Homelab

371 readers

3 users here now

Rules

Be Civil.
Post about your homelab, discussion of your homelab, questions you may have, or general discussion about transition your skill from the homelab to the workplace.
No memes or potato images.
We love detailed homelab builds, especially network diagrams!
Report any posts that you feel should be brought to our attention.
Please no shitposting or blogspam.
No Referral Linking.
Keep piracy discussion off of this community

founded 11 months ago

MODERATORS

communick@selfhosted.forum

rglullis

Putting my servers in a fridge (alien.top)

submitted 10 months ago by mimetypehumanflesh@alien.top to c/homelab@selfhosted.forum

7 comments fedilink hide all child comments

Is that a good idea to customize a dedicated fridge to cool all my servers?

top 7 comments

sorted by: hot top controversial new old

[–] bubblegumpuma@alien.top 1 points 10 months ago

What? Why?

[–] much_longer_username@alien.top 1 points 10 months ago

A fridge won't work. A chiller, on the other hand... those you can get rated for a couple thousand BTU/hour without needing a second mortgage. Still not cheap though, and it would be on top of the cost for a water cooling loop for each machine.

[–] SubArcticTundra@lemmy.ml 1 points 10 months ago

Might a Peltier element be appropriate for this?

[–] RED_TECH_KNIGHT@alien.top 1 points 10 months ago

Fridge = MOISTURE

Water and electricity don't mix very well.

[–] KingofGamesYami@alien.top 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

It's been tried. It does not work.

[–] andy_why@alien.top 1 points 10 months ago

There's always this option https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=itQLBGQyTX8

[–] Soggy_Bath_1733@alien.top 1 points 10 months ago

Op doesn't know what a fridge does and should not be operating a lab