Lancaster Posted June 20, 2006 Report Posted June 20, 2006 A friend told me that you can fill computer cases with corn syrup because it doesn't conduct electricity. Is this even possible? I'm used to 0wning him when he talks about anything, so can you help me out? Quote
rockytriton Posted June 20, 2006 Report Posted June 20, 2006 tell him that you can freeze your hard drive in ice, here's a link:http://www.bbspot.com/News/2004/05/bbspot_labs_ice_drive.html :phones: Quote
Lancaster Posted June 20, 2006 Author Report Posted June 20, 2006 Now THAT'S cool. But how would you keep it that way? Maybe if you got long enough power and IDE cables you could just keep it in the freezer.... Nah.. Quote
rockytriton Posted June 20, 2006 Report Posted June 20, 2006 its a joke site by the way, just incase you didn't figure that out. Quote
Lancaster Posted June 20, 2006 Author Report Posted June 20, 2006 Yeah, I got that. I've been there before. Quote
UncleAl Posted June 24, 2006 Report Posted June 24, 2006 How will your cooling fans work? http://www.mazepath.com/uncleal/sunshine.jpg Quote
Lancaster Posted June 24, 2006 Author Report Posted June 24, 2006 You would remove them because you wouldn't need them, the liquid would keep the processor cool. Quote
Edella Posted June 24, 2006 Report Posted June 24, 2006 There are some simple tests you can do to see if corn syrup conducts electricity.I sure you can think of a few.Of course,be careful. Quote
Lord Hakk Posted June 26, 2006 Report Posted June 26, 2006 There are some simple tests you can do to see if corn syrup conducts electricity.I sure you can think of a few.Of course,be careful.Dont worry, careful is my middle name, right next to Pyromaniac...:confused: ...... now all i need is a few gallons of corn syrup and an extention cord............. Quote
alexander Posted July 6, 2006 Report Posted July 6, 2006 it's just like putting your computer in oil, it can be done, but what a waste of corn syrup... i prefer mine on my pancakes next to my computer... see there is a much better use of corn syrup and it will probably work, corn syrup is a coctail of water and fructose mainly, neither the water nor the sugar conduct electricity, also the boiling point of corn syrup is quite a bit higher then water, so i dont see why this shall not work... Quote
Edella Posted July 6, 2006 Report Posted July 6, 2006 As far as I am aware, pure water in itself is not a conductor of electricity. It is the chemicals and impurities in water that conduct the electricity. In water, chemicals break up in ions - for example, Sodium Chloride (NaCl - table salt) breaks up into Na+ ions and Cl- ions. The sodium has a positive charge and the chlorine has a negative charge. There may also be deposits of metals such as phosphorus or potassium, or even heavy metals such as lead and iron or aluminium. -Ed Quote
alexander Posted July 6, 2006 Report Posted July 6, 2006 yes it are the salts and metals that are responsible for water conductivity, however i can also understand that water does have some impurities in the tree, as it transports minerals to places where they are needed and stored, however i beleive that you should have hard time finding salts and heavy metals in the tree "sap" because i think they are bad for the trees as well as for us.... this would be more of a biology question really... Quote
Edella Posted July 6, 2006 Report Posted July 6, 2006 I assumed Lancaster was talking about commercial corn syrup and not pure maple syrup.I have no idea what impurities might be in commercial corn syrup(tap water,added salts,metals from machinary,etc.).I think you're right that one should have hard time finding salts and heavy metals in tree sap or corn for that matter...of course I'm way over my head with this subject,and slightly off topic. Quote
alexander Posted July 6, 2006 Report Posted July 6, 2006 sorry, i got carried away with syrups, no corn syrup is even mor predictable, corn syrup is water, sugar and corn starch cooked, even commercialy there is very little else added to the mix, i think that you could fill your computer with either corn or maple syrup, it should not matter really, and work all the same... :wink: mmm sugaricious Turtle 1 Quote
Turtle Posted July 6, 2006 Report Posted July 6, 2006 sorry, i got carried away with syrups, no corn syrup is even mor predictable, corn syrup is water, sugar and corn starch cooked, even commercialy there is very little else added to the mix, i think that you could fill your computer with either corn or maple syrup, it should not matter really, and work all the same... ;) mmm sugaricious How about honey? It has anti-microbial properties & so will keep the computer from catching a virus.:wink: Quote
alexander Posted July 10, 2006 Report Posted July 10, 2006 you know, any unix OS would do it too.... Quote
Jay-qu Posted July 11, 2006 Report Posted July 11, 2006 I actually saw a video on the web about an oil cooled PC, it did actually work, not sure what oil they used though.. Quote
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