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Old 01-09-2006, 07:32 PM
Mitch H Mitch H is offline
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Originally Posted by ConnClark
I wasn't think of an air/air peltier IC, I was think more along the lines of cooling the water going into the air/water IC and cooling the peltier with the water coming out or with a seperate branch of the IC cooling loop.
I believe that however you do peltier, if you power the thing from an engine driven alternator it will be a net loss. Peltier devices are not very efficient.

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Originally Posted by Brandon314159
Also...I am not sure how common all aluminium IC's are without buying them new/spending big bucks.
What's big bucks? There are quite a few new ones on eBay (air-to-air, would need to modify as you did if you want air-to-water) for $150-200 delivered.
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