Evaporative Cooling.....???

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dukeofyork

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This may well be incredibly stupid but here is goes anyway

im not sure if this has been looked into already but i have one in my house that comes from a pretty simple concept, would one work on a smaller scale for a computer or would condensation of the cool water vapour be a problem and if so could that be solved?
 
condesation could be a problem, then your parts could end up wet. But I do not know how to fixx this.
 
You would have to use Indirect Evaporative Cooling rather than Direct, otherwise the higher humidity air (moist) would not be good for your components.
 
thank you for your replies,

so i couldn't really put a some ice blocks in front of the fan?

is there a way to filter out the water before it condenses?
 
that would just be ineffective, you would have to insulate the whole motherboard, you would just be better off with a chilled liquid loop
 
Some people may remember that someone tried to put a comp case in a refrigerator about a year or so ago.He said it worked for a little while then it quit,probably from all the moisture on the parts.Rust isnt too good for electrical.Also some one posted about fully submerged vegetable oil case.I still think you need some kind of radiator to cool the oil though.The water cooling kit might be the most practical though.Omega has a good writeup on here somewhere on how to do it

http://www.computerforum.com/35041-liquid-cooling-101-a.html LOL ...stickied at top of this sub forum
 
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Direct cooling is where the passage of air is in direct contact with the coolant, for example the air blowing over a block of ice. The resultant air would be colder but contain moisture which could damage components.

Indirect cooling means no direct contact of the air and the cooling medium. The resultant air would be colder but not contain any extra moisture. As you can imagine, a lot more bits are needed to make it indirect.
 
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