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Re: diskless box: fanless too ?



"G. Crimp" wrote:

> On Mon, May 03, 1999 at 06:21:53PM -0500, Jens B. Jorgensen wrote:
> > I would think you could do it if you used once of those heat sinks which have a
> > peltier junction on the bottom. I don't know if anyone's tried this of course but I do
> > know such heat sinks exist (I saw and felt one a Comdex last year and boy was it
> > cold!)
> >
>
>         Isn't this risky ?  I don't know exactly what you are talking about,
> but it sounds very similar to what I saw a wholesalesman bring into a computer
> store and demo:  small cpu fan the contact side of which got VERY cold as
> soon as it was given power.  A few seconds after that, it also became
> thouroughly covered in condensation.  I'm not sure I would feel comfortable
> having an active rain cloud inside my box next to all those sensitive
> electronic components.
>
>         Are we talkinga aboput the same thing ?

I believe we are. Read on to my further comments about a temperature sensor/control to turn
the thing off before the thing actually gets cold (thus avoiding condensation).

--
Jens B. Jorgensen
jjorgens@bdsinc.com



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