I want your broken toasters, hair dryers, heat guns...
- StroppyChops
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I want your broken toasters, hair dryers, heat guns...
No, that's not the start of a Lady Gaga song, although that would be an interesting project.
I've not been able to source new nichrome wire for the project I'm working on, so I'm now looking at Plan B.
Plan B is to collect any unwanted toasters, hair dryers or heat guns and salvage the nichrome wire from them (it's the element wire that glows red and produces heat when powered) - what could go wrong, right?
If you're in PP and you have any of the three listed electrical items you'd like to donate to a good cause, please advise and we'll collect.
(I've already found the phosphates and shrapnel.)
(Kidding about the phosphates and shrapnel.)
I've not been able to source new nichrome wire for the project I'm working on, so I'm now looking at Plan B.
Plan B is to collect any unwanted toasters, hair dryers or heat guns and salvage the nichrome wire from them (it's the element wire that glows red and produces heat when powered) - what could go wrong, right?
If you're in PP and you have any of the three listed electrical items you'd like to donate to a good cause, please advise and we'll collect.
(I've already found the phosphates and shrapnel.)
(Kidding about the phosphates and shrapnel.)
Bodge: This ain't Kansas, and the neighbours ate Toto!
- StroppyChops
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Re: I want your broken toasters, hair dryers, heat guns...
I'd also welcome any leads on new nichrome wire, incidentally.
Bodge: This ain't Kansas, and the neighbours ate Toto!
- KickingWithRedLabel
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Re: I want your broken toasters, hair dryers, heat guns...
The only thing I know about nichrome wire is that some vapers use it to make their own coils. Maybe a vape supplier might have some. Good luck
- StroppyChops
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Re: I want your broken toasters, hair dryers, heat guns...
Thank you, yes - that's been mentioned but it's a different thickness and would break under the strain I'm going to put to it.KickingWithRedLabel wrote: ↑Thu Jul 12, 2018 8:29 pm The only thing I know about nichrome wire is that some vapers use it to make their own coils. Maybe a vape supplier might have some. Good luck
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Re: I want your broken toasters, hair dryers, heat guns...
I buy nichrome wire online to use in my micro satcomms project - www.myansat.com (I use them to tie down the solar panels during launch and then burn right through the nichrome wire to allow the panels to pop out).
I seem to remember that I either used dx.com or lazada. It was as cheap as chips.
However, TBH, using the wire from an old (or even new) hair-dryer is the easiest option.
I seem to remember that I either used dx.com or lazada. It was as cheap as chips.
However, TBH, using the wire from an old (or even new) hair-dryer is the easiest option.
Re: I want your broken toasters, hair dryers, heat guns...
Bring out your dead, bring out your dead !
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