Fill Your Computer With 8 Gallons of Cooking Oil - Page 2

Moonliner · 07-24-2006, 01:52 PM

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Originally Posted by Tramspotter

Did you read that right I saw this about 4 years ago and they used lamp oil because of its thermal and dielectric propertys... any form of cooking oil would go bad and would gum up the works... Not going to repost but am fairly certain that cooking oil is a bad idea.

Clicking on link for I two was going to build one of these awhile back as my gaming/object de art machine

Cooking oil goes rancid after some time if you cook fries in it, but by itself I would think it has a fairly long shelf life. How hot would it get in the roll of coolant?

Tramspotter · 07-24-2006, 04:03 PM

Goes rancid as it oxidizes using it to cook with hastens that process... I found some time to post again after reading and these guys did use vegtable oil... but they recomend motor oil... I still like the idea of lamp oil and some kind of pump and heat transfer block that isn't plastic to the outside which would increase effectiveness too

I wonder if most submersible pumps motors which were designed for water might have a problem with the oil.

~Cause there's no messin when you bust out the Wessin~

07-24-2006, 04:03 PM	#12
Tramspotter Show me on the bear. Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: LA Posts: 445	Goes rancid as it oxidizes using it to cook with hastens that process... I found some time to post again after reading and these guys did use vegtable oil... but they recomend motor oil... I still like the idea of lamp oil and some kind of pump and heat transfer block that isn't plastic to the outside which would increase effectiveness too I wonder if most submersible pumps motors which were designed for water might have a problem with the oil. ~Cause there's no messin when you bust out the Wessin~
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