Questions tagged [cooling]
Questions regarding the cooling of electronics. Varies based on needs, can include fans, heatsinks, proper ventilation, peltiers, or PCB design and mounting. Could also refer to cooling applications, such as freezers in industry. Repair questions for cooling applications will most likely be closed if outside the scope of the site and FAQ: in this case, try DIY.StackExchange.com.
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Can heat sinks and/or heat pipes be retrofitted onto an existing electronic device?
I have a USB hub that is going into an additional enclosure that is fairly airtight. This USB hub is only rated for 0C to 40C operational, however it will need to survive hotter and colder ...
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Heatsink can cause a shortcircuit what kind of problem occurs?
I'm not sure what will happen in this kind of scenario I'll share the photo of two diodes and basic connections below.
These two diodes tab points are actually connecting same node because of tab is ...
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Thermoelectric cooler control point
The two operating hot side temperatures in the Peltier module data sheets are 27° and 50°. When connecting the thermoelectric cooler, how do I get the device to operate at a specific hot side ...
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Why is my Peltier module hot on both sides?
I've bought a TEC-12706 and used a 12V battery. I attached heatsinks and fans on both sides. The two sides get very hot as soon as I apply electricity to it.
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Cooling fan direction
I am building a temperature controller. The controller is built in a metal rack mount chassis. The components inside the controller generally consist of ACDC power supplies, an arduino and small ...
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Light emitting transistors on chip to reduce heat
Could the same principle of LEDs be applied to chip (silicon or gallium) design to shift the infra-red heat towards the blue range then direct it away fromt the chip with fiber to allow the chip to ...
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Cooling IAUC90N10S5N062 MOSFET from the top
I design a sync - buck converter, and I need to cool down my top side and bottom side MOSFETs. For mechanical reasons, it is easier for me to place a heat sink on top of plastic housing of MOSFETs (...
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Peltier cooling a 4 cubic foot mini fridge
After doing a fair amount of research I figure I should ask knowledgable people on this topic. I do know that sadly Peltiers are not that efficient.
The problem at hand, I have a off grid solar ...
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Peltier-based liquid cooling system
I-m doing a liquid-cooling project for fun, and, well powering it and cooling the hot side seems borderline impossible. I need some help.
To clarify. This is literally only to cool water, and not to ...
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Open drain input that switches additional circuitry on
I want to create a active cooling for power supply when charging a battery with BQ24610 IC.
BQ24610 has open drain pin "STAT1" that switches on when battery is being charged.
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Testing component temperature with IPA and thermal shock
Not infrequently a question will be asked on this site about components that are hot to the touch. I generally consider hot to the touch to be about \$140^{\circ}\$ F or \$60^{\circ}\$ C. While I, ...
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Peltier linearity and equalizing control of heating and cooling directions
I need to change between heating and cooling with a Peltier, controlling this with PID.
I've read a ton of information on Peltiers, looked at their datasheets and despite of this, I still cannot ...
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PID control of a reversible Peltier (using Arduino PID_V2 library)
I have a box of water, which temperature I have to regulate to a ramping setpoint which could go both below and above the ambient temperature. So I have decided to use a Peltier for both cooling and ...
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How much pressure can typical TEC modules withstand?
Since I have not found an answer online. Nor any data sheets specifying, I can conduct my own test. But why not then post it online for others to see, I'm sure others will be searching it in a ...
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Will a copper cooling loop affect a DC motor?
I would like to add external water cooling to an air-cooled brush-type permanent magnet DC motor. My first inclination is to coil soft copper fridge line around the motor a few times, attach a pump, ...
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