Dash_Lambda t1_iykmp4a wrote
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Are you saying Peltier coolers remove heat by generating electricity? Because they absolutely can if you apply a temperature difference across them, but to force the heat to move they actually have to convert some electricity into heat in the process.
That's the difference between thermoelectric coolers and thermoelectric generators, one uses electrical energy to move heat and the other turns the movement of heat into electrical energy.
Neo_Techni t1_iylhnjd wrote
> Are you saying Peltier coolers remove heat by generating electricity?
No, I said the opposite. That by pumping electricity into them they remove heat.
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