Sommerfeldt
- Dec 15, 2015
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Hi! It's my first post here, so please scald me relentlessly for anything I mess up. And I hope I'm in the right forum...
Basically, I only have an idea here, and I'm nowhere near realization yet, but I'm hoping you can help me out. The idea is, basically, a space heater for a small room, capable of running for ~3 hours or so, and raise the temperature in that room by about 4-8 degrees (C). Now, the physics of the whole thing is another matter, of course - I'm not sure that this will work at all, but I'm just looking to build a prototype here.
So, what I need is maybe a few recommendations on what kind of components to use, from people who obviously have oceans of experience more than I do (which is basically non-existent...).
I'm thinking my project will consist of this;
- A small, 12V cabinet cooling fan for a computer
- A time and temperature switch (I've no clue where to find such a thing)
- A small heating element (no idea what this should be)
- Battery, 12V, around 5,5Ah, maybe?
- A small solar panel to trickle charge the battery
All this in as small of an enclosure as possible - I'm thinking I'll install it in one of those sturdy carrying cases for electronics - the ones that come with the padding you can cut to size. I'm sure you get the idea.
So, if anyone has suggestions on the time/temp switch, heating element, battery and charging solution, that would be awesome - I feel like I'm wading through a jungle full of different stuff, trying to find a single gnat...
Thanks!
- S
Basically, I only have an idea here, and I'm nowhere near realization yet, but I'm hoping you can help me out. The idea is, basically, a space heater for a small room, capable of running for ~3 hours or so, and raise the temperature in that room by about 4-8 degrees (C). Now, the physics of the whole thing is another matter, of course - I'm not sure that this will work at all, but I'm just looking to build a prototype here.
So, what I need is maybe a few recommendations on what kind of components to use, from people who obviously have oceans of experience more than I do (which is basically non-existent...).
I'm thinking my project will consist of this;
- A small, 12V cabinet cooling fan for a computer
- A time and temperature switch (I've no clue where to find such a thing)
- A small heating element (no idea what this should be)
- Battery, 12V, around 5,5Ah, maybe?
- A small solar panel to trickle charge the battery
All this in as small of an enclosure as possible - I'm thinking I'll install it in one of those sturdy carrying cases for electronics - the ones that come with the padding you can cut to size. I'm sure you get the idea.
So, if anyone has suggestions on the time/temp switch, heating element, battery and charging solution, that would be awesome - I feel like I'm wading through a jungle full of different stuff, trying to find a single gnat...
Thanks!
- S