Señor Heater

Description

Señor Heater likes long walks on the beach and to warm your hands on cold nights. Señor Heater has seen much in his years. He has one blue eye and one red eye.

The circuit is *mostly complete however I may need to add a transistor and diode into the mix for the more powerful heater relay. More work however will be put into the aesthetics of the project. It will contain a 12 volt red led for over temp and a blue LED for under temp. The Fan will become the nose and the heat element will be his mouth. T point is set at 18.25 °C

Files

Señor Heater.fzz

It's a fritzing file ok

fzz - 8.99 kB - 12/10/2018 at 23:15

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Video of Señor Heater
Apollo Timbers • 12/18/2018 at 18:44 • 0 comments

I was able to find a nice metal fan blade at a local electronics surplus store to use and now Señor Heater is up and working fully. The video is a test using a piece of ice to cool down the chip, he then snaps to life, then shortly coughs and sputters back to slumber. More is to be done to move the main circuit off the breadboard but he is already taking shape nicely.
Frame completed
Apollo Timbers • 12/17/2018 at 17:47 • 0 comments
Created a basic form frame out of brass that is currently holding most of the major components together. Below is a look at the current progress.
Current wins:
- The relay and motor combo seem to be a good fit
- It looks more like a face
Current fails:
- The fan is not shaped correctly/it does not have a good fit to the motor
- The first motor that I tried pulled more amps then my power supply could deliver
- Might have a 12v 30amp relay that happen to come in the electronic surprise box, however the chip cannot drive it directly