Power Supply Fluid Xp+ test for conductivity

Watch this and tell me if your computer is safe from leaks. I think they need to re-do their advertising...

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[BorkedDeath]

Of course its going to blow up, it says on the fluid xp website that it will conduct electricity over 12v.

[gniemcew]

This video should be titled "It's Doesn't Hurt to Be a Dumbass" and is almost a perfect example of why to trust only sites like Tom's Hardware or Legit. A substance's ability to isolate depends on temperature and voltage applied. A mobo component features both quantities an order of magnitude lower than a PSU component. Both dudes would have to appear in the video stark naked and wearing makeup to make their experiment any dumber. *** One valid point though: buy a case with a top-mounted PSU.

[D0wnshift]

These people are compleate idiots. Pure water is non-conductive. It is the impurities (dust, minerals ect) is what conducts the electricity. As soon as the non-conductive fluid touches your DUSTY power suply it losses it non-conductive properties.

So it's not false advertising. You guys are just retarded.

Next time use your multi meter you have sitting there, set it to Ohms and put the 2 leads in the fluid and you will get either infinate resistance or an insanley high resistance value.

[n9zn]

That was a bit alarming. Not to long ago I read a thread where an additive was used to enhance cooling. That additive was marketed in automotive stores as a radiator additive to increase heat transfer in autos. In the thread a chemical engineering student looked at the interaction between that product and rubbers / plastics in PC cooling systems. It was found to leave a residue build up which was gummy and near impossible to remove or wash off. Has anyone tested this for chemical reactions?

[h2oextremepcs]

Yes but there is about £300 difference between Flourinert & this crap.

Koolance use Flourinert for there Liquid cooled PSUs

[First2ner]

whaaat??? antifreeze to be should be a good conductor at 250v+, not to say you have here 330V dc, and I don't think this liquid was intended to be non conductive

[lhtrf]

yes but when you're looking at an antifreeze product for a pc watercooling system, you would except it to be conductive at about 250volts + (just in case you dont know: europe and asia use 220V and not 110V)

[saleall]

dam it ,that was what caused my termaltake thoughpower 1500W to smoke. because i wansnt careful while i installed my new water cooling and i did splashed around a little while pumping to get out the bubbles.

[OmnipotentEntity]

What? Seriously? Non-conductive fluids are non-conductive, if it doesn't have enough Ohms to stop a 110v AC current from sparking like THAT then I wouldn't trust it on 12V.

FYI, most non-conductive fluids are designed to cool very high voltage operations. Check Novac, Flourinert, et al.

[tacoboy15]

When would the water go inside the psu?

[ArashinoKaze]

oh also most non-conductive fluids are designed to handle 12v current, and a PSU is around 110v+ so again idiots....

[ArashinoKaze]

huh who would have guessed pouring a fluid on a hot electronics would cause it to fry like that, hmm thermal dynamics isnt that something ~_~

Idiots....