[CUBE] Installed Fan in my cube

[Richard Rodman]

Peltier is a kind of reverse-thermocouple that takes like 5 amps at 1 
volt. I think a radiator is needed for the "hot side".  I thought 
piezo-electric was some kind of exotic high-frequency fan.

On Sunday, January 5, 2003, at 01:01 PM, Bill Fox wrote:

>
> On Sunday, January 5, 2003, at 11:09 AM, Richard Clark wrote:
>
>> processors get a lot hotter than beer.
>
> That was my point.
>
>> Bill i still have my peltier cooler that i took apart to make a 
>> cooler for my pc but it was a no go because of the temps made by 
>> processor you have to have a hell of a heatsink on the hot side or 
>> combine it with water cooling
>
> I realize the T-E cooler is a heat pump that needs a radiator but I 
> still don't see where a condensation problem comes in unless the T-E 
> cooler is improperly engineered so it gets colder than ambient 
> temperature on the cold side. Water and mercury in tubes also need a 
> radiator, no? If the same amount of heat is to dissipated per unit 
> time and the radiators are the same wouldn't they have to be the same 
> size?
>
>> On Sunday, Jan 5, 2003, at 16:57 Europe/Rome, Bill Fox wrote:
>>
>>> Maybe so in general but there is very little condensation to none in 
>>> my beer cooler. I can't imagine that being a problem when properly 
>>> engineered and applied on a hot CPU or GPU. But sucking a lot of 
>>> juice could be a problem for a Cube.
>>>
>>> Bill
>>>
>>> On Sunday, January 5, 2003, at 10:36 AM, Richard Clark wrote:
>>>
>>>> peltier effect coolers have one but there is always problems with 
>>>> condensation and they drink a lot of juice.
>>>> On Sunday, Jan 5, 2003, at 16:31 Europe/Rome, Bill Fox wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> No Frankenstein--I've seen them (called thermo-electric) coolers 
>>>>> at Frys. My 6-pack beer cooler, also piezo-electric, works great.
>>>>>
>>>>> Bill
>>>>>
>>>>> On Sunday, January 5, 2003, at 08:34 AM, Richard Clark wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> hmmmm ionized air gap sparks bill cool reminds me of frankenstein.
>>>>>> On Sunday, Jan 5, 2003, at 14:32 Europe/Rome, Bill Fox wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On Saturday, January 4, 2003, at 07:40 PM, phoenix wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> but... has anyone out there decided against both convection and
>>>>>>>> fan-force, and hooked up some kind of liquid cooling on the 
>>>>>>>> Cube?
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>         I've seen enough car audio systems do this to displace 
>>>>>>>> heat, so I
>>>>>>>> thought I'd ask.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> ..or piezo-electric?
>
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