Mystery project!

Started by Unition, July 13, 2011, 11:41:43 PM

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Unition



Hmm....now what could this be?  Looks complicated...and mysterious ???

Coal Silvermuzzle

  working on a fur suit cooling system are you.
Past Chairfur and founder of Vancouver's 1st Furry Convention

Unition

That was quick.  We'll see if it pans out.

FurryJackman

Those look like PC based Water Cooling components though. That'll be unique. Where will the radiator be?

Lt ReiStark

Macgyver it into a jet pack with a built in orange juice maker! you only get those parts, a green paper clip, two rubber soled water shoes, a cap gun, and three DVD copies of Kicking And Screaming with Will Ferrel.
Commandment#8:Thy Who Hatht Smelt It, Delt It
Commandment#11: Thou Must Drink Dr.Pepper
Commandment#12: If Thy Dotht Not Shut Thine Hell up. I must Striketh Thy With My Mellenium Rod.
Commandment#15:Thy Cake Ist Thine Lie.
Commandment#17: Thine Who Lovith Hotdogs Shalst Recive Haven.
Commandment#21. Liquor up in frontith, poker ist in thine back.
Commandment#27:Judas Preist must be thy boss beating music in RPGs with bad soundtracks for bosses.
Commandment#28:Renamon Dotht Be thy Divinity In Times Of Terror.

more will be added

Kayell

I was gonna say an LED fan comp. for a pewter... XD seen a lot of them at Michigan Tech when I was there for a class XD
-waves- I see chu! X3

Unition

Quote from: FurryJackman on July 14, 2011, 03:24:53 AM
Those look like PC based Water Cooling components though. That'll be unique. Where will the radiator be?

I'm going to load the tail up with ice packs and coil the tubing around it.

Sikkab

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Quote from: Unition on July 14, 2011, 08:48:22 AM
I'm going to load the tail up with ice packs and coil the tubing around it.
Ha! I always knew you were the type to stuff your tail hole.

p.s.  :angel:

Unition

Quote from: Sikkab on July 14, 2011, 07:09:09 PM
Ha! I always knew you were the type to stuff your tail hole.

p.s.  :angel:

:monocle:  How dare you put my innocence under suspicion!

:vik:

Unition

Okay so...

The pump draw is 9.6 Watts, voltage is 12 volts. From this info I determine it has a draw of 0.8 amps, or 800mA.
My batteries had a capacity of 2000mAh, why were they draining in under 5 minutes?  Any furries into electronics here? :)

Jimfoxyboy

Quote from: Unition on July 16, 2011, 03:32:04 PM
Okay so...

The pump draw is 9.6 Watts, voltage is 12 volts. From this info I determine it has a draw of 0.8 amps, or 800mA.
My batteries had a capacity of 2000mAh, why were they draining in under 5 minutes?  Any furries into electronics here? :)

You say 'had'? First off, what kind of battery pack are you using, how many volts are you getting from it? Is it a new pack? How low a voltage are they getting when you notice them being 'drained'? Batteries are a very fickle species, depending on what types you use, or even how you charge and drain them. Some kinds don't like it when you draw charge over a certain amperage from them. So on.

Unition

8 rechargeable AAs placed in series, so 12V.  They were newly recharged.

I don't have a voltmeter, but I do have a battery charge indicator that showed them as being "drained".


I placed a fan speed controller in between the batteries and the pump, which I figured would only improve my battery consumption as it slows down the pump, took it out and trying again.

Jimfoxyboy

Ah.. the 8 rechargeables issue. You might think your getting the full 12 volts out of the 8, but actually with rechargeable batteries, your only getting 1.2volts from each instead of the 1.5volts you would usually get from non-recharageables. I had this same issue with a portable radio of mine. Try it with ten of the 1.2v rechargeable batteries and see how long that lasts you instead, if you can.

Quote from: Unition on July 16, 2011, 03:45:32 PM
8 rechargeable AAs placed in series, so 12V.  They were newly recharged.

I don't have a voltmeter, but I do have a battery charge indicator that showed them as being "drained".


I placed a fan speed controller in between the batteries and the pump, which I figured would only improve my battery consumption as it slows down the pump, took it out and trying again.

Unition

I'm actually doing that right now, it's been running 15 minutes so far without problems.  Thanks for the advice!

Selkit

I'd suggest poking Loial about a rechargeable Li-ION battery pack and voltage regulation circuit at some point, Uni. Lasts longer, and it's somewhat less rough on hardware if you can give it a regulated power supply.