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Air cooling is definitely the most convenient option. The
disadvantage of air cooling is a very low air thermal capacity. This
is why a liquid coolant with much higher thermal capacity is often
used in demanding situations, where a cooling system must dissipate
high amount of thermal energy.
Another important feature of liquid cooling is the fact that while
the air cooling is limited by the ambient air temperature (Peltier hot
side cannot be cooled below ambient temperature regardless of the air
cooler size), cooling liquid can be provided with significantly lower
temperature than is the ambient air. And because the Peltier cooler
cold side temperature is always related to the hot side one, lowering
the temperature of the hot side also cools down the cold side.
C3 camera with couplings for the liquid coolant hoses on
its back The C3 cameras with liquid cooling are provided with the couplings
for the liquid coolant on the camera back side. The corresponding
couplings for the hoses are provided with the camera. However, it is
upon the user to provide the liquid coolant, its cooled, pump, hoses
etc.
Warning: The liquid-cooled cameras do not provide other means of
heat removal, but the liquid coolant. There is no additional air
heatsink nor fans for air cooling. Comparing the Enhanced cooling air cooled C3 camera with
the liquid cooled one The liquid-cooled C3 camera body dimensions equal to the Enhanced
cooling air cooled variant. This means the camera head is 11 mm
thicker compared to standard air cooled one. However, keep in mind the
couplings for the cooling liquid hoses are on the camera back, so the
camera needs more free space behind it.
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