Uh boy... I thought I had the right chiller - a Neslabs CF-33 capable of 950W cooling (at 60hz), but looks like I might be quite shy of the requirements.

Anyone familiar with how to estimate the heat production of a Krypton arc lamp? Is the rated wattage of the lamp (in this case, about 5400 watts) a straight one-for-one match to the cooling capacity? Probably... looks like I'm going to need to run household water instead.

Alternatively, if I run it in short bursts, keep the lamp off as often as possible, and have a large reservoir of water in series with the chiller, I might be able to get by if I run with a low duty cycle. This is a proto shop, so no long continuous productions. Perhaps short bursts of 50 parts with perhaps 20 ~ 30 seconds of light output per part.

Thoughts, anyone?


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