peltiers . . .

[hunter00]

don't really know much about them, other than ultra-basics (what the are, how they work)

does anyone have a good site they can give me with like stuff about the watts, condensation, setting it up, that sort of thing? or if you're feeling ambitious, i guess you could type it all out . . .:)

thanks!

[Betty]

CPU WaterCool (http://www.cpuwatercool.com/main.shtml) is a good place to get info :)

[Colin]

Some links for you.

Applying Peltiers (http://www.heatsink-guide.com/applying-peltiers/)

Peltiers in Practice (http://www.dansdata.com/peltprac.htm)

Picking a Pelt (http://www.dansdata.com/pelt.htm)

Kryotherm Pelt
Software (http://www.kryotherm.spb.ru/index.htm)

You can read some of my experiences with pelts here. (http://forums.overclockers.ws/vb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=14276)

Pro Cooling has a good article on condensation prevention. My method is below.

Coat your the inside of the socket, area surrounding the socket and the back of the board behind the socket with your choice of conformal coating and insulate with neoprene. Remove the feet from you CPU and coat the exposed circuitry with conformal coating. Don't forget the dielectric grease in the pin holes of the ZIF socket. You may want to cut a thin strip of neoprene to cover the locking lever of the ZIF socket. This is not shown in any of the following photos.

Insulated Board & Socket (http://albums.photopoint.com/j/View?u=1551335&a=11768501&p=51738695)

Make a blanket out of 1/16" neoprene to cover the whole package.

CPU Blanket (http://albums.photopoint.com/j/View?u=1551335&a=11768501&p=51738692)

If you are using one pelt, you will need to make a neoprene gasket to surround the pelt between the block and cold plate. With dual pelts, you can just run a bead of silicone around the pelts between the block and cold plate. Then surround the coldplate with neoprene. I found it easier to insulate the whole block and cold plate as a package. Note the 1/16" CPU blanket in the previous photo is also in the photo below. DO NOT use two sheets of 1/16" neoprene.

Insulated Block (http://albums.photopoint.com/j/View?u=1551335&a=11768501&p=50217756)

The completed package with the block installed on the motherboard.

Block Mounted on Motherboard (http://albums.photopoint.com/j/View?u=1551335&a=11768501&p=51743929)