Staying cool without refrigerants: Next-generation Peltier cooling
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Re: Staying cool without refrigerants: Next-generation Peltier cooling
#2I used peltier coolers on K6 processors 1M computer years ago. They worked great and lasted about as long as the PCs did.
Not long after I bought mine, they disappeared from cooler offerings. I've wondered what became of the tech.
Re: Staying cool without refrigerants: Next-generation Peltier cooling
#3I used peltier coolers on K6 processors 1M computer years ago. They worked great and lasted about as long as the PCs did. Not long after I bought mine, they disappeared from cooler offerings. I've wondered what became of the tech.
I remember one objection to Peltier coolers in that application is that could possibly cool the CPU below the dew point and cause water condensation, something a fan can't do.
Re: Staying cool without refrigerants: Next-generation Peltier cooling
#4Did they solve the inefficiency problem of peltiers?
Re: Staying cool without refrigerants: Next-generation Peltier cooling
#5I used peltier coolers on K6 processors 1M computer years ago. They worked great and lasted about as long as the PCs did. Not long after I bought mine, they disappeared from cooler offerings. I've wondered what became of the tech.
> I've wondered what became of the tech.
Remember that Peltier coolers don't make heat disappear - they just move it from one side of the cooler to the other, and produce a lot of additional waste heat in the process. There are better ways of transferring heat from a hot IC to a heat sink nowadays - like liquid cooling for really high-performance systems, or capillary-action heat pipes for more typical needs.
Re: Staying cool without refrigerants: Next-generation Peltier cooling
#6I used peltier coolers on K6 processors 1M computer years ago. They worked great and lasted about as long as the PCs did. Not long after I bought mine, they disappeared from cooler offerings. I've wondered what became of the tech.
They are inefficient and dump a bunch of additional heat into the heatsink that you need to get rid of.
Re: Staying cool without refrigerants: Next-generation Peltier cooling
#7I used peltier coolers on K6 processors 1M computer years ago. They worked great and lasted about as long as the PCs did. Not long after I bought mine, they disappeared from cooler offerings. I've wondered what became of the tech.
I remember one objection to Peltier coolers in that application is that could possibly cool the CPU below the dew point and cause water condensation, something a fan can't do.
For this we calculate the dew point with 2 sensors and react accordingly in my temperature controller.
I'd really like to try out these better peltiers, our current ones suck. And the fans to remove the heat are huge and loud.
Re: Staying cool without refrigerants: Next-generation Peltier cooling
#8AI has literally nothing to do with this. Why do they feel the need to sprinkle the phrase everywhere? AI inverter/compressor? Come on, have some sense of shame, please.
Re: Staying cool without refrigerants: Next-generation Peltier cooling
#9Did they solve the inefficiency problem of peltiers?
The article says they have made peltiers 75% more efficient than existing ones.
Re: Staying cool without refrigerants: Next-generation Peltier cooling
#10I thought Peltiers can't lower the temperature by more than 40 degrees F, in practice less than that. This is not cold enough for a refrigerator on a warm day.