Plus, it's an expensive way to get heating that is no more efficient than the simple resistive heating of a $30 fan heater.
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Topic: Induction Space Heater from Portable Cooktop (Read 4046 times)
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When you cook, the temperature is usually regulated by water evaporating from the food. If you pump all the cooktop's energy into a heatsink, it's likely to get red hot and damage the vitreoceramic cooktop. If you had fans that were big enough and reliable enough I suppose you could make it work.
Plus, it's an expensive way to get heating that is no more efficient than the simple resistive heating of a $30 fan heater.
Plus, it's an expensive way to get heating that is no more efficient than the simple resistive heating of a $30 fan heater.
Ordered one yesterday, arrived today. On the lowest setting, it boils water rapidly. First thing that comes to mind is using it as a space heater.
Build enclosure, two "windows" for intake fan and exhaust fan. On induction cooker, place large heat sink. No fumes, can easily be switched back over for use as a cooking utility.
Concerns:
*Exhaust fan might melt. Non-passive heat-sink would almost certainly melt.
*Enclosure should be insulating, cheap, unable to melt @ ~300*F, non-flammable, and non-magnetic.
Ideas? This worth trying out for the sake of curiosity, or doomed to fail due to something I'm not taking into account?
Build enclosure, two "windows" for intake fan and exhaust fan. On induction cooker, place large heat sink. No fumes, can easily be switched back over for use as a cooking utility.
Concerns:
*Exhaust fan might melt. Non-passive heat-sink would almost certainly melt.
*Enclosure should be insulating, cheap, unable to melt @ ~300*F, non-flammable, and non-magnetic.
Ideas? This worth trying out for the sake of curiosity, or doomed to fail due to something I'm not taking into account?
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