My tec liquid chiller project

[Scarlet Infidel]

Thank you. I've been reading your posts in this forum and at overclock.net.
I hope that your prototype ends up working well enough that you will
continue to give thought to and design (and build )TEC chillers.

As far as coming out of nowhere, I just decided to wait until I had
something everyone could see before speaking up. I've never learned
or even had access to a CAD program, so being able to present a detailed design is beyond my ability. Also, I wasn't completely certain
that I would be able to assemble my chiller. Beyond a couple of waterlines,
I've never done any soldering and 12" copper bars are not the easiest
things to solder.

I understand, I'm always apprehensive to show off what I'm doing until its more or less done (as I'm often delayed by several months and people get impatient).

For the CAD thing I just used google Sketchup, free and easy to use. The model of my chiller was the second thing I ever did on it and it took me about 2 hours (could do it in way less now).

Once I get my TEC Simulator fixed I think you should give it a go (because im trying to get people interested more than anything!) to give an idea of performances at different voltages.

You can try it now if you want, the power requirements it gives you will generally be up to 30% lower than they should be but it seems to be ok at showing trends (ie if you change the C/W or number of peltiers etc).