Powered by the Sun and Cooled by the Sea
Built by Darren // @sicknology // information Technology Security Specialist
Moviedrome is the ultimate off-grid home media hub and custom PC project. Merging high end enthusiast computing with commercial grade green energy🍃 Combining the suns solar energy with a liquid cooled CPU/GPU creates an exceptionally sustainable, high performance computing setup. This system maximises environmental efficiency through two primary mechanisms: zero emission power generation and optimised thermal management.
🌍 Moviedrome: Preserving Cinema, Powered by the Planet.
- Moviedrome is a next-generation archival initiative dedicated to rescuing physical media and safeguarding cinematic history on eco friendly, off grid infrastructure. Inspired by the original BBC Moviedrome with Alex Cox and the legend that is Mark Cousins who introduced a generation to weird and wonderful flim.
- Today, those very films are vanishing. Disc rot, format degradation, and corporate streaming algorithms mean independent cinema and cult masterpieces are at risk of being lost forever.
- This project operates entirely detached from the traditional electrical grid. Built to archive and experience physical media without the need for a streaming connection
- Physical Media in the Wild: Before a film enters my digital archive, it goes on one final journey across Northern Ireland or the Republic of. I take the physical media out of dark rooms and embed them directly into the wild NI. I hunt down the stark and cinematic Northern Irish backdrops from battered Atlantic coastlines to council estates, i photograph the physical media wherever i feel it fits. 📸
☀️ Powered by the Sun
- 9.1 kWp Solar Array 20 high-efficiency 455W panels optimized to capture maximum daylight.
- Dura-i Hybrid 6kW Inverter The central system brain managing power routing with 97.3% efficiency.
- Dura16 Battery Storage Commercial-grade storage bank to fuel A.I processing power.
- Grid Isolation Hardware Heavy-duty Changeover Switch paired with a dedicated physical Earthspike.
🌊 Cooled by the Sea
- Bespoke CPU Water Block The System is Water Cooled with Premium copper blocks for instant thermal transfer High-Density Radiator: The 27mm thick radiator encompasses 14 rows of aluminum tubes paired with dense, 20mm folded fins. This configuration significantly increases the surface area for rapid heat transfer.
- High-Performance Pump Loop Continuous liquid circulation and silent running with Multi-Chamber Technology (M.C.T.) Eliminates flow dead-zones and reduces fluid resistance inside the block. The Result: The pump can move water rapidly over the copper cold plate at lower mechanical RPMs, keeping pump below an imperceptible 20 dBA while maximizing heat absorption.