On Wed, 08 Apr 2009 15:28:39 -0400, Jan put finger to
keyboard and composed:

Does anyone have an idea on what could be wrong with a Polar water
dispenser that dispenses room temperature water instead of cold water?
Hot works fine. I can't find any specs on the machine.
Thanks
Jan

Faulty Peltier cooler ???

Is there a fan? Does it spin?

Here is a patent that describes how these devices work:
http://www.google.com/patents?id=3DGbAAAAEBAJ

If there is a US patent number on the label, you can search for it
he
http://www.google.com/advanced_patent_search

- Franc Zabkar
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