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Originally Posted by cosmicfish
Is this just for the cabin? I can't imagine that a fusion pack isn't going to produce waste heat already.
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The problem lies in the vagueness of the fusion power pack in the 3rd/4th edition, more so in the 3rd. If we go by the description of the portable power pack in the 3rd edition "A man-portable backpack power source.
The reactor works in the same manner as the larger reactor."
Now I'm not sure if it is a good idea to have a man-portable device that gets hot enough that it needs water cooling or anything other than ambient air cooling. So by assumption the larger reactor would be the same as well. All part of the fuzzy science.
Then there is the fusion charge that is next up, by this assumption alone, they are implying the fusion packs are hot fusion, so by extension, the casing should be very hot on the 2 reactors, but that is not what is implied at all.
So for simplicity sake, just adding am electric water heater just takes out the fuzziness of the science, but yes I did think the fusion power source would be used to heat a glycol/water mix.