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Unread 02-27-2005, 11:32 PM   #17
Butcher
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Generally the difficulty with TECs is keeping the hotside cool enough. If you have a 40C hotside, it starts to become quite difficult to get the coldside to stay cold. Even at 9V you're talking 100W for the TEC alone (at 9V a 226W TEC draws ~10.5A).
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