Heatpipes

[Karlos]

Hi,

Does anybody know if/where one can obtain straight sections of heatpipe (preferably bendable, but without breaking it) ?

I'm thinking to turn my case side panel into a heatsink for my BPPC. There really isn't much room for more conventional fan-based cooling and I thought I could bring the 040 + BPPC cooler block into true thermal contact with the side of the case (it already is almost)...

[Karlos]

I thought they were part full of some sort of low b.p. liquid?

[Karlos]

Actually, all the pipes I looked at have a cord of some material inside that draws the condensed coolant back to the source by capilliary action, so orientation is not an issue. The cord has to be "wettable" by the coolant for this to work.

All said, I don't have an air pump to hand or any spare freons kicking about ;-)

[Karlos]

bloodline wrote:

All said, I don't have an air pump to hand or any spare freons kicking about ;-)

Call youself a chemist? :roll:[/quote]

Even when I was still a chemist, I didn't have my own personal air pump + stash of refrigerant solvents at home :lol:

[Karlos]

@GadgetMaster

As ever, your handle is well deserved :-D

Sure, I'll see if I can try it out. My alternative plan is to build a guide duct that directs the flow of air from a case cooling fan to the affected area, although I'm not sure how effective it would be.