http://www.engadget.com/2005/06/06/elecoms-usb-pc-cooler/ Engadget Comments for Elecom's USB PC Cooler http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2005/06/06/elecoms-usb-pc-cooler/http://www.engadget.com/2005/06/06/elecoms-usb-pc-cooler/Same reason why you cannot use the refrigerator as an AC unit.]]>Dec 19th 2005 2:14AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/06/06/elecoms-usb-pc-cooler/http://www.engadget.com/2005/06/06/elecoms-usb-pc-cooler/Dec 19th 2005 2:14AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/06/06/elecoms-usb-pc-cooler/http://www.engadget.com/2005/06/06/elecoms-usb-pc-cooler/Dec 19th 2005 2:14AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/06/06/elecoms-usb-pc-cooler/http://www.engadget.com/2005/06/06/elecoms-usb-pc-cooler/ To: #1/wootness

Could you possibly explain to me then how those single room portable airconditioners work ? I don't mean the ones that hang their drippy posteriors out the window, I mean the ones that sit in the middle of a room with NO windows and blow cold air (well...cool air).

Please don't mistake the tone of this post/question, I seriously would like to have this explained to be because I have always accepted the reasoning you put forth. The heat has to go somewhere ! Unless some element inside just gets hotter and hotter until the thing shuts down or blows up and then the heat diffuses back into the room (meaning you're sort of shifting the heat over time primarily instead of space).

If you can/are willing to, please enlighten me :)]]>Dec 19th 2005 2:14AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/06/06/elecoms-usb-pc-cooler/http://www.engadget.com/2005/06/06/elecoms-usb-pc-cooler/Dec 19th 2005 2:14AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/06/06/elecoms-usb-pc-cooler/http://www.engadget.com/2005/06/06/elecoms-usb-pc-cooler/
While thats definately true that a fridge can't coll the entire room, it can do a nice job on just your face :-D]]>Dec 19th 2005 2:14AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/06/06/elecoms-usb-pc-cooler/http://www.engadget.com/2005/06/06/elecoms-usb-pc-cooler/Dec 19th 2005 2:14AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/06/06/elecoms-usb-pc-cooler/http://www.engadget.com/2005/06/06/elecoms-usb-pc-cooler/ Thanks 'CrowsSong' !

LOL that's an even CHEAPER solution than I would have expected, but I don't see how else it could be accomplished.]]>Dec 19th 2005 2:14AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/06/06/elecoms-usb-pc-cooler/http://www.engadget.com/2005/06/06/elecoms-usb-pc-cooler/Dec 19th 2005 2:14AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/06/06/elecoms-usb-pc-cooler/http://www.engadget.com/2005/06/06/elecoms-usb-pc-cooler/
"excuse me, i still dont get it"
"its magic"
"oh okay"]]>Dec 19th 2005 2:14AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/06/06/elecoms-usb-pc-cooler/http://www.engadget.com/2005/06/06/elecoms-usb-pc-cooler/Dec 19th 2005 2:14AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/06/06/elecoms-usb-pc-cooler/http://www.engadget.com/2005/06/06/elecoms-usb-pc-cooler/Dec 19th 2005 2:14AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/06/06/elecoms-usb-pc-cooler/http://www.engadget.com/2005/06/06/elecoms-usb-pc-cooler/
2. Jeff – Refrigeration/AC units only move the heat from one place to another.
Ie From the inside to the outside or inside your computer case to the outside of the case! If the inlet and output are in the same room (like a fridge*), the temperature in the room will not change!! (* in most cases)

3. It’s just a fan!!! Moving the heat from the laptop bottom to the room (No A/C!)


]]>Dec 19th 2005 2:14AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/06/06/elecoms-usb-pc-cooler/http://www.engadget.com/2005/06/06/elecoms-usb-pc-cooler/http://mali.geekcorps.org/article.php3?id_article=78

This is to stop our laptops from melting in the heat of the desert. These stands typically lower the laptop's cpu temperature by about 5 deg C.

Ian
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Aren't those called 'Swamp Coolers' ?

So you exchange an unberably hot room for an uncomfortable hot room that is unberably humid?
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So to put it in proper terms:

This will take the heat away SOMEWHERE else (as in an increment on the room's temperature)

:) Don't mind my spanglish!]]>Dec 19th 2005 2:14AM