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rgathright · 12-15-2004, 07:40 AM

Well, I got my Danger Den Maze 4 blocks and TEC in yesterday. I wanted to share something disturbing that I found last night.

While I was applying my $$ Artic Silver compound (everyone knows to create just a tacky like layer on the TEC, any more than that is excessive, I use a tygon tube to distribute the material), I tightened down the two blocks to the TEC with pliers. I had maybe two good turns past finger tight. Then I used my CPU PS to test it out. A few minutes later the blocks were cold/hot, but not excessive hot/cold. Well, since this is my second block I decided to get crazy and tighten the living c$#@#P out of the TEC. 15 Minutes later, I had finished and added a few lock nuts to keep it in place.

I decided to plug in the TEC and within 30 seconds the cold side had condesation and about a minute later frost.

Does anyone know how much torque we can put on these TEC's? It make sense, the more pressure, the closer the TEC gets to the metal. :shrug:

12-15-2004, 07:40 AM	#1
rgathright Cooling Neophyte Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: la Posts: 10	Peltier Torque Question Well, I got my Danger Den Maze 4 blocks and TEC in yesterday. I wanted to share something disturbing that I found last night. While I was applying my $$ Artic Silver compound (everyone knows to create just a tacky like layer on the TEC, any more than that is excessive, I use a tygon tube to distribute the material), I tightened down the two blocks to the TEC with pliers. I had maybe two good turns past finger tight. Then I used my CPU PS to test it out. A few minutes later the blocks were cold/hot, but not excessive hot/cold. Well, since this is my second block I decided to get crazy and tighten the living c$#@#P out of the TEC. 15 Minutes later, I had finished and added a few lock nuts to keep it in place. I decided to plug in the TEC and within 30 seconds the cold side had condesation and about a minute later frost. Does anyone know how much torque we can put on these TEC's? It make sense, the more pressure, the closer the TEC gets to the metal. :shrug: