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Originally Posted by jayjay283
The way I was understanding this technology was that it just turned electric heat/ energy into cold. My fridge and stuff as I understand it have freon or the greener version now which does it. (im no hvac but I was debating going to school for it as my marketing degree has proven worthless). I have fingers I can look around I dont want to be a dense annoyance and I don't expect you all to educate me for free lol but maybe a hint or 2 where to look or just keep going on the OPs topic and ignore me and ill learn from there.
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Yes, your fridge/AC uses a coolant which needs to be compressed and pumped to cool. The Peltier junction does the same thing, but electronically instead of mechanically (or would it be chemically?). Don't feel bad about the degree, my AAS has also proven worthless. Neat for this hobby, and to fix odd stuff around the house, but useless otherwise.
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Originally Posted by pinkpanda3310
So if the extra power consumption wasn't a big issue then the quark would be one of the better esc's to try this on, right? Mount the plate between the esc and chassis. Like you said, it just transfers the heat and the chassis has thermal mass with lots of surface area and lots of air flow.
I can't see it benefiting other esc's like the mmm, rx8, hw150...etc without having to modify the casing.
But if you do work something out, we'll need to see pics  |
Yeah, but any type of active cooling is going to draw a decent amount of power. In a home appliance, the difference in weight or the difference in "runtime" in a 1:1 vehicle is irrelevant (unless you are concerned about fuel economy). But in the R/C world, both of those are major considerations. A Peltier junction big enough to pump ESC (or motor) heat would take at least 20-30watts. That can put a big dent in runtime. The point I was making wasn't necessarily about the Quark specifically, but more about how its design was ideal for mounting in such a way to use the chassis (or mounting plate) as a natural heatsink without the need for fans or active cooling devices.