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8-Ball · 04-21-2003, 04:59 AM

Unless you're prepared to spend a huge amount of money on power supplies and electricity bills, you won't see good results with anything peltier based.

Those camping coolers/icemakers are ONLY designed to cool a couple of beers or whatever, not something which is constantly generating heat.

They usually run with a 50W peltier, which is the maximum heat it will move, and that will be with the cold side at the same temp as the hot side. Your average cpu kicks out around 70W, plus heat from the pump and any other components you plan to cool.

If you really want to have sub ambient water, you either need a bong cooler, or phase change.

Do a search for phase change or bong

8-ball

04-21-2003, 04:59 AM	#2
8-Ball Cooling Savant Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Oxford University, UK Posts: 452	Unless you're prepared to spend a huge amount of money on power supplies and electricity bills, you won't see good results with anything peltier based. Those camping coolers/icemakers are ONLY designed to cool a couple of beers or whatever, not something which is constantly generating heat. They usually run with a 50W peltier, which is the maximum heat it will move, and that will be with the cold side at the same temp as the hot side. Your average cpu kicks out around 70W, plus heat from the pump and any other components you plan to cool. If you really want to have sub ambient water, you either need a bong cooler, or phase change. Do a search for phase change or bong 8-ball __________________ For those who believe that water needs to travel slowly through the radiator for optimum performance, read the following thread. READ ALL OF THIS!!!!