GELID Wing 12 fans run in water

ThraxThrax 🐌Austin, TX Icrontian
edited November 2009 in Science & Tech
GELID Wing 12 fans run in water

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  • DrLiamDrLiam British Columbia
    edited January 2009
    Random but quiet epic.
  • ZuntarZuntar North Carolina Icrontian
    edited January 2009
    I hate content filters #$%!*$#^ IT department!
  • SnarkasmSnarkasm Madison, WI Icrontian
    edited January 2009
    ps sry 4 breathing, I was expecting somebody to edit it.
  • ZuntarZuntar North Carolina Icrontian
    edited January 2009
    Snarkasm wrote:
    ps sry 4 breathing, I was expecting somebody to edit it.

    ??
  • TimTim Southwest PA Icrontian
    edited January 2009
    Wow! They really DO run under water! Amazing! I'm gonna go buy some right now!

    That way, if my 3rd floor apartment ever gets flooded, at least I won't have to worry about the fans in the computer! :)
  • TiberiusLazarusTiberiusLazarus Icrontian
    edited January 2009
    Tim wrote:
    Wow! They really DO run under water! Amazing! I'm gonna go buy some right now!

    That way, if my 3rd floor apartment ever gets flooded, at least I won't have to worry about the fans in the computer! :)

    I hate you.
  • ThraxThrax 🐌 Austin, TX Icrontian
    edited January 2009
    :tim:

    I hope the synchronicity is not lost on some.
  • MachineDogMachineDog New
    edited January 2009
    Hah, Awesome. Not quite sure what you'd need it for though, maybe for a full immersion kit it might be useful.
  • TimTim Southwest PA Icrontian
    edited January 2009
    Maybe this fan is meant to be used with a water cooling system?
  • KometeKomete Member
    edited January 2009
    Haha GJ! Ballzy. What made this even better was the video. Pics are great but video rules the day.

    If I was doing the test you'd probably hear a bunch of laughter and a O shite! it's working lol...
  • ThraxThrax 🐌 Austin, TX Icrontian
    edited January 2009
    No, it's just a fan that happens to be designed in such a way that water doesn't effect it.
  • the_technocratthe_technocrat IC-MotY1 Indy Icrontian
    edited January 2009
    DIY minisub ROV gogogo
  • MachineDogMachineDog New
    edited January 2009
    the_technocrat knows what to do!

    And I'm sure water would still be a factor on the magnets in some corrosive way or something.

    What are you using to tape this video by the way? That is REALLY sharp.
  • ThraxThrax 🐌 Austin, TX Icrontian
    edited January 2009
    Canon 50D.
  • SnarkasmSnarkasm Madison, WI Icrontian
    edited January 2009
    Erroneous!

    Canon 5D Mark II with, in this instance, the 50mm f/1.4 lens.
  • ThraxThrax 🐌 Austin, TX Icrontian
    edited January 2009
    What's a zero between friends, right?
  • SnarkasmSnarkasm Madison, WI Icrontian
    edited January 2009
    Naturally.
  • shaolin95
    edited November 2009
    Sweet, I can use it as a powerhead for my fishtanks@
  • primesuspectprimesuspect Beepin n' Boopin Detroit, MI Icrontian
    Bump because interesting
  • mertesnmertesn I am Bobby Miller Yukon, OK Icrontian
    I still love these fans. They're not cheap, but they're worth every penny.
  • midgamidga "There's so much hot dog in Rome" ~digi (> ^.(> O_o)> Icrontian
    I lol'd when it first hit the water. @Snarkasm did you test it before you shot this, or was this a dry run (pun oddly not intended...).

    Pretty awesome, though. Thanks for resurrecting it, Prime; reminds me I should dive into the archives sometime.
  • SnarkasmSnarkasm Madison, WI Icrontian
    No testing! This was for SCIENCE!

    Also love these fans. I used them all over my mini-monster watercooling project in the NZXT Rogue; they were brilliant.
  • midgamidga "There's so much hot dog in Rome" ~digi (> ^.(> O_o)> Icrontian
    Are they pretty quiet in person? I guess since we could hear you breathing that's a yes.
  • SnarkasmSnarkasm Madison, WI Icrontian
    Yep. You hear air, and nothing else.
  • midgamidga "There's so much hot dog in Rome" ~digi (> ^.(> O_o)> Icrontian
    It's probably the tight bearing and case tolerances for noise reduction that make it water-tight. I might have to find a couple of these.
  • primesuspectprimesuspect Beepin n' Boopin Detroit, MI Icrontian
    Still available on Newegg.
  • midgamidga "There's so much hot dog in Rome" ~digi (> ^.(> O_o)> Icrontian
    Sweet. Going on my list of things to pick up eventually. Do we not have a Newegg affiliate link? Have I asked that before? XD
  • primesuspectprimesuspect Beepin n' Boopin Detroit, MI Icrontian
    Any link from Icrontic is affiliated. No need to have a special link, but thank you for asking :D
  • SnarkasmSnarkasm Madison, WI Icrontian
    The water-tightness comes primarily from the fact that the fan operates magnetically. There are no electronics exposed due to the magnetic bearing mechanism.
  • drasnordrasnor Starship Operator Hawthorne, CA Icrontian
    I doubt it's water-tight. The magnetic bearing would work with any reasonably clean fluid in it. The electronics are made of hermetically-sealed components and tap water is a poor conductor so it wouldn't short out the circuits. Finally, the motor drive is sufficiently robust to handle the additional load from moving a higher viscosity fluid.
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