▲ | pornel 12 hours ago | |||||||||||||
The press release doesn't give any concrete numbers, but if it doubles efficiency of Peltier coolers, it's still 3-5× less efficient than heat pumps. Thermoelectric cooling is notable for not having any moving parts and ability to scale down to small sizes, so it might end up having many specialized applications, but for A/C heat pumps are already very effective. | ||||||||||||||
▲ | SoftTalker 11 hours ago | parent [-] | |||||||||||||
And what about service life? I had a mini-fridge that used this technology, and it stopped working after about 2 years. Was that just bad luck or poor quality, or some inherent lifetime of the components? | ||||||||||||||
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