I've been brainstorming on building a peltier/H2O system that I won't have to worry about condensation with (at all). Dielectric grease and neoprene just doesn't seem fool-proof enough. So I started searching for acceptable fluids to use for immersion. Here's what I'm thinking for requirements:
1)Has to be affordable. I don't mind spending money, but I don't want to spend hundreds of dollars a gallon (I'll need around five).
2)Has to be plastic friendly. Can't have it pulling the plastimers out of my cables and components.
3)Has to be relatively safe. No risk of explosion, terrible health side affects, things like that.
4)Has to have low vapor pressures. It'll be in a sealed system, but I'd really like to not have to worry about fumes or the stuff evaporating away through the acrylic enclosure.
5)Has to be able to cool anything on the motherboard/grapics card that needs cooling (except CPU, chipset, GPU)
I found this fluid silicon that looks like it might work. The dielectric properties look like they'll be okay, and I think it'll meet all my requirements except perhaps #5. Anybody have any insight into using this stuff? Other fluid recommendations? Links to/pictures of other immersion projects?
1)Has to be affordable. I don't mind spending money, but I don't want to spend hundreds of dollars a gallon (I'll need around five).
2)Has to be plastic friendly. Can't have it pulling the plastimers out of my cables and components.
3)Has to be relatively safe. No risk of explosion, terrible health side affects, things like that.
4)Has to have low vapor pressures. It'll be in a sealed system, but I'd really like to not have to worry about fumes or the stuff evaporating away through the acrylic enclosure.
5)Has to be able to cool anything on the motherboard/grapics card that needs cooling (except CPU, chipset, GPU)
I found this fluid silicon that looks like it might work. The dielectric properties look like they'll be okay, and I think it'll meet all my requirements except perhaps #5. Anybody have any insight into using this stuff? Other fluid recommendations? Links to/pictures of other immersion projects?