SSR cooling

[Runamuckr]

Few years back, I built a few liquid cooled computers. The CPU, chip sets, memory, even video cards, could be fitted with cooling blocks that were essentially water jackets. It all was plumbed to a pump and a reservoir/radiator set up.
So, anyone tried, seen, any water cooled relays?
While I wait for any response, I'll be rummaging through boxes of old PC parts

[stillanoob]

There are differences between CPU chips and SSRs. One has some power moving through a lot of parts and one has a lot of power moving through a few parts. There is a limitation on how much heat can be pulled out. If a good heat sink and maybe a fan isn't cutting it, consider a larger SSR.

[pope]

You can get 12/24vdc or 120/240vac fans that have little activation sensors on them so that they only kick on when your ssr's heat sink gets too warm. No set point but they're pretty cheap.

[sambedded]

Modern CPU has up to 250Watt TDP and a space is limited inside a computer case. That's why liquid cooling is useful there. If you control 5500Watt heater. SSR's TDP is less than 30Watt. So you can use a water cooling but i's just a waist of money. Small heatsink with a fan or bigger one without fan is enough.

[HDNB]

why did i think this was going to be a thread about controlling CM water circulation by hooking an SSR up to a mag drive pump and slowing the pump with a rheostat?

[Expat]

There's really no need to have the heatsink inside the controller box anyway. I mounted mine the heatsink protrudes out the side and put a small 12v to move air. Barely audible when the boiler isn't being loud lol

[cranky]

I just use an old computer fan to air cool my SSR, it works very well.

[Runamuckr]

Since were already using water for cooling our condensers, why not use it to cool the relay?

All I have in my box of left over parts are chipset blocks, which are alot smaller. I may play around with this idea. The cooling blocks are alot smaller then the smallest heatsink, If I come up with a good solution to mount the relay to the block, I'll post up some pictures.

[Runamuckr]

why did i think this was going to be a thread about controlling CM water circulation by hooking an SSR up to a mag drive pump and slowing the pump with a rheostat?

I have mag drives on aquariums, they respond to cheap electrical wall dimmers well, the mag drives will also tollerate a simple water flow valve pretty well, but it will wear them out sooner. The more you restrict the flow, the more stress it puts on the pump. Lifegaurd Quiet one pumps are half the price of mag drive brand, and just as good. And silent. Easier to service the internals too.