9$ peltier....so much potential!

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I snagged a personal water dispenser powered by an unknown # of watts peltier that was on clearance for $9. I used it once for my drinks but the bottle only holds like 1/2g of liquid and that's easily used up while sitting at the computer. And walking up and down the stairs is healthier.

I stripped it down and plugged it in naked and it seems like it's got some potential for some modification. It has it's own power supply (huge plus). It does have a heat sink but it's craptastic.

I was going to use it as a chiller for my salt water tank but it wouldn't be cost effective to get my hands on a titanium heat sink for the cold chilling side.

I've also got a 478 2.8g p4 sitting around that has some good over clocking potential it did 3.2 easily on a hot summer day with stock cooling.
 
Have a multimeter? Run the Peltier and measure the amperage going through it to get it's operating wattage,

then figure out it's actual heat transport capacity (rough estimate it at 50% of the power usage wattage... IE a 120w peltier can transport about 60-90w depending on it's efficiency and size... Underestimation will prevent a fried chip :p).

And get back to us :D
 
Take pictures. I sense a photogenic disaster in the making. I mean that in the most supportive, vicariously morbid sense.
 
FYI, there have been a couple deals on the Pentium 4 EE 3.4Ghz CPU around. They appear to be OOS now, but keep an eye out for $120 deals on this thing. Unlocked multis are nice.
 
I'm guessing the pelt will be around 80w... Water, unlike the CPU, doesn't generate heat :p
 
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