Peltier TEC

[UselessBread]

I have this TEC that I asked a bit back how to power. Well it turned out that 5V from a old seasonic PSU was good. So I created this monstrosity:

 

 

Yes, that is two (more than one!) Corsair SP120lites and an Intel box-coolers Heatsink (sadly I wrecked it's fan), stacked on top of a bunch of spare keycaps. I turned the PSU on with a bit of teleptone wire.

After a bit of operation at 5V, the TEC started condensating and freezing water from the air.

 

 

I placed some screws on it for fun. And they froze.

 

 

More screws were applied, and more water condensated.

 

 

the condensation went a bit nuts after a while.

 

 

The screws unfroze rather quickly. I am guessing they were very close to 0 degrees Celsius

 

 

 

Also when I did this yesterday, I noticed, that the peltier was rotating on the thermal compound.

 

http://www.youtube.com/embed/wpGbctN1aZU

 

More funs? Somehow I want to use this to overclock a CPU. I would however not do this on my main rig, I am a bit afraid to wreck something.

[joelthezombie15]

THAT.

IS.

SOOOO.

COOOOOOL

 

wish i could do that :p

[Ssoele]

Wow, that's awesome! Just ordered one on Ebay ^.^

[stevv]

Nice.  This to cool down radiator or water in reservoir might be an alternative to direct cpu.  

[UselessBread]

Nice.  This to cool down radiator or water in reservoir might be an alternative to direct cpu.  

There is a thing to be noted about these. They are by no means efficient. Usually they have lot's of Power Draw(and a high TDP) for just a bit of cooling. They produce a lot of additional heat. I personally wouldn't use one in my PC.

[SSOB]

German engeneering at it's finest xD , Goodjob so fricking cool

[Pingypoker]

I'm sorry, but what is a TEC?

[UselessBread]

I'm sorry, but what is a TEC?

Thermoelectric cooler. A device that uses some magical effect from physics(the peltier effect) to transfer heat from one side to the other. In this case it is the white plate.