pc fans working in water

[hunterhaz]

im planning to build a simple water socket with a fan inside the socket.
then cover the metal piece with glass and glue the leakages, so the fan will be inside the glass. then make two holes on the glass and plug water pipes into it...connect the water tank and the socket on both ends...turn on the pc and the fan will bring the water in and out....

my question is...does pc fans work in water?
i have tried cutting the wires and bring the copper piece out...
and attach them to an large AA battery....then throw the whole fan into water...it continues to run in water...i then put one of my hands into the water and see if im going to get shocked...yet, there was no shock, probably not enough voltage.
any volunteers willing to test it for me?...NOTE:this might be costly...

[hunterhaz]

i just found something interesting...
http://www.epn-online.com/page/15911/waterproof-fans.html
http://news.thomasnet.com/fullstory/470460
waterproof fans = =

[Spawne32]

petra actually did a video on that a while back, ill try to locate, its on youtube

[Spawne32]

oh and the moral of the story was yes, and they worked in pink lemonade as well, and spit lol

[Vapor]

Why not get a submersible pump?

[MonkeyHood]

If they did work under water, as Spawne32 said, I dont think they'd be that powerful. Air and water are 2 different materials. Water is much heavier than air, so unless you have like high quality 10 fans, it won't push much, imo. Better to just get a pump, I think.

[Tortel]

Yeah, they do work in water.
And also yes, get a pump. Its not going to do that much, unless you have an extremely powerful fan (I would guess 100cfm+)

[[XC] NetburstXE]

Shouldn't this be in the Liquid Cooling (http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=70) section?