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Old 30-10-2012, 07:23 PM
Star Catcher (Ted Dobosz)
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I have made up a water cooled chamber attached to the back of a large finned heat sink. I did not bother with running any fans across the heatsink, but no doubt I could increase the efficiency if I did so. Using water is more efficient but involves plenty of gear to trip, kick and spill.

I run a simple water pump circulating water through two water inlets to the chamber. The water runs through a couple of metres of copper tubing sitting on the top of the lid of a plastic bucket. This arrnagement dissipates the heat better to the air as opposed to water cooling only in a plastic (insulating) bucket.

I find this arrangement nicely maintains the temperature differential for many hours. The peltier gets super cold and on humid days you can make big ice blocks.

Ted
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