If my "attractor" (a sheet of metal that's the coldest thing in the sealed air space) reduces the relative humidity at increasingly cold temps, by continuiously removing (condensing) water vapor from the air, wouldn't this keep my CPU water block significantly safer?
I've read of people loving really cold days as they provide the best O/Cing potential, but why not replicate this within a sealed packet of air? (If this can genuinely be done?)
Perhaps the trick is manually balancing power input to the TEC so it is always on, (rather than say using a fridge thermostate with a relay) while the PC is running, but a total freeze-over doesn't occur? (If the TEC were to create a set air temp and cut out, my sheet of copper would warm, water would evaporate, other case items may now be colder, etc.) I imagine keeping the TEC always on would mean constant manual voltage adjustment, as the TEC's cooling ability would be related to how much it is being cooled, which would vary with ambient temps. (Dam TECs, why can't someone invent a monitoring/control unit?!)
M PSU documentation specifies a 10-50dC ambient operating range. What would happen to it if the air was dry but a lot colder? Would it go pop?
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