12V 60W TEC1-12706 Thermoelectric Cooler Peltier

• Model: TEC1-12706
• Size: 40mm x 40mm x 4mm
• Operates from 0~15.2V DC and 0~6A, in a good condition with heat sink, current will rise to 4A.
• Operates Temperature: -30℃ to 70℃
• Max power consumption: 60 Watts
• These devices must be used together with a heat sink to avoid burned in 2 seconds after powered up
• Each device is full inspected and tested
• Fitted with 6-inch insulated leads
• The side with words are the cooling side, and other side is the warm side.

This devices are also known as: TEC, Thermoelectric Cooler, Thermoelectric Module, Peltier Junction, Peltier Plate

Application: Cooling your CPU, video card, NANO Reef, laser diode, CCD camera, picnic cooler, beverage cooler, even generating electricity. The uses are unlimited!

Thermoelectric cooling uses the Peltier effect to create a heat flux between the junction of two different types of materials. A Peltier cooler, heater, or thermoelectric heat pump is a solid-state active heat pump which transfers heat from one side of the device to the other, with consumption of electrical energy, depending on the direction of the current. Such an instrument is also called a Peltier device, Peltier heat pump, solid state refrigerator, or thermoelectric cooler (TEC). It can be used either for heating or for cooling, although in practice the main application is cooling. It can also be used as a temperature controller that either heats or cools.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thermoelectric_cooling

Seebeck effect

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radioisotope_thermoelectric_generator