Water cooled Server used for underfloor heating?

[bikerchris]

I work in construction and I would never do this, but if anyone is going to try, Linus will. So it's just a suggestion. I don't know about the potential heat output of his server(s) and the Country he is in, probably doesn't need much heating (always looks sunny and warm). But I dunno, might be another construction related video for him and team...that doesn't involve Cement INSIDE the machine 

 

You could even have a 2 way valve to direct it to a hot water tank for washing all those cups up that probably no one does 

 

The more I write, the more idiotic it sounds...so perfect for this lot 

 

 

[Neftex]

nah, it would gunk up over time and theres no way to clean it

[myselfolli]

1 minute ago, Neftex said:

nah, it would gunk up over time and theres no way to clean it

How would it gunk up more than any other floor heating unit?

[Neftex]

4 minutes ago, myselfolli said:

How would it gunk up more than any other floor heating unit?

youre forgetting the part it has to go through water blocks in the server, and those are way tighter than the pipes

[Enderman]

A server doesn't output enough heat for floor heating.

The components would overheat long before you get enough temperature and heat to make any difference.

[Sychic]

and plus they already did a similar idea where they used a radiator to try and make a computer into a space heater. It got really nasty

[myselfolli]

5 minutes ago, Neftex said:

youre forgetting the part it has to go through water blocks in the server, and those are way tighter than the tubes

Yeah, that's true probably...

[GuardEzio]

What would happen in the summer though? Or if you needed to turn it off for some reason? You can hardly shutdown the servers while they are in production... 

[bikerchris]

1 hour ago, Enderman said:

A server doesn't output enough heat for floor heating.

I did wonder that - how much heat do you think it outputs?

 

1 hour ago, Sychic said:

make a computer into a space heater

Ahhh, I remember that now, good memory.

30 minutes ago, GuardEzio said:

What would happen in the summer though

It's unlikely, but where the pump is, could also be a divert valve that connects to the return loop (think I showed that). It could have an inline rad as well may be, so heat is just emitted in the server room (probably not ideal!. Like I said, I've hardly thought it through properly as per LTT guidelines

1 hour ago, Neftex said:

go through water blocks in the server,

Haven't they overcome things like that with custom water cool loops? I've only gone the AIO way myself, though the custom loops look awesome.

[Enderman]

16 minutes ago, bikerchris said:

I did wonder that - how much heat do you think it outputs?

What?
The server or a heated floor?

[bikerchris]

4 hours ago, Enderman said:

The server

The server - honestly can't remember the spec of it.