Peltier Heat Generation and Dissipation

Question

Trying to retrofit an old Peltier wine cooler and I a question about the wattage and heat calculations.

If I have a 12V power source (switched) so the maximum Wattage it can convert to heat is (105W)

If I were to connect some sort of cooling system capable of dissipating 120W of heat (such as a CPU cooler)

Would that be adequate heat removal to allow the cool side to continue to decrease the temperature to below ambient? Or have I oversimplified the heat movement calculations too far?

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Answer 1

A peltier hot side has both the wattage of the heat your moving, and the electrical power your using to move that heat, meaning you will generally need to heat sink at least double what your feeding in to it,

The higher the temperature difference, the higher the voltage, the higher the heat flow the higher the current. It more efficient to drive a peltier with a moderately high frequency PWM or analog voltage source, as the efficiency is lower when switching it on and off from the full supply voltage.