rec.autos.simulators

by **York Stude** » Mon, 29 Jul 1996 04:00:00

There a people talking about the heat may generate from a overclocked
CPU and some recommend using a 'Peltier' cooler. How is this Peltier
differ from regular fan and heat sink? Help please.
Tanker

by **Chuck Tidwe** » Tue, 30 Jul 1996 04:00:00

>There a people talking about the heat may generate from a overclocked
>CPU and some recommend using a 'Peltier' cooler. How is this Peltier
>differ from regular fan and heat sink? Help please.
>Tanker

Sounds kind of far fetched for PC application, but who knows...
It's a wafer shaped device that produces heat on one side and cold on
the other when electrical current is passed through a metel junction.
The junction is sandwiched between two thin plates (typiclly ceramic).
The more heat you remove from the hot side(via heatsink and fan) the
colder the other side becomes. If you reverse the current flow the hot
and cold sides filp. If your power supply has enough current you might
be able to rig somthing up. A company called Melcor makes some of
about the right dimensions.

Austin, Texas

by **John Simmo** » Tue, 30 Jul 1996 04:00:00

>
>>There a people talking about the heat may generate from a overclocked
>>CPU and some recommend using a 'Peltier' cooler. How is this Peltier
>>differ from regular fan and heat sink? Help please.
>>Tanker
>
>Sounds kind of far fetched for PC application, but who knows...
>It's a wafer shaped device that produces heat on one side and cold on
>the other when electrical current is passed through a metel junction.
>The junction is sandwiched between two thin plates (typiclly ceramic).
>The more heat you remove from the hot side(via heatsink and fan) the
>colder the other side becomes. If you reverse the current flow the hot
>and cold sides filp. If your power supply has enough current you might
>be able to rig somthing up. A company called Melcor makes some of
>about the right dimensions.

>Austin, Texas
>

I've got one on my P5/133 and it even has an audible alarm that chirps if the
CPU's temp climbs about 95-degrees Farenheit.

It's the "coolest" thing since sliced bread... (grin)

by **Richard Sob** » Wed, 31 Jul 1996 04:00:00

>>There a people talking about the heat may generate from a overclocked
>>CPU and some recommend using a 'Peltier' cooler. How is this Peltier
>>differ from regular fan and heat sink? Help please.
>>Tanker
>Sounds kind of far fetched for PC application, but who knows...
>It's a wafer shaped device that produces heat on one side and cold on
>the other when electrical current is passed through a metel junction.
>The junction is sandwiched between two thin plates (typiclly ceramic).
>The more heat you remove from the hot side(via heatsink and fan) the
>colder the other side becomes. If you reverse the current flow the hot
>and cold sides filp. If your power supply has enough current you might
>be able to rig somthing up. A company called Melcor makes some of
>about the right dimensions.

>Austin, Texas

I read somewhere (I think it was SimNews) that using a Peltier can be
bad news for the processor since it generates (or can generate)
condensation on the surface of the chip - it was. I would post the
relevant bit here but I think it's copyright. Anway, it's in the June
issue (perhaps July, I can't remember) of SimNews.

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Richard Sobey

rec.autos.simulators

Peltier cooler, what is it?

Peltier cooler, what is it?

Peltier cooler, what is it?

Peltier cooler, what is it?

Peltier cooler, what is it?