I'm hoping folks here will find this interesting :
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Dunno about you chaps, but I just love it when really old concepts find an ultra modern use.
AC
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16 years ago
OT: Mobo maker builds 'powerless' processor cooling fan
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16 years ago
Cool!
But I give one of those fans no more than a two months lifespan, in a typical computer case environment, before the dust kills it.
Cheers Trevor Jones
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16 years ago
from "AC"
The report is seriously flawed though since the cooler is not on the processor at all, it's on the SouthBridge Chipset which normally has a simple 'finned' heat-sink. The small fans that were once used here died a natural death 4 ot 5 years ago.
JG
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16 years ago
It would be nice to acquire one of the engines though! I'm thinking small model boats.
Steve R.
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16 years ago
Given the tiny outputs of the really small Stirling Cycle engines, I would be really surprised to see one of these put out more than enough power to keep itself running.
I'd snag a bunch at the surplus sale! :-)
Cheers Trevor Jones
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There are lots of things in computers which move, and get dusty - fans etc - I think the dust problem may be over-rated.
Self-starting needs two cylinders, but that isn't a deal-breaker either.
IMO the real problems are the low cooling efficiency/rate, and that there is, almost by definition, enough spare electricity inside a computer to run a small fan anyway.
-- Peter Fairbrother