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DrMemory · 07-30-2004, 11:06 PM

You can't just extend a heat pipe. The have a working fluid which is selected for the temperatures the heat pipe is expected to work at and a wick to move the working fluid after it has been condensed at the "cold" end back to the "hot" end.

07-30-2004, 11:06 PM	#4
DrMemory Cooling Savant Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Dallas, TX Posts: 101	You can't just extend a heat pipe. The have a working fluid which is selected for the temperatures the heat pipe is expected to work at and a wick to move the working fluid after it has been condensed at the "cold" end back to the "hot" end.