MadTaco

I hope that someone can provide some clarification on this subject.

A friend of mine believes that a compressor, such as off of a fridge or a central air unit, can be used to practically and effectively cool a system to the degree that practical use, not just extreme benchmarking, is possible.

The first question that I have is whether most compressors are designed to cool in this way (something generating heat in excess of 500W or more), and if they're durable enough to stay ON for extended periods of time like this. I know that this is the inherent flaw in using the fridge system for cooling a system, but what about compressor units from AC systems or similar things?

Thanks for any feedback...

MadTaco

GigaByte

From a fridge/freezer there is only one answer, NO. If you underclock as much as you can and run the CPU at 0.80v (assuming its a Core 2) then you might have a 10% chance of not killing it but I woulden't try. From an AC that I am not too sure about since they can stay on for 24/7 if set to a cold temp, iam sure someone else that understands AC better will answer that one.

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MadTaco

Thanks for the feedback and the welcome my man...+rep. Hope to hear some more about this tomorrow.

Manyak

Yes this is done by many people already. Its more commonly known as "phase change" cooling. There is a forum here on the site with a bunch of people who run it.

If you want a REALLY good system it gets expensive though.

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TestECull

Fridge compressors are not rated for a 100% duty cycle, they WILL burn out.

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keith27

Depends on the fridge.

Commerical units are designed to run 24/7. Well some are. It can be a mixed bag.

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G|F.E.A.D|Killa

there is now way you can use a normal fridge or AC compressor. they are not made to run 24/7. you need a commercial compressor.

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BlankThis

Not enough power also you make more heat then you cool...

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G|F.E.A.D|Killa

not ture. a compressor cools very very well. i just pulled a unit off of a roof in arizona that had iced over on the coil.

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BlankThis

Depends on the quality I guess then. I know most fridges generate more heat then they cool.

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