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[QUOTE="theycallmevirgo, post: 6571097, member: 661852"] [I]By knowing how much energy (in this case, electrical energy, Watts) is supplied TO the Laser. That is the amount of energy the cooling system must REMOVE. [/I] Surely not all the supplied energy is converted to heat? Surely some does the work of laser emission? [I]You will also need to know the Maximum allowable temperature of the Laser...determined by the thermal transfer characteristics between the Laser itself and the coolant.[/I] This makes much more sense. How can you calculate/evaluate thermal transfer? [I]Are you sure you want this as a DIY project[/I]? People have been building diy systems with Chinese parts for years. If you Google k40 laser I'm sure you'll see things that will make you cry. Frankly, what they generally do is fill a 5 gal bucket with water, throw in a few frozen water bottles, hook up an aquarium pump and call it a day. Even if I didn't consider this super ignorant, I just don't have the freezer space :). Even given that simple setup, how many frozen water bottles do I need? What volume? If there is no answer more specific than "some", why not zero? What is the minimum volume of ice? My general approach to diy projects is a desire to learn something. Of course I could blindly follow some online instructions. They would probably even work. But I have this amazing resource here, so why not make full use of it?[I][/I] [/QUOTE]
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