I have built one but made a few modifications. I found that the 1 ohm resistor had to be increased to four ohms with a voltage of 10.5.
Pulls just over 6 amps and cools down to -22c with a room temperature of 25c
Have had to set it to one side for the moment but will work on it again soon.
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