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DoomDuck
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Hi,
I'm new here so I apologize if my question isn't composed appropriately.
I’m currently designing water cooling unit, which is a component of a larger project, that utilizes peltier plates as a heat pump to displace the energy from the water. To cool the peltier plates themselves I want to employ heat sinks and CPU fans, as to prevent the plates from over heating and damaging themselves.
The problem I’m encountering with this system is finding the appropriate power supply. I know all the components consume DC power but I was hoping to be able to plug this into a standard US outlet. I lack the electrical skills to actually make an appropriate selection for this purpose, but I was thinking that I could use a computer Power Supply since that converts AC power to DC power but I’m unsure as how to connect the peltier coolers to those P-type connectors.
Any suggestions or ideas regarding this? I’ve listed the specifications of the peltier coolers below but I haven’t made a decision on heat sinks and cooling fans.
168 W Peltier Cooler 12V
At 50 C
Qmax = 120 W
Imax = 10.9 A
Vmax = 15.4
Thanks
I'm new here so I apologize if my question isn't composed appropriately.
I’m currently designing water cooling unit, which is a component of a larger project, that utilizes peltier plates as a heat pump to displace the energy from the water. To cool the peltier plates themselves I want to employ heat sinks and CPU fans, as to prevent the plates from over heating and damaging themselves.
The problem I’m encountering with this system is finding the appropriate power supply. I know all the components consume DC power but I was hoping to be able to plug this into a standard US outlet. I lack the electrical skills to actually make an appropriate selection for this purpose, but I was thinking that I could use a computer Power Supply since that converts AC power to DC power but I’m unsure as how to connect the peltier coolers to those P-type connectors.
Any suggestions or ideas regarding this? I’ve listed the specifications of the peltier coolers below but I haven’t made a decision on heat sinks and cooling fans.
168 W Peltier Cooler 12V
At 50 C
Qmax = 120 W
Imax = 10.9 A
Vmax = 15.4
Thanks