You could reduce the load by using precooled food/contents. If it has a
thermostat control (many just "run wild"), adding ice/gel packs would also
reduce the loads.
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From: Joey Kelley
To: [email protected]
Sent: Monday, April 18, 2011 10:11 AM
Subject: Re: [Nighthawk Lovers] Re: So I've been thinking - Electrical
accessories
Kurt,
Thanks for the explanation - that makes more sense - as I agree
the fan doesn't look like it could possibly pull that much current.
Guess it makes the price I paid for it worth just that much
more. Works great - but - as you said, draws a lot of juice. Perhaps
I'd be better with a traditional cooler.
Hmmmm...
Thanks!
-Joey
On Mon, Apr 18, 2011 at 11:06 AM, Kurt Nolte <[email protected]> wrote:
> Peltier effect is basically using electricity to directly move heat from one
> side of a plate to another. One side of the cooler (I was typing one handed
> on the phone with my last post, that "chopper" should be "cooler"... yeesh)
> plate will get really, really hot, the other side will get really cold.
>
> You have to actively cool the hot side of the plate (thus your heatsink and
> probably very low power fan) or it will overheat and the electronics won't
> be able to shunt heat around.
>
> They're really fast, and produce a really sharp thermal gradient across a
> small distance, but they are atrociously inefficient. You definitely lean
> toward more the "effectiveness" end of the spectrum rather than the
> "efficiency" side.
>
> -Kurt
>
> On Mon, Apr 18, 2011 at 11:02 AM, Joey Kelley <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>> Ok guys - enlighten me - besides the fan - what else is this thing
>> doing? Never heard of a Peltier effect cooler?
>>
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