Posted March 13, 2019 When I was stationed in Okinawa, Japan, I took some courses with the Marines Corps Communication-Electronics School (I was Air Force). During a course the instructor told us that KY jelly was invented by NASA to cool off their rockets, shuttles, etc... I cannot find any information to confirm that, but since I've seen you guys build mineral oil and liquid rigs why not test KY jelly and see if it works! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted March 13, 2019 Isn't KY water based Community Standards || Tech News Posting Guidelines ---======================================================================--- CPU: R5 3600 || GPU: RTX 3070|| Memory: 32GB @ 3200 || Cooler: Scythe Big Shuriken || PSU: 650W EVGA GM || Case: NR200P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted March 13, 2019 what in the world i dont think so mineral oil works because it has a high heat capacity, like water Ky jelly would be too viscous to cause turbulence, and thus heat transfer would be abominable PC: Alienware 15 R3 Cpu: 7700hq GPu : 1070 OC Display: 1080p IPS Gsync panel 60hz Storage: 970 evo 250 gb / 970 evo plus 500gb Audio: Sennheiser HD 6xx DAC: Schiit Modi 3E Amp: Schiit Magni Heresy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted March 13, 2019 6 minutes ago, ortizimo said: When I was stationed in Okinawa, Japan, I took some courses with the Marines Corps Communication-Electronics School (I was Air Force). During a course the instructor told us that KY jelly was invented by NASA to cool off their rockets, shuttles, etc... I cannot find any information to confirm that, but since I've seen you guys build mineral oil and liquid rigs why not test KY jelly and see if it works! your instructor lied to you, sorry Insanity is not the absence of sanity, but the willingness to ignore it for a purpose. Chaos is the result of this choice. I relish in both. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted March 13, 2019 also based on some rough google searches, it seems, it was used for high temperature lubrication, and not cooling per say PC: Alienware 15 R3 Cpu: 7700hq GPu : 1070 OC Display: 1080p IPS Gsync panel 60hz Storage: 970 evo 250 gb / 970 evo plus 500gb Audio: Sennheiser HD 6xx DAC: Schiit Modi 3E Amp: Schiit Magni Heresy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted March 13, 2019 Author 25 minutes ago, Tamesh16 said: what in the world i dont think so mineral oil works because it has a high heat capacity, like water Ky jelly would be too viscous to cause turbulence, and thus heat transfer would be abominable once heated the product becomes less viscous...its thick because its in a bottle at room temperature and not even that...its always at store A/C temp. additionally, there are other types of the same product that are more liquid. besides, the episode Chilling Threadripper 2, Linus used Rain-X to chill a CPU...it contains among other things glycerine and glycol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted March 14, 2019 3 hours ago, ortizimo said: once heated the product becomes less viscous...its thick because its in a bottle at room temperature and not even that...its always at store A/C temp. additionally, there are other types of the same product that are more liquid. besides, the episode Chilling Threadripper 2, Linus used Rain-X to chill a CPU...it contains among other things glycerine and glycol. yeah sure but again its not as viscous, even if the viscosity changes to a usable amount at like 60-80 Celsius ,what advantage does it give over water the reason linus uses rain x is because it works well at low temperatures PC: Alienware 15 R3 Cpu: 7700hq GPu : 1070 OC Display: 1080p IPS Gsync panel 60hz Storage: 970 evo 250 gb / 970 evo plus 500gb Audio: Sennheiser HD 6xx DAC: Schiit Modi 3E Amp: Schiit Magni Heresy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted March 14, 2019 I enjoy coating my rocket in KY jelly prior to liftoff. I enjoy buying junk and sinking more money than it's worth into it to make it less junk. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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