Wow never knew about TEC wine coolers. Brand new ones are fairly cheap too. I love the idea of reversing the TEC to make it a heater instead of cooler!
Completely flip the cooler around, do not reverse the wiring. It might not fail right away but it will fail. I learned this the first time around with an incubator I built for Leopard Geckos.
I took my thermoelectric Coolers out. Enlarged the area inside, so the lager heatsinks will fit. Flip the Coolers around so that the hot side is on the inside of the wine cooler. Sealed everything up real good. Then I wired the thermoelectric Coolers to a 12 volt powersupply then plug the powersupply to the thermostat. After a few adujustments with the temperature, I have a very awesome and accurate incubator. Thermoelectric wine coolers make great incubators. With a little reworking there is no need for heat tape.
If you get a chance, could you post some pictures of how you did this or at least of the finished product? Thanks!
I did not take any pictures of the build. The unit is essentially sealed so it would be difficult to take pictures now. I am brain storming on a tutorial on how i built it. I will post it up when i have it finished. Biggest issue i have right now is getting another minifridge or wine cooler. With the right parts i could even build it into a normal cooler.
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