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Old 08-08-2008, 12:49 AM   #14 (permalink)
Xringer
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Heat pipes

What concerns me is the contact points between the engine and the heat dissipating hood & fenders.

Since the engine needs to move around a bit on it's mounts,
the heat pipes would have to be flexible and durable. Does such a thing exist?
I think you might have to invent some new technology..

Are the motors in an EV shock mounted? (Like an ICE?).?
Seems like a flexible heat pipe would be useful in an EV..

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The fan on my video card was so loud, it was driving me crazy.
I got this big Arctic Cooling heat sink with a couple of heat pipes,
dumped the fan and now it's cool and quite too.
Arctic Cooling
I think these heat pipes are copper pipes filled with a liquid.
So, maybe the same thing could be done with rubber pipes?
(Like on an ICE radiator).
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