Re: controller cooling

[Victor Tikhonov <vtikhono@lsil.com>]

Not certain, but if I remember right, ethylene glycol used with
water in ICE cooling system has antirust additives in it. In this
respect it must be better than pure water.

A bunch of such additives sold separately in every auto store.

Victor

Jon \"Sheer\" Pullen wrote:

> Can these be used with water? I thought they would rust out - otherwise I
> would use my evaporator to run the hot water from my peltiers through for
> heat.. (There are some subtle advantages to this - for example, it's better
> designed to dissipate lots 'o heat than the heater core is)
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "mr fixit" <mrfixit002000@yahoo.com>
> To: <ev@listproc.sjsu.edu>
> Sent: Tuesday, February 27, 2001 2:39 PM
> Subject: Re: controller cooling
>
> > Hello Mr. Brooks and Mr. Brueggemann,
> >
> > How are you doing?
> >
> > for the future radiator for your heatsink, the
> > condensor coil from some refrigeration units are
> > compact, have reasonable flow rates, and are light
> > weight. Such a coil might be tracked down by checking
> > with air conditioning/refrigeration repair shops that
> > do commercial work.  I have one from an upright
> > commercial freezer I intend to use if I have to go to
> > liquid cooling.
> >
> >                        Thanks,
> >                             mrfixit
> > --- rbrooks <rbrooks@hvc.rr.com> wrote:
> > > You may want to substitute Copper heatsinks for the
> > > Aluminum ones, Copper
> > > has a higher thermal conductivity than Aluminum and
> > > will pull the heat away
> > > faster.
> > >
> > >
> >
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