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Re: [Amps] SS amps watercooling - was PowerGenius XL

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Subject: Re: [Amps] SS amps watercooling - was PowerGenius XL
From: "Roger (K8RI)" <k8ri@rogerhalstead.com>
Date: Tue, 14 Feb 2017 23:14:43 -0500
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Or you refrigerate the water, but in that case the heat from compression is air cooled. There's a good chance submersing in oil would change the values of some components. 200 fluid of a very low viscosity would work.

OTOH it takes very little water to adequately cool a legal limit amp, be it a SS or tube type.

73, Roger (K8RI)

On 2/14/2017 10:09 PM, Bill Turner wrote:
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On Tue, 14 Feb 2017 19:40:04 -0600, you wrote:

has anyone ever thought of just immersing the whole amp in mineral or
transformer oil?

Joe WB9SBD
REPLY:

it could be done but you still have to get rid of the heat. Keep in
mind that so-called "water cooled" amps are really cooled by air. The
water is just a medium to carry the heat from the tube or transistor
to the heat exchanger.

The exception of course, is if you have a continuous stream of
incoming cold water which is discharged without recirculating.

73, Bill W6WRT
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