using a kitchen freezer to cool radiator?

[XenatR]

has anyone used a kitchen freezer to cool an AIO water cooling loop?

http://www.argos.co.uk/static/Product/partNumber/4810430.htm

e.g. put the radiator part (without fans) into the freezer, and somehow seal the whole thing so the freezer doesnt get too 'warm'

ive always thought about this but never seen it...

 

[Arcygenical]

You need a dedicated compressor. Any other kind will fail as they're not meant for more than a 25-50% duty cycle.

 

[King Icewind]

You also have to worry about condensation.

 

[Tekara]

Would never work, refrigerators and freezers just aren't designed to handle anything that produces heat. As previously stated, you'd cause the compressor to run at 100% duty cycle and the modest condenser on the back of fridge/freezer would never be able to offload the constant heat resulting in the freezer heating up and the compressor to fail.

 

[Dreamerbydesign]

This has been asked so many times...

Absolutely will not work.

 

[babochee]

Does a frig/freezer work if you keep the door open? nope. so.... nope.

 

[B00nie]

If you use your computer only occasionally (like most of us do, closing it in between) and freeze your freezer full of water, the thermal energy stored in the ice will dissipate the temporary load from use.

The amount of cooling power stored in 100 liters of ice is huge.

 

[jkjambo]

why not put your whole rig in fridge?

 

[NoEcho]

why not put your whole rig in fridge?

Been done. Doesn't bypass the cooling system's design for occasional, low-load, not constant high load.