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k1114
06-02-2003, 10:06 PM
Are there any good down to earth beginners guides? I've done quite a bit of searching but still came up empty handed :(

A guy is selling a 40x40 pelt that draws 3.7amps @ 12v, and I thought this might be an interesting item to pick up to mess with (he wants under 10 bucks with shipping and a small matching heatsink comes with it).

I was thinking this might be something I could use to throw in my northbrdige to expiriment with (although I would mess with elsewhere first). Is a 3.7amp pelt going to have any real power to it? At what point to I start worrying about condensation? Can something like this be powered from a normal PSU?

]JR[
06-02-2003, 11:59 PM
3.7 x 12 x 0.6 ~ 27watts of cooling power

As for useful guides ill pimp another forum, try the tec stickie over here (http://www.bigforums.co.uk/index.php?act=SF&f=18)

]JR[