wiring up a tec

dark bishop · Mar 23, 2009

is it really as simple as connecting the leads to a molex?

dark bishop · Mar 24, 2009

also, what kind of insulation will i have to put on this thing?

dark bishop · Mar 30, 2009

didnt get any info here so over to xtreme systems it is. itll be running on 5v 8amps which on the bench with no load did a 10-15*C drop.

Sam__ · Mar 30, 2009

what gauge u using? i think normal molex can only do 5A but im not certain, could be 5a at 12v in which case ud be safe.

dark bishop · Mar 30, 2009

normal gauge 12v molex. know where i can get a higher gauge molex?

Conumdrum · Mar 31, 2009

No comment.

dark bishop · Mar 31, 2009

Conumdrum said:
No comment.

then why did you post?

Sam__ · Mar 31, 2009

very strange post,

anyways, you should be able to get higher gauge at any electrical outlet, its pretty common.

dark bishop · Mar 31, 2009

great, another trip to radio shack. cant wait to get this thing on my Phen2. hopefully ill have some frosties to show off

noxqzs · Mar 31, 2009

Do you have the specification for the TEC? You mentioned running it off of the 5V supply and at 8 amps. I do not think that is a reasonable estimate. For one 5V x 8 Amps = 40 Watts. Even if we assumed zero loss in power conversion, that would not even be close to handling a +100W cpu. Also, hooking up the TEC to 5V will yield you a current based on the resistance of the circuit, which might not work out to 8amps. A typical 16AWG wire should be good up to 22Amps. For insulation, use high density foam like they use on air conditioning condensers. Many HVAC shops, even Home Depot sells the stuff.

dark bishop · Mar 31, 2009

im not gonna run it at 5v the whole time just for the first test run to make sure nothing is leaking or not making a good connection and to see what kind of temps i get. information came from xtremesystems TEC section stickies, which i cant seem to get to anymore on dial-up :bang head

Sam__ · Mar 31, 2009

XS is down, isnt you dw.

like noxqzs said, it wont handle 100W, you need something that is greater than the wattage of the CPU by at least 30%.

dark bishop · Mar 31, 2009

its a 226w tec so theres a little bit of room for a 125w processor.

killermiller · Apr 2, 2009

Are you going to run it off of your pc psu? You'd have better results if you hot wired a second psu and ran it off 12v. I really don't think you are going to get desirable results running it off 5v.

dark bishop · Apr 2, 2009

then nobody is reading because i said im not gonna run it on 5v the whole time just for the first startup with it. yessh.

killermiller · Apr 2, 2009

Not sure what the point of going through the trouble of wiring it up and insulating your motherboard if you aren't going to run it for keeps. If all you want to do is see if it works, you can put the leads on a AA battery. I don't think you will even be able to run it on your cpu with 5v, even if it is just to test.

dark bishop · Apr 2, 2009

god help me have patience.

dark bishop said:
then nobody is reading because i said im not gonna run it on 5v the whole time just for the first startup with it. yessh.

dark bishop said:
im not gonna run it at 5v the whole time just for the first test run to make sure nothing is leaking or not making a good connection and to see what kind of temps i get. information came from xtremesystems TEC section stickies, which i cant seem to get to anymore on dial-up

Conumdrum · Apr 2, 2009

XS is down. Fugger hoped to have it back up late last week, switching to SSD drives. Guess it isn't going to plan.

dark bishop · Apr 3, 2009

your just doing it to bug me arent you

i should have it going this weekend.

geoffchad · Apr 8, 2009

Any updates on this? Curious how things are going with extreme systems still down

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