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I bought a 226 Watt peltier from danger den. It requires 24 amps, and i was wondering if i hooked it up to my 5V line which supplies max of 40amps, would the peltier still run. I know that it would only be pushing out 132watts(have a 480 Watt PSU with a max load handling at 550 Watts), but how much less efficienct will it be.

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It requires 24 amps, and i was wondering if i hooked it up to my 5V line which supplies max of 40amps, would the peltier still run

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it will run and will require 7.9 amps @ 5V

I know that it would only be pushing out 132watts

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dead wrong, it will only be pushing only 74w, enought to burn your cpu in flames

but how much less efficienct will it be

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it will only be doing 74w @5v

nunez1980 said:

dead wrong, it will only be pushing only 74w, enought to burn your cpu in flames

it will only be doing 74w @5v

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Nonsense.

If you want to make a meaningful attempt at predicting TEC performance, I suggest you read (and understand) this document.

The TEC would have around 50% of its maximum heatpumping capacity at 5V. The CPU won't burn up.

However, I doubt such a setup would give you temperatures significantly better (if at all better) than straight water on a loaded overclocked CPU.