One thing at a time Harry; one thing at a time. ----- Original Message ----- From: Harry Veeder To: vortex-l@eskimo.com Sent: Sunday, May 26, 2013 7:00 PM Subject: Re: [Vo]:Re: Constant temperature Operation of ECAT?
You are neglecting the "I-can't-see-inside" sceptics. Harry On Sun, May 26, 2013 at 7:52 PM, Andrew <andrew...@att.net> wrote: Seems to me that if active cooling control is used as the only control input, thus satisfying the "unplug it!" sceptics (and I'm one of them), then it only has a chance of working if there is good thermal contact and good thermal conductivity and substantial enough heat capacity in the active cooling implementation. I don't know why this is supposed to be hard. Gaming PC's of the high-end variety use this all the time. Prompt temperature feedback to the cooling pump is all that's needed, plus a simple PID controller. This is very well-known technology.