BrianCapps
10-27-01, 05:02 AM
Not my original idea, but its an adaption. I can't remember the link, but I once saw a peltier cooled drink holder. I have a chrome orb just sittin here and I was thinkin "If I could rig that up, I could cool my coke pretty well."
This whole thing has gotten out of hand now. I have plans that go something like this: I've removed the clip from the orb, giving me a nice, smooth surface to work with. I will stick a copper plate to the orb, then a peltier, hot side down, on this copper plate. then one more copper plate on the cold side. I mount this whole thing in a pvc pipe about 6 inches long and cut slots in the sides of the pipe to allow for air movement. I then put metal or plastic sides on the top to retain the can. Not too clear? I'll try to throw something togeather in mspaint in a miniute.
Now the questions:
I want to run the TEC from 12v instead of 15v. How much wattage should i plan to lose if I were to use a 50 watt pelt?
Any suggestions?
Brian
This whole thing has gotten out of hand now. I have plans that go something like this: I've removed the clip from the orb, giving me a nice, smooth surface to work with. I will stick a copper plate to the orb, then a peltier, hot side down, on this copper plate. then one more copper plate on the cold side. I mount this whole thing in a pvc pipe about 6 inches long and cut slots in the sides of the pipe to allow for air movement. I then put metal or plastic sides on the top to retain the can. Not too clear? I'll try to throw something togeather in mspaint in a miniute.
Now the questions:
I want to run the TEC from 12v instead of 15v. How much wattage should i plan to lose if I were to use a 50 watt pelt?
Any suggestions?
Brian