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0 pointsbeala1y ago0 comments

I'd love to be wrong about this, but I'm very skeptical that the aquarium chiller pictured in the post can move enough heat to cool a human. As mentioned in the article, it uses thermoelectric coolers which are extremely inefficient.

I see at least one aquarium chiller on amazon that uses a compressor, but then you have to wonder if it's quiet enough to sleep next to.

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zemvpferreira1y ago

Same, though I've seen thermoelectric chillers of that size moving ~200 Watt and a human produces less than 100 Watt at rest. The ones I saw on Amazon for $150 claimed to move around 70 Watt which is ballpark useful. You wouldn't want to cool down to a very low temperature anyway, just remove the heat you produce yourself.

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