Fridge Closed-Loop Cooling

[PsTH]

I thought about drilling two holes in the side of a mini-fridge, running an extra-long, liquid-filled loop in, where it would be rolled up in the little freezer part, then run back out the other hole, with freshly chilled liquid inside. Basically replacing the fans/radiator from a closed-cooled loop system, with a trip through a freezer.

I know sticking the whole computer in a fridge has been done and failed... but how about a single loop, focusing its efforts on the CPU, which is really the only real critical item to cool.

Anybody?

 

[velocityg4]

You run the risk of water condensing on the lines. Which will drip on some component in the computer destroying it.

The fridge will also waste a lot of electricity trying to keep cool. The room will also heat up more as the fridge dumps heat into the room.

 

[rubix_1011]

Refrigerators are only designed to remove initial heat and maintain it, not to constantly remove thermal load from the cooling box. The compressor would essentially run non stop while load is being applied - and they aren't designed to run in this manner.