salt water cooling

[akrickyboby]

is there any reason this would be a bad idea. My plan was to have loops go outside my house getting cooled by the Alaskan air and coming back into the house. I wanted salt water so that it wouldn't freeze. If salt water is a no go what are my other solutions

[M-ursu]

Salt=corrosion

Use alcohol if you are worried about freezing.

[maddogl]

i think the salt would react with the metal in the system.

[akrickyboby]

Salt=corrosion

what are my other non freezing non corrosive options?

[akrickyboby]

Salt=corrosion

Use alcohol if you are worried about freezing.

 

 

Like 90% iso alchohol or would vodka work?

[Freaky_spider]

 

Salt=corrosion

Use alcohol if you are worried about freezing.Like 90% iso alchohol or would vodka work?

 

vodka loop, id want to see that, but use 100% ethanol, not vodka... lol

[akrickyboby]

Salt=corrosion

Use alcohol if you are worried about freezing.

would I have to use iso alcho

 

vodka loop, id want to see that, but use 100% ethanol, not vodka... lol

Why wouldn't vodka work? I f i could avoid a trip to the store to get ethanol that'd be great

[Freaky_spider]

would I have to use iso alcho

 

Why wouldn't vodka work?

vodka would prob work, and you'd be the first in the world, BUT it may clog up in your CPU/GPU block,

[juretrn]

would I have to use iso alcho

 

Why wouldn't vodka work?

Technically, it would. (in the terms of freezing)

But there may be some impurities in there which might settle over time, and the water used there is not really distilled enough, as it may still have some minerals and other stuff in it.

[M-ursu]

would I have to use iso alcho

 

Why wouldn't vodka work? I f i could avoid a trip to the store to get ethanol that'd be great

ethanol is better choice, but vodka would still work.

[akrickyboby]

just imagine a glorious chilled vodka computer with the outside temps getting to -15 f already theres a lot of oc potential there. ps also putting a blue skyy label on the water pump would look nice.

[CatCloud]

vodka ?!?!
Screw that shit! ill pour in some fine 100 bucks Whiskey in there and enjoy that golden stream.

[akrickyboby]

vodka ?!?!

Screw that shit! ill pour in some fine 100 bucks Whiskey in there and enjoy that golden stream.

DUDE DO NOT DO THIS THERE IS SUGAR HONEY AND  OTHER STUFF IN THERE DON"T DO IT! trust me I wanted also wanted to ride the golden stream to oc

[CatCloud]

DUDE DO NOT DO THIS THERE IS SUGAR HONEY AND  OTHER STUFF IN THERE DON"T DO IT! trust me I wanted also wanted to ride the golden stream to oc

I know "sigh" oh golden stream, why must you be so sinister sometimes.

[Guest GRRigger]

Antifreeze? But i would advise not to do it anyway. There is a big problem, and it goes by the name Condensation.

[KamiKatze]

Ethanol or isopropyl alcohol are better choices. A 1:1 mixture of this should result in a freezing point around -40°C. Be careful though. When this mixture warms up, the partial pressure of the alcohol rises fast.

[N7_Zer0]

is there any reason this would be a bad idea. My plan was to have loops go outside my house getting cooled by the Alaskan air and coming back into the house. I wanted salt water so that it wouldn't freeze. If salt water is a no go what are my other solutions

 

If you chill the coolant below room temp, you're going to get condensation which will kill your PC. Just want to make sure you've planned for that.