Here’s a few updated pictures of my TEC cage project. The idea is to provide a cooler area within the cage so the animal is able to thermoregulate (choose between a warm and cool spot in the cage).





Here’s a picture of the cage. The fake rock in the corner hides the heat sink cooling fan. The 12 volt heat dissipation fan is provided from a computer chip cooling assembly.





This shows the fake rock removed to show how the fan assembly is incorporated into the cage. The cooling sink and 12 volt fan are mounted below the shelf. The hot air vents out the back corner of the cage behind the angled section..







This is the aluminum cool sink with the fan assembly mounted, view from below as it is inside the cage under the shelf. The aluminum is four inches by about seven inches, one half inch thick.







This is the heat dissipation “cool pipe” assembly and fan. It has a copper base that sits right on the hot side of the TEC. The cool side sits right on the aluminum block cool sink.







This is the TEC chip looking through the shelf, as it sits on the cool block. It is well insulated from the hot side. Note the thermal paste. The heat dissipation assembly sits on here and is screwed down tight.







This is the occupant of the cage! He deserves a break from the heat every now and then!

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