IST'S JOULE THIEF HEATER UNITS

[innovation_station]

 

WELL INSTED OF LIGHT SINCE FALL IS COMEING FAST!!

i give you all YET ANOTHER  gift .... 

peace!

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[innovation_station]

for this unit this is what is needed ... 

1 tv yoke feroite core ...

ill probally use a computer power supply for the source ...  not sure yet ...

its just a bigger jt ... thats it thats all ....  the heater does not care ..  it is a resistive load ...

i have a few heaters i will expairment with ... 

an old ac carbon rod unit from the 20's or the 30's and a few other styles ...

insted of the leds its a heater on the ou put of the coil ...  it still plugs into the wall but it USES MUCH LESS HYDRO ... 

ist! 

[DreamThinkBuild]

Hi Innovation Station,

You have to remind me old man winter is coming. I currently run a 160 gallon outdoor furnace to heat the house. The biggest consumption of wood occurs on getting the operating temperature up to 170 degrees Fahrenheit(my set minimum); usually takes 3 hours. Once it's going and a good hot coal layer is built up it takes a lot less wood to keep it going. One of my goals is to make it hybrid where I can use an electric start from a bank of solar charged batteries to reduce this startup time. Most electric water heating elements for this size tank though run anywhere between  3000-5000 watts 240vac. Do you think a large Joule thief heater could run anywhere near this at a lower wattage?

I recently built a magnetic eddy current heater, it does work but doesn't seem very efficient. The drive motor usually heats up faster than the copper plating. 122F off the copper plate 145F off the motor. It would be cheaper to encase the motor in a sealed aluminum heat sink and drop it in the tank. 

[jeanna]

So,IST,
How much heat and what is producing the heat?
You were getting a lot of heat from the carbon rod.
Carbon is what they did use for lamp filaments, and I think it is a good beginning.

Have you made progress?

I am very interested in heat production and you were getting a lot of heat with your power supply.
After you compare it volt for volt with a 1.2v battery, how much heat would you be getting from one AA?

jeanna

[infringer]

I am glad you brought this up I gotta build a solar heater...

But I am interested in this ...

I wonder if we could use the joule thief with a solar cell to power a fan 5v to pipe the air out of the unit into my home with some plastic tubing ... Just a thought...