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J57ltr · 10:55 AM

Brians right it takes a lot of current and they will never handle the loads placed on them in a RC. I have used them for a lot of things playing around with them and they are very fragile, basically you have 2 ceramic plates with a bunch of what look like surface mount caps sadnwiched between (these are the PN junctions). Wiki is not the area you want to look for real information on this (or anything else for that matter). They are very brittle and can break easily Shear loads are real bad on them and I have ruined a few just from dropping them on a table.

Go here then start reading the rest of the info at the bottom of the page. There are a few.

http://www.ferrotec.com/technology/t.../thermalRef01/

a module that will draw 6A @ 12V will pump about 170 BTU's. With 6 of these modules I was able to pull a 2# block of aluminum down to 5.5F in 20 minutes using a water cooled system And drew over 36 amps continously. I have a little one that will bring a small heatsink to the point where it's white from condensation in a few minutes using a 3S A123 pack, but it draws 4 amps ALL THE TIME. I have it graphed in my eagle tree, I'll post it up when I get home. I also have a module that will draw 30 amps all by itself.

And you can also generate power with them as well, pretty cool

http://www.rc-monster.com/forum/showthread.php?t=23193

There is a pic in this thread with the water cooled one I made.

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J57ltr RC-Monster Aluminum Offline Posts: 610 Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Tomball/ Houston Tx.	08.28.2009, 10:51 AM Brians right it takes a lot of current and they will never handle the loads placed on them in a RC. I have used them for a lot of things playing around with them and they are very fragile, basically you have 2 ceramic plates with a bunch of what look like surface mount caps sadnwiched between (these are the PN junctions). Wiki is not the area you want to look for real information on this (or anything else for that matter). They are very brittle and can break easily Shear loads are real bad on them and I have ruined a few just from dropping them on a table. Go here then start reading the rest of the info at the bottom of the page. There are a few. http://www.ferrotec.com/technology/t.../thermalRef01/ a module that will draw 6A @ 12V will pump about 170 BTU's. With 6 of these modules I was able to pull a 2# block of aluminum down to 5.5F in 20 minutes using a water cooled system And drew over 36 amps continously. I have a little one that will bring a small heatsink to the point where it's white from condensation in a few minutes using a 3S A123 pack, but it draws 4 amps ALL THE TIME. I have it graphed in my eagle tree, I'll post it up when I get home. I also have a module that will draw 30 amps all by itself. And you can also generate power with them as well, pretty cool http://www.rc-monster.com/forum/showthread.php?t=23193 There is a pic in this thread with the water cooled one I made. The Warnings & Cautions discussed in this manual cant cover all possible conditions/situations. It must be understood that common sense and caution are factors which cant be built into this product. Last edited by J57ltr; 08.28.2009 at 10:55 AM.