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 mcmaster equipment notes. Both broken when I got them mcmaster equipment notes. Both broken when I got them
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 +====== TEC misc ======
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 +Failure modes?
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 +Can they fail open? Maybe not. I think all of the elements are in parallel
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 +https://electronics.stackexchange.com/questions/261655/what-happens-when-a-peltier-fails
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 +Firstly, it appears that peltiers often slowly decline according to the referenced article, with increased resistance and decreased heat pump capacity.
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 +Therefore, my proposition is that in a typical heating application the heat produced by a perfeclty-shorted 100W peltier would be the equivalent of a 50W, poorly back-insulted, resistance element.
  
  
 
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