Coming from a public utility substation maintenance background, one may or may not be aware that "most" transformers used in getting the power to your house are filled with a highly refined petroleum oil. (it is clear) It is used as a cooling agent and as an insulator. There are companies out there pushing their veggie based alternative. Just as good with less problems in case of a large "spill".
So, yes, I would be comfortable putting FRESH, clean cooking oil in a computer. (As long as it doesn't start cooking the oil. Then carbon deposits start to form and it's down hill from there... ;) --- bob allen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > getting all that oil off of my CD's is a problem, > I'm using up too many > towels. ;-) > > Logan Vilas wrote: > > Is Cooking oil nonconductive? If so it would work. > I've seen pictures of > > computers immersed in other nonconductive liquids. > > > > Logan Vilas > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of Alan Petrillo > > Sent: Thursday, January 19, 2006 4:25 PM > > To: Biofuel list > > Subject: [Biofuel] Cooking oil isn't just for > diesels anymore. > > > > I wouldn't have believed it if I hadn't seen it. > I'm still not sure I > > believe it, frankly. But if it's a web stunt, > then at least it's a > > _good_ web stunt! > > > > > http://www.tomshardware.com/2006/01/09/strip_out_the_fans/ > > > > > > AP __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ Biofuel mailing list Biofuel@sustainablelists.org http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel_sustainablelists.org Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (50,000 messages): http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/
