Hi all.
We are considering to place many small distributed i/o boxes in the plant.
Until now we have always shied away from this because of temperature issues. Some of our customers are in _very_ warm countries.
Vortex cooling is out of the question.
Cooling fans are out of the question.
So I was thinking, what about Peltier-type cooling ?
Has anyone ever done anything with Peltier-elements in an industrial application ?
I am thinking a small peltier element mounted on the wall inside the the cabinet for the distributed i/o, and with a heat-sink on the outside. And it should run off 24V.
A quick web search returns mostly Peltier elements for PC applications (max 17V). A source for Peltier elements and possibly heatsinks would be nice.
We are considering to place many small distributed i/o boxes in the plant.
Until now we have always shied away from this because of temperature issues. Some of our customers are in _very_ warm countries.
Vortex cooling is out of the question.
Cooling fans are out of the question.
So I was thinking, what about Peltier-type cooling ?
Has anyone ever done anything with Peltier-elements in an industrial application ?
I am thinking a small peltier element mounted on the wall inside the the cabinet for the distributed i/o, and with a heat-sink on the outside. And it should run off 24V.
A quick web search returns mostly Peltier elements for PC applications (max 17V). A source for Peltier elements and possibly heatsinks would be nice.