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Is anyone using a peltier dehumidifier in a drybox? (self.3dprinting)

submitted 11 months ago by overzeetop to c/3dprinting

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I'm reconfiguring my printing closet (~6'x6') for a new printer and thought about enclosing the printer in a moderate sized cabinet (~2'x3'x6' - one "shelf" of the closet) for thermal control. Since there will be inevitable opening and closing, as well as just normal infiltration of the ambient air (usu ~65F between 40-75% RH) it would seem like a good application for a Peltier dehumidifier to keep the RH in the chamber low and reduce my need to re-dry filament which has been on the machine during (inevitable) multi-day or -week downtime between projects.

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[–] dual_sport_dork 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I think it should be theoretically possible to make a Peltier based machine that will extract moisture the same as a refrigerant pump machine. Ask any overclocker who's tried to use a Peltier directly on a CPU or motherboard; it's perfectly possible to get the cold side of a Peltier below the dew (or frost!) point when it has little or no thermal load on it.

Now as to whether or not any commercial product exists that actually works that way is another story. I see a ton of them e.g. on Amazon, but I have not tried any out or taken one apart or anything. But with a suitably shaped heat sink you could get condensation to form on the cold side and then drip or shake or blow it off or whatever into a catch bucket, just like your basement dehumidifier does.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

oh, anything is technically possible. It's totally possible to get a peltier to drive a sufficient temperature delta to condense water at a low dew point. The issue is the exponentially worsening efficiency curve as delta-T increases that would make it's power requirements - and waste heat generation - quickly become untenable for what you're accomplishing.