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Posted by Peter Fairbrother on March 5, 2008, 5:23 am
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Trevor Jones wrote:
> AC wrote:
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>>> I'm hoping folks here will find this interesting :
>>>
>>> http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2008/02/29/msi_stirling_cooling/
>>>
>>> Dunno about you chaps, but I just love it when really old concepts
>>> find an ultra modern use.
>>>
>>> AC
>>>
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>> Brilliant. A really neat idea and all we can do is trash it. How sadly
>> British.
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>> AC
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> It's a neat idea and well executed, but still destined to fail as a
> commercial venture for at least two really good reasons. One is the
> dusty environment inside a computer case, and the other is the inability
> to self start.
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
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