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Unread 09-23-2003, 06:38 PM   #56
Althornin
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Originally posted by redleader
The chiller is not a rad. Its an active heatpump. If you leave water in it longer, it will chill that water cooler and then reduce its temp as well. In theory at least, since TEC performance doesn't vary vastly over the narrow range of temps we're considering, the deltaT is the same no matter the flow (within reasonable flows that is).
wrong.
Heat transfer follows some basic rules - the chiller cools the waterblock, which cools the water. Delta T matters for this thermal interface. Period.
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