WARNING: This product can expose you to chemicals including Lead which is known to the State of California to cause cancer and which is known to the State of California to cause birth defects and/or other reproductive harm. For more information, go to www.P65Warnings.ca.gov
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As of August 2018 the State of California has changed the requirements of the “Prop 65” law. We now must list on our website any possible chemicals the can cause cancer, birth defects or reproductive problem.
As an example:
ABS plastic contains styrene
PVC wire insulation can contain Di(2-ethylhexyl)phthalate (DEHP)
electrolytic capacitors can contain Ethylene glycol
Brass can contain Lead
flame retardant pc boards can contain Tetrabromobisphenol A (TBBPA)
Aluminum alloys can contain Chromium
To put it simply we are a small company and do not have the resources to test every single part, so we list every thing as hazardous. Please recycle all electronic parts responsibly and under no circumstance eat, drink or smoke these parts and wash your hands after touching!
Having used Peltier Mods. for many year, and several of these above units from mpja;
Convention is the leads are attached to the HOT side with Red + and Black -
- Joe, NC
Hot & Cold Sides
The labeled side is usually the cold side. I always test with a good 1.5V battery connected for about 10 seconds just to be sure. This module works great.
- Perry, MD
hot side cold side
Hot side is the side that the leads are attached. This allows for some heat removal by the leads. Another point to remember is to ALWAYS run with a hot side heatsink
Bob
Question
Interested in knowing how you tell
which side of the TE Module will end up
being Hot and which Cold
- Steve Savasky, MI
Good Replacement
Installed in an Igloo refrigerator unit, performs better than the original if you increase the PS capacity. The 110v PS was bad on the unit I repaired too, so I beefed up the PS to 8.5A.