24 Feb
2012
24 Feb
'12
4:50 p.m.
Water actually is not very conductive if you keep it
clean - chemically
clean, that is, free of dissolved minerals and salts and such;
Many water cooled systems (computer or otherwise) actually use the
non-conductive property of pure water as a gauge - when current is
passed through the wire, and it reaches a threshold that trips a
comparator or relay, then it is time to change the water out.
At CyberResources, Tim told me he would test run his Cybers with a
garden hose, and they were fine. Apparently the CDC cooling guys used
a very forgiving on-demand system, unlike IBM.
--
Will