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I suspect some of these products have a funny price curve. If Fluorinert costs $300/litre today and you cut the price to $100/litre - that's still far too expe
by michaelt 5y ago
I suspect some of these products have a funny price curve.
If Fluorinert costs $300/litre today and you cut the price to $100/litre - that's still far too expensive to become a mainstream PC coolant. It's not like there's a proven market for mineral oil PC cooling.
Could be, if you cut the price of Fluorinert by 2/3rds, you'd just be giving a discount to your existing customers, for whom price is no object anyway.
- kadoban 5y agoMineral oil is _very_ messy, which really doesn't help at all. And the one company that sold the tanks had to stop due to some patent nonsense.
- michaelt 5y agoAccording to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fluorinert#Toxicity https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fluorinert#Toxicity Fluorinert has to be limited to closed systems because it has "high global warming potential", it can decompose into a highly toxic gas, and "care should be taken to avoid contact with eyes and skin" (I'll admit I'm not sure how all this squares with the 'inert' in the product's name) To me this sounds more difficult to use than mineral oil, not easier.
- kadoban 5y agoIt does, yes. Seems like they have another product that fixes that issue, but it also sounds toxic. Not something I'd want to play with.
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