EXCELLENT!!!!!!!



Great thread Upscale.



I've been researching a bit how to install a peltier in a glass frog tank. I wondered how/where to mount it and spread the cooling effect instead of a very small frozen surface... I want to be able to lower the air temp of the tank about 8-10 degrees and it's a a 54 or 60g tank with high humidity which holds heat....



I was origionally considering the cold side with a finned heatsink with fan to blow cool air in the tank and covering the assembly with screen to keep the animals away from it. I like your idea much better though. I may add a small fan next to the cool sink on a timer to blow cool air around the tank for short periods of time still. I dunno yet.



Questions-

How cold is your aluminum heat sink?

What are it's dimensions?

What is that "extension" on yours? The peltier's I've seen are only the element itself which is just a flat piece about 1/8" thick. That "extension" on yours makes mounting a breeze....

Are you going to rig up some type of thermostat for it?

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• Peltier cooler for temp gradient (long) - Upscale, Thu Jul 24 10:14:37 2008
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• RE: Peltier cooler for temp gradient (long) - markg, Thu Jul 24 14:08:50 2008
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• RE: Peltier cooler for temp gradient (long) - Upscale, Wed Aug 27 07:14:23 2008
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