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Trying to heat up 32-gauge nicrome wire
I was trying to heat up a nicrome wire (32gauge) using a 21650 lithium battery, and I have charged it. I have used jumper wires to connect all and joined the nicrome using wire connecting joint. The ...
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LED lights become darker? [closed]
I build myself a light with many small LEDs. They are quite powerful. I superglued ever LED board (the LEDs where in parts of 3 on a small circuit board) to an aluminium piece to dissipate the heat.
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Whats the simplest heating surface for a DIY project
I'm trying to make a very small (3x3 cm or less) cup or surface that will heat to around 200C. The surface needs to be dry and I only care about heating the surface and not any particular volume of ...
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How did static charge ruin my control board?
We have a Thermia geothermal heat pump that was working fine up until we had a particularly bad thunderstorm. Lightning took out the power for a while and burned up a DSL modem, a router, and a IP ...
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How could I make a 1kW fan heater consume less electricity? [closed]
My fan heater has only two settings, 1kW and 2kW.
But what if I wanted it to consume only 200W per hour ? Could I find a device to put in between to supply less electricity, how would I do that?
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Need help making a forced air heater
I would like to make an electric heater. It will have a 20" Lasko Box fan at the back, pushing air passed the Kanthal A1 resistance wire.
I would like to use 120vac. It will dissipate 1000 watts, and ...
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Best heating cable for a DYI heating blanket
I want to make an electric/heating blanket that will work with heating electric cable.
I will use a computer AC adapter that output 19V 3.16A, and this dimmer to regulate the heat and a heating ...
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