[Amps] Water Cooling

[Ian White, G3SEK]

rlm wrote:
>One problem with water is that it absorbs CO2 from the atmosphere. 
>Humans exhale CO2.  This turns water into carbonic acid -- which is an 
>electrical conductor.

So plant water lilies to absorb the CO2  :-)

>Another problem is that water is the universal solvent.

The second problem is by far the worse. I once talked with a nuclear 
engineer who ran a heat exchanger between two explosively incompatible 
fluids: radioactive molten sodium, and ordinary water. He said the 
liquid sodium was easy, and a pleasure to work with... but the water was 
constantly trying to eat everything in sight.

>good luck, John

Not much luck required, mostly good engineering. Water cooling is 
routine for monster amplifiers, and down at the amateur scale the 
1296MHz moonbounce community has a lot of amp-years of experience in the 
bank. The consensus is that if it's built right, it stays right for a 
long time.


-- 
73 from Ian G3SEK         'In Practice' columnist for RadCom (RSGB)

http://www.ifwtech.co.uk/g3sek