A computer inside of a refrigerator?

[Tommouse]

Is it possible to put a full computer inside of a refrigerator? I know there's water cooling/phasechange cooling and naturally air. But putting a whole air cooled computer inside of a refridgerator.

This is completly hypothetical and we are assuming a perfect enviroment for it.

My co-workers think it can be done, as it is just like super AC. I don't think its possible I don't have much to back up why, just that if it can, it would have ben done already.

What do you guys think?

 

[Tommouse]

Well 5 minutes later after some more research I found it. I guess it has been done, and works apparently.

http://www.ohardt.com/computer/pc.mods/project.hot.fridge/round.01/

 

[TimboAA]

Sure, why not? Anything can be done. The reason its not is most likely due to size and cost. Look at one of those mini-fridges used in college dorms. Those are about $100, heavy, and bulky. Plus how practical is it to keep opening a door to turn it on or put in a CD? Then what about all the wires? and insulating?

But realistically, it could be done...and someone may have already done it...I think I might do it when I'm done with school and have no use for a minifridge. Other than the reasons i stated...why don't you think its possible?

 

[JE78]

I've got my computer setting next to the cold air return in my apartment and everytime the AC kicks on my temps drop 4c.

 

[bigdogtech]

Condensation?

 

[IEC]

Originally posted by: bigdogtech
Condensation?

Don't turn the fridge all the way down and you should be okay

 

[QuantumPion]

It seems to me like a much cheaper and easier solution would be to buy a small size air conditioner at walmart for <<$200 and just rig tubing so that the cold air goes directly into the case.

 

[Elcs]

Minifridges and normal fridges are too noisy anyway

Its a neat project but there are better ways to cool for that cost.

 

[Banzai042]

A few years ago there was a rig of the month in Maximum PC where a guy did something like this. He managed to do something where the mobo and hard drives were in the fridge, but the optical drives were in a non cooled area where he didn't need to open the door or anything to get to them. He also used some weird spray that somehow cut back on condensation drastically. I wish i still had the mag but i purged my archives a long time ago, and this was in the edition where they started the rig of the month thing with a special feature on 4 different weird cases, i think one of the others was a comp in the base of a wood chair.

 

[BigCoolJesus]

while were on the topic of wierd stuff, i knew a guy (2 years ago, maybe less, will try to find the thread from the exact site) put his whole computer (minues drives, of course) in a clear case, filled with a liquid (cant remember the exact liquid, not alcohol, but something almost like water)

it was the sweetest thing i had ever seen

 

[ShazK]

Like this? http://haphazardhacks.blogspot.com/2005...r-since-i-first-saw-oilcomputer-i.html

 

[RTN3000]

Wow that oil rig is pretty crazy...

I saw on tv somewhere, maybe 1-2 years ago on tech tv, they submerged a whole computer into de-ionized water, optical and hard drives where above water of course, tested extremely well...

De-ionized water is used to cool alot of laser producing components, direct to component cooling...

Refrigerating a computer does no harm (condensation) if you don't open its door and have the wires sealed...

 

[BigCoolJesus]

Originally posted by: ShazK
Like this? http://haphazardhacks.blogspot.com/2005...r-since-i-first-saw-oilcomputer-i.html

pretty much, but his took him a year, as he made an actual case (closed off two bays for the optical drives only), and his was some sweet ass sh*t

 

[Porter21]

I thought about the same thing.......

 

[JEDIYoda]

Thats one COOL rig...heheeee

 

[CrimsonCutie]

This is ALOT BETTER than the messy oil rig. Use hydrofluoroether (HFE).
Its totally non-conductive... you dont have to wrap thigns or worry about shorts... and can take you into minus C temp range.

HFE Submersion cooling

 

[alexXx]

hi