Heatpipe placement question
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Solved by nycesquire,
You're generally correct. Heat pipes work best when the cool side is above the hot side. That's known as gravity-assisted flow. The working liquid evaporates at the hot end, rising up to the cool end. It condenses, and then flows back down to the warm end. Heat pipes will work even without gravity assistance, though, because they have wicks. Still, they work more efficiently in the orientation you describe. I'm using heat pipes in my project (linked in sig).
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