Compressed air CPu cooling anyone done it ?

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Just poped into my head, using an air gun at work, i know it would
probably be noisy but the dirrect concentrated air on the heatsink
must be efective ?

You could turn it down to be less noisy and high maxium for extream
cooling ?

Anyone done this ??

Thanks.
 
Just poped into my head, using an air gun at work, i know it would
probably be noisy but the dirrect concentrated air on the heatsink
must be efective ?

You could turn it down to be less noisy and high maxium for extream
cooling ?

Anyone done this ??
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A small air compressor? You mean like a fan?

D0d6y.
 
Compressed air is verrrrrry expensive as compared to electricity and forced
convection cooling.
 
refrigeration unit like a bartenders fridge (under counter-very small)
would work, you would have to know how to sweat copper pipe, as you
would need a custom route and sink.

And the crossposting to unrelated groups even sparks me to say
something,,,break it up
and use discretion.
 
Don't worry, I understand where your coming from.

Had the same idea a couple of days ago.
Only thing putting me off is the noise of my compressor. it might be worth a
go just to see what could be achieved.

Spence
 
I remember reading this when I was 10 years old ! I found it fascinating then,
and time has not dulled the fascination!
 
Air rushing toward (or through) G10 (normal circuit board material) can
create a static charge of more than 5,000V...I've measured it on a
customer's
circuit board on a vacuum actuated test fixture when the customer decided
to start leaving the vias open (unsoldered) without telling anyone first. I
guess you already know what ESD can do to the ICs...
 
Here is a link to a little known principle that would work for you. I built
one when I was a kid. Works like a wiz, but like someone said it will be
expensive to run.

http://www.sas.org/E-Bulletin/2003-07-25/labNotesAS/body.html
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My shop has a commercial version of this device, known as a "Cool Gun".
It's used by our tool grinders/sharpeners to keep many machine tool cutters cool
while they're being sharpened. It is amazing how cold the air is coming out of
the tube, but equally amazing how hot the back end of it is, too.
Cool Guns are available from industrial supply outlets like MSC.
 
I remember reading this when I was 10 years old ! I found it fascinating then,
and time has not dulled the fascination!
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Guess who's gonna be playing with his lathe and compressor this
weekend...

And probably suffering either frost bite of 3rd degree burns by
Monday!

D0d6y.
 
Dodgy said:
Guess who's gonna be playing with his lathe and compressor this
weekend...

And probably suffering either frost bite of 3rd degree burns by
Monday!
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I'd have thought it would have been both ..... simultaneously!

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