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I was wondering, how would I go about calculating the amount of power required from a peltier (thermoelectric cooler) module to cool a specific volume of air in a polystyrene Esky?

Cheers,
Max
Thanks for that.

If I understand correctly, to drop the temparture of a box from 23°C to -5°C (a 28°K drop) for a container that holds 6L (or 6000 cc or approx 0.23 moles of air) the formular would be:
0.23 x 8.31 x 28

Thus equaling 53J of energy

or a total of ~17.6 watts power to remove the heat in 3 seconds.

I wish I had've paid attention in science when I was in highschool.