non-conductive fluid

[nahyah]

how much would you pay for non conductive, non corrosive, basically fluid designed for watercooling?

 

[zer0signal667]

how much would you pay for non conductive, non corrosive, basically fluid designed for watercooling?

$1 per gallon if it has thermal properties greater than or equal to those of water. Otherwise, I'm happy with good old H2O.

 

[Achilles17]

Not $50, no fluid XP for me. Distilled is way better.

 

[Steel Chicken]

Not $50, no fluid XP for me. Distilled is way better.

+1

$1/gallon at the super duper market

water has great cooling capacity and distilled is non conductive

So to answer your question, it better be cheaper than $1 and perform better than H20

 

[cnick79]

+1
distilled is non conductive

I don't think so.

 

[krizzle]

what gives common water its "conductivity" is its impurity, e.g. iron, lead, other metals. Even if it's a small amount of them such as in tap water, its still conductive.
Pure water, as in nothing but H2O, is NON conductive. It is in fact an insulator.
Distilled water isn't pure, but its pretty damn close.

 

[Steel Chicken]

what gives common water its "conductivity" is its impurity, e.g. iron, lead, other metals. Even if it's a small amount of them such as in tap water, its still conductive.
Pure water, as in nothing but H2O, is NON conductive. It is in fact an insulator.
Distilled water isn't pure, but its pretty damn close.

yeah cnick, what he said, so eat crow!

 

[cnick79]

lol, almost doesn't quite cut it for me, unless you want to take a pic of you in a bath of distilled water while running your computer.

 

[Little Grabbi]

I don't think so.

Well yes, Milliamps at thousands of volts...

lol, almost doesn't quite cut it for me, unless you want to take a pic of you in a bath of distilled water while running your computer.

I'll return in 24 hours... do you require video?

 

[cnick79]

don't forget to add additives such as hydrex, zerex, etc. something people use.

 

[Little Grabbi]

Not when actually submerging my PC in them... these dditives make distilled water a tad more cunductive.

 

[cnick79]

Right, and how many people have systems running pure DS water? DS may be non-conductive at first but it WILL gain a charge when it keeps running through your loop, passing through your copper blocks, etc. I'm not sure how long it would take, I guess that would vary some system to system. Let's hope I'm wrong when a system leaks.

 

[Little Grabbi]

It will not gain a charge, but a small number of ions will dissolve in the loop and oxidize with any residual oxygen. Water that has been in your loop for some time is slightly conductive.

 

[snapper]

I know how much I wouldn't pay.....

As much as I'd like to get some Fluorinert for my h2o setup, the stuff runs something like $500 USD for a gallon. Same stuff cray used alledgedly, completely dielectric, near water viscosity, and boil/freeze points are nearly the same(some actually boil higher, some lower, depending on the flavor)....excellent cooling capacity/heat transfer too.

At anyrate, it's good stuff, but quite expensive and not something I can justify

-Snapper

 

[cnick79]

Water that has been in your loop for some time is slightly conductive.

This might explain why some people have sprung leaks without frying anything while others have.

I guess to keep in light with the topic if you're worried about frying your components and don't care about money get Fluid XP $40-$50 per 32oz. Otherwise a properly built wc system with DS water at $1 gallon will perform slightly better. It's too bad none of these non-conductive fluids can cool better than water.