Boy, you guys got me nailed to the peg :)
The Peltier wafer tested out to 1.3k? so, endgame.
Chop, unscrew, pry, twist, cut, later -
I've got some impressive heatsinks for TO220 devices, and a couple of killer aluminum heat sinks. The chill sink is AN INCH THICK with serrated fins and a 12 volt fan. The heat sink is twice as large and an even larger fan.
Found out the 10 watt 12 volt LED's I purchased are being 50% overdriven at 12.03 volts. Methinks the easiest way to get around this is to simply spring for an 8 amp PWM LED dimmer. See what that baby will do with 6 ten watt devices connected to it. I still have the willies about attaching the devices with adhesive heat sink compound. Anyone familiar with that stuff versus straight zinc oxide compound? Screwing means finding a 4-40 tap and appropriate drill. And 4-40 screws.
Yeah I agree Peltier is like a bicycle spoke playing card flapper - makes for little more than impolite conversation.
Why can't I live on top of a natural gas field and find a nice Worthington natural gas engine and Kato generator laying around? Oh well, free heat sinks are better than a kick in the butt.
Anyone have a c-h-e-a-p source of regulated (switched) 120 volt dongles? Seems like my Brady wire marker is demanding 3.1 amperes at 9.0 vdc and an LM7800-9 ain't gonna cut the mustard. Sucker eats batteries like a six-year-old gobbles M&M's. Six AA's at a shot. You don't want to know what Brady asks for a power supply. Wasn't there a line of TO3 regulators that was higher current?
