[CaTS] ForgetMeNot - Week 10: Peltier cooling experiment

RE: [CaTS] ForgetMeNot - Week 10: Peltier cooling experiment

jw0752 — Fri, 10 Oct 2014 06:25:59 GMT

Hi Frederick, I like your idea and what an thoughtful cat owner you are. If you put the peltier against the flat bottom of the bowl and then set the inverted heat sink into a shallow pan of water you could dissipate a lot of heat. Further if you extended the pan of warm water with a sealed top you would produce a warm area for your cat to rest on after the cool drink.

John

RE: [CaTS] ForgetMeNot - Week 10: Peltier cooling experiment

dougw — Fri, 10 Oct 2014 03:49:21 GMT

Interesting application Frederick.

If the Peltier cooler turns out to be impractical, maybe you could just turn the fan on periodically - blowing directly on the water. The latent heat of evaporation will cool the remaining water off, although it will also evaporate some of it. This technique is used in various forms for refrigeration.

RE: [CaTS] ForgetMeNot - Week 10: Peltier cooling experiment

michaelwylie — Thu, 09 Oct 2014 19:32:42 GMT

Woah woah woah. The cats get their water cooled?

No, seriously this is awesome.