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Re: rack power question


From: "Alexander Harrowell" <a.harrowell () gmail com>
Date: Tue, 25 Mar 2008 15:16:27 +0000

Question: what worries you more, fire or leaks?

On Tue, Mar 25, 2008 at 3:06 PM, Ben Butler <ben.butler () c2internet net>
wrote:


While it has the potential to catch fire - it does however work fine in my
car engine.

-----Original Message-----
From: owner-nanog () merit edu [mailto:owner-nanog () merit edu] On Behalf Of
Justin Shore
Sent: 25 March 2008 14:20
To: Dorn Hetzel
Cc: nanog list
Subject: Re: rack power question


Dorn Hetzel wrote:
Of course, my chemistry is a little rusty, so I'm not sure about the
prospects for a non-toxic, non-flammable, non-conductive substance
with workable fluid flow and heat transfer properties :)

Mineral oil?  I'm not sure about the non-flammable part though.  Not all
oils burn but I'm not sure if mineral oil is one of them.  It is used for
immersion cooling though.

Justin



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