I’m an engineer and I love to watch you work. The way you visualize it in your head and play with sketches before building is exactly the way I work. The final project fitting and experimenting in the building phase of an experiment just relaxes me to watch.
Wonder if a parabolic reflector could be used in that sunny climate, even in winter. Like in a septic tank full of sand and insulated on the outside? Copper pipes coming up and out to spread the heat?
What's the energy round trip? Lots of winter solar PV, and want to store this for a week or so in case it's cloudy? Assuming the house is insulated with good heat recovery ventilation. 55 gallon drum will get heavy. Hopefully the heat loss is all worked out, so not roasting in the middle with heat you can't get out. Also when charging it won't melt down. Lots of earthing, fuses and breakers?
I am just winging it. My plan is to insulate it and regulate the heat with fans. I don't have any fuses or breakers on my prototype. It just heats up during the day and stays hot all night. I am not an electrician nor an engineer so my techniques are far from code or standard practice I am sure.
I will be running them on approximately 200 volts DC and the wattage may be around 1,000 watts per element. I have a prototype running on 120 volts DC and 510 watts. It has been running continuously for maybe 20 months straight.
@@off-gridsurvivalmike8120 Ok just watched some of your earliest videos on this. using solar panels to heat the sand for stored energy. i get it now. I will be watching the rest of your videos gonna take some time though you have more than a few ! Thanks
You can use ohm's law to figure out how many watts a heating element will consume at different voltages and, separately, the resistance of these elements with the information given (or could just use a multimeter to find ohms if you have them on hand). Voltage = current x resistance
@@lancealderman2755 right! I use on water heater that feeds hot water into house water heater instead of cold water, 3 panels. used the ohm law works great! my hot water usage is down to about $5/month
Oh it's not that bad lol 😂. You would never know I was a Foreman of a metal shop. I was a machinist actually and only started welding after I retired so I know I need some practice. Thanks for watching.
I’m an engineer and I love to watch you work. The way you visualize it in your head and play with sketches before building is exactly the way I work. The final project fitting and experimenting in the building phase of an experiment just relaxes me to watch.
The ingenuity is strong in this one.
Really appreciate your updates! Can't wait to see it work!! Frank---Alberta, Canada
I misread that to fuck Alberta Canada
Thanks for the no music sequences.
I hope to see the part 2 thanks from Québec
Uh oh, gonna make us wait to find out details of the new project? That's okay, I'll still be here.
Check out your local recycling station. Pretty much any day of the week I could get half a dozen stovetop elements for free ...
Looking forward to seeing this in action.
Interesting project.
excellent! keep it going!
Good buy in Canada they are 50$ at least
Wonder if a parabolic reflector could be used in that sunny climate, even in winter. Like in a septic tank full of sand and insulated on the outside? Copper pipes coming up and out to spread the heat?
What's the energy round trip? Lots of winter solar PV, and want to store this for a week or so in case it's cloudy? Assuming the house is insulated with good heat recovery ventilation. 55 gallon drum will get heavy. Hopefully the heat loss is all worked out, so not roasting in the middle with heat you can't get out. Also when charging it won't melt down. Lots of earthing, fuses and breakers?
I am just winging it. My plan is to insulate it and regulate the heat with fans. I don't have any fuses or breakers on my prototype. It just heats up during the day and stays hot all night. I am not an electrician nor an engineer so my techniques are far from code or standard practice I am sure.
Are you using this to heat your living space?
I am building a small room out near a greenhouse with a shower and kitchen that it will be heating if all goes well.
Interesting. how much voltage/amps you expecting out of these
I will be running them on approximately 200 volts DC and the wattage may be around 1,000 watts per element. I have a prototype running on 120 volts DC and 510 watts. It has been running continuously for maybe 20 months straight.
@@off-gridsurvivalmike8120 Ok just watched some of your earliest videos on this. using solar panels to heat the sand for stored energy. i get it now. I will be watching the rest of your videos gonna take some time though you have more than a few ! Thanks
You can use ohm's law to figure out how many watts a heating element will consume at different voltages and, separately, the resistance of these elements with the information given (or could just use a multimeter to find ohms if you have them on hand).
Voltage = current x resistance
@@lancealderman2755 right! I use on water heater that feeds hot water into house water heater instead of cold water, 3 panels. used the ohm law works great! my hot water usage is down to about $5/month
Salvage yard much cheaper.25 cents per.
Good God watch youtube and learn how to weld.
Oh it's not that bad lol 😂. You would never know I was a Foreman of a metal shop. I was a machinist actually and only started welding after I retired so I know I need some practice. Thanks for watching.
@@off-gridsurvivalmike8120 You betcha.