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lolito_fr · 10-21-2004, 11:23 AM

Interesting experiment

The question is not "could it dissipate that amount of heat", but rather how hot would it get?
At what point do you consider it to be no longer "dissipating"?

Predicting a temp is actually fairly easy. If you measured that the inlet is rising by 6°C for 200W (27°C-21°C), that gives you 6/200=0.03°C rise per W. So if you feed 400W in, you get 400*0.03=12°C rise (above the sink temp of 21°C). Which gives an inlet at 33°C.
All assuming that your system has actually reached equilibrium, ie. temps aren't going to go up any further(?)

edit: bob, my room is cooled with geothermal

(13°C well water + large rad + nice big blower - best thing I ever made)

10-21-2004, 11:23 AM	#19
lolito_fr Cooling Savant Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: France Posts: 291	Interesting experiment The question is not "could it dissipate that amount of heat", but rather how hot would it get? At what point do you consider it to be no longer "dissipating"? Predicting a temp is actually fairly easy. If you measured that the inlet is rising by 6°C for 200W (27°C-21°C), that gives you 6/200=0.03°C rise per W. So if you feed 400W in, you get 4000.03=12°C rise (above the sink temp of 21°C). Which gives an inlet at 33°C. All assuming that your system has actually reached equilibrium, ie. temps aren't going to go up any further(?) edit: bob, my room* is cooled with geothermal (13°C well water + large rad + nice big blower - best thing I ever made) Last edited by lolito_fr; 10-21-2004 at 11:31 AM.