Have any idea how much water the Fraser River dumps into the ocean on a daily basis? and that is one of many rivers.
get a grip Ambian!!!

[superart]

I agree with madhacker, there is no such thing as "wasting water". If you "waste water" all that happens is it goes through the system and is recycled back into your pipes, or it gets poured out and seeps into the ground and into well or waters the local plants.

Also, how will using water from the pipes effect weather or not you have enough water to put out forest fires? He hasn't been doing it, and you don't have enough water as it is. If he starts doing it will you have less water? I don't think so.

By the way, where do u live ambian?