hehe
after playing with the peltier quite a bit today... i have the following progress
tried it at 12V, got bored of 7v, and it worked...
unfortunately i damaged the pelt in ripping it off the heatsink... im assuming
because the one corner of the cold side is f*** hot, the rest is cold...
it does look like its got quite a bit of dusty grimey crap inside it...
came up with the idea of making a personal cooler... have a peltier with a heat spreader which u strap to your forearm, its got a slim heatsink and fan on the hot side... hehe sure its not gonna be a fasion accessory, but its something to play with in the death of summer...
also i thought having peltier cooled aluminium arm wrests in a car would be the best shit since sliced bread. would use less power than an aircon *g*, cheaper too, and u get instant satisfaction... kind of.
anyway... been wrestling with the PC for the last lil while, it was running f***** up. it seemed to run fine on its side, but not stable when upright (tower).
after stealing the peltier i just put a normal heatsink and fan on the CPU...
i felt the CPU and it was smokin! i was feeling the heat rising off it into my face hehe.
turns out the cpu had the wrong voltage setting... no wonder some fool spent the money on the peltier for it *g*
anyway, the mystery is solved...
im hoping its just crap(dust) inside the peltier causing the problem with its corner of the cold side getting damn hot.
would like to soak it in alcohol if i can find some.
right now my best idea for the peltier is making a PC powered beer coaster thing(btw it draws 1.7A @ 12v)
