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I really doubt that the fan motors in typical PC components, designed to move air, were made to endure the relatively extreme viscosity of oil.
by bruce343434 2y ago
I really doubt that the fan motors in typical PC components, designed to move air, were made to endure the relatively extreme viscosity of oil.
- ZiiS 2y agoAt this point you are running thousands of dollars of sensitive electronics outside their design and testing whilst voiding your warrenty. Wearing out a few fans is probably tolerable.
- yellowapple 2y agoThe authors of the article report that the fans ran just fine in oil, contrary to that same assumption.
- toast0 2y agoTry it out and see has worked for a lot of people. Not all fans are engineered with no wiggle room, and likely most would fail sooner, but on the other hand, an immersed computer is more likely to run continuously, and startup is harder than continuous running. The oil likelu provides better heat disipation for all parts of the fan as well, which could also prolong life. Otherwise, with better disipation, you can probably remove fans from many components, possibly swapping heatsinks in some cases.