Gaming PC on a Boat

[britzkeb2015]

I find myself in a sort of unusual situation and could use some advice. Not sure if the best place to post this. My family has lived full time on our boat in Florida for about 10 years now and i recently got back into gaming. The problem is my desktop has started to corrode from being out in this environment. Every so often I'll clean it with alcohol but I'm trying to find a more permanent and sort of unique solution. The idea I've come up with is to submurge the components in a tank of something like mineral oil or dielectric fluid, then pump that fluid thru a heat exchanger dumping the heat overboard into the saltwater. I figure if I do it right it will solve the corrosion problems and could be a cool centerpiece to my gaming setup. That said I'm not sure where to begin and any advice would be appreciated.

 

[SpyderTracks]

I find myself in a sort of unusual situation and could use some advice. Not sure if the best place to post this. My family has lived full time on our boat in Florida for about 10 years now and i recently got back into gaming. The problem is my desktop has started to corrode from being out in this environment. Every so often I'll clean it with alcohol but I'm trying to find a more permanent and sort of unique solution. The idea I've come up with is to submurge the components in a tank of something like mineral oil or dielectric fluid, then pump that fluid thru a heat exchanger dumping the heat overboard into the saltwater. I figure if I do it right it will solve the corrosion problems and could be a cool centerpiece to my gaming setup. That said I'm not sure where to begin and any advice would be appreciated.

We can’t advise on non PCSpecialist systems, but there is a spray / liquid that you can coat the internals in and it will protect them from the elements and any corrosion

This is just an example, there may be another manufacturer in US, but search for PCB waterproofing or electronics sealing

007361 | Jelt Colourless Acrylic PCB Coating for Electronics, PCBs | RS

uk.rs-online.com

 

[britzkeb2015]

I was not aware that was a product. Thank you for the link! Seems like the perfect solution.

 

[SpyderTracks]

I was not aware that was a product. Thank you for the link! Seems like the perfect solution.

Apparently these manufactures approached board partners to have this applied at the factory for mobiles, tablets, PCs, basically any equipment that can suffer from water damage as it would eradicate most deterioration.

Board partners flatly refused as they make such a killing from RMAs being rejected due to water damage labels having been triggered even if it’s just down to moisture in the air that hasn’t resulted in any damage.

Crazy world