[Milsurplus] cooling systems/freon/R-12/R-34, etc.

[Peter Gottlieb]

Leave it to the military, they have had made some enormous Peltier arrays.  For 
the rest of us, as you say, they are useless for all but the smallest, spot 
cooling needs.



J. Forster wrote:
> The heat pumping capability of any reasonable Peltier assembly is far too small
> for any AC application. Coolers work because of very good insulation. They take
> ages to remove much heat. If you want a large temperature differential, you need
> a stack of devices. Even a poor Freon system beats TE devices, hands down.
> 
> -John
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> James C Whartenby wrote:
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> 
>>Melcor, in Trenton, NJ is a manufacturer of Peltier devices.  I checked
>>their web site and found:
>>
>>http://www.melcor.com/CP_Series/CP0.8-127-05L.PDF
>>
>>Jim
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