Building A DIY Heat Pipe
Once the secret design tool for aerospace designers, the heat pipe is a common fixture now thanks to the demands of PC CPU cooling. Heat pipes can transfer lots of energy from a hot side to a cold side and is useful when you need to cool something where having a fan near the hot part isn’t feasible for some reason. Unlike active cooling, a heat pipe doesn’t require any external power or pumps, either.
[James Biggar] builds his own heat pipes using copper tubing. You can see a video of one being made, below. There’s not much to it, …read more
