Candle Powered Fan!

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10 жыл бұрын

Did you know you can generate electricity with a candle? We are using this method to power a fan. It works great and the energy is FREE! Get a free Hulu Plus trial at: huluplus.com/household
You can get a Peltier cooler here for pretty cheap: amzn.to/Jtl6D9
Side note: KipKay used this method to charge a cell phone, check it out here: • Charge Your Cell Phone...
What kinds of devices would you power with this? Let us know in the comments!

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@CrazyRussianHacker 10 жыл бұрын

Awesome!!!

@T4r4ng0 7 жыл бұрын

@Nighthawkinlight 10 жыл бұрын

I've seen a number of these type of devices recently, this sort of thing is super cool!

@Lellba47 10 жыл бұрын

or super hot, depends on which part of it XD I'm sorry ;P

@Thechivo5 10 жыл бұрын

Lellba47 LOL!

@Poodleinacan 10 жыл бұрын

But then again, you can easely buy a wood stove fan that would resist heat much more... But need much more heat to work...

@HouseholdHacker 10 жыл бұрын

Some people were asking about using this method for a cell phone. Luckily! KipKay already did that and you can check out that video here: Charge Your Cell Phone with FIRE!

@Marqan 10 жыл бұрын

It's amazing how you have everything in your basement, drawer and just laying around. I bet you have a 150 MW solar generator just in case you want to build a particle accelerator.

@maheshbains9711 10 жыл бұрын

Haha he probly does.

@alltime10s 10 жыл бұрын

Cool.. :D

@GeorgeWofford 10 жыл бұрын

It's like a really advanced Stirling engine.

@MrNamegame 10 жыл бұрын

***** It's like a much smaller, quieter stirling engine if it were hooked up to something! Lawl

@HybridLibrarian 10 жыл бұрын

Amazing video, very interesting experiment!

@Ayanami_Kai 10 жыл бұрын

you look familiar to me, are you the one making videos of like Mysteries,Future events that could end the humanity ,Unknown disappearance, Uncracked legendary codes, and many more? if it is, then what is your next video or when will you make one?

@HybridLibrarian 10 жыл бұрын

bonmeryll miguel I am. You can check out the new vid, it's online!

@Ayanami_Kai 10 жыл бұрын

cool! i check it out later.

@beast_boy97 10 жыл бұрын

That's actually pretty awesome, a light source and a way to stay cool! And if you use a scented candle, you can blow the scent across the room with the fan! Genius!

@JoeGP 10 жыл бұрын

one of those devices should be in every CPU/GPU cooler, it would even have it's own power management (seeing as the hotter it gets the faster the fan spins)

@sjcb 10 жыл бұрын

I'm not complaining, I think it's great you guys show all these experiments from which people can learn. I just think it's a little bit counter productive, lighting a candle which produces heat, to power a fan to keep you cool. :-$

@HouseholdHacker 10 жыл бұрын

It's odd I know... but still fun!

@oafkad 10 жыл бұрын

Instructions unclear: Created fusion power cell. *goes off to write scientific paper*

@RevanOrion 10 жыл бұрын

This is why I'm a Fan of your channel. A Simply Fantabulous hack.

@HouseholdHacker 10 жыл бұрын

Thanks Revan, glad to have you.

@HDTJM 10 жыл бұрын

For my second year A level, product design project I am approximately half way through building a thermo electric Peltier powered drinks machine / chiller. Its amazing how simple they are to work yet their abundance in modern products

@dylanpearson9480 10 жыл бұрын

Stuff like this is why I subbed to your channel so long ago. Do more please.

@TheSilverDragon1 10 жыл бұрын

How to make a fan to keep you cool. Step 1: Make a fire Step 2: ??? Step 3: PROFIT!

@MrFuny451 10 жыл бұрын

thats what thought

@johngalea3892 4 жыл бұрын

Spreads the heat around the room...have you never seen a heater with a fan..keep of the grass

@goneoffcheese 10 жыл бұрын

Using fire to keep cool? Hmm...

@adam_g. 10 жыл бұрын

This is pretty cool! Subed to you for a year, keep up the good work!

@FullOfMalarky 10 жыл бұрын

That thing looks sooooo cool, great video!!!!

@dem6n66 10 жыл бұрын

steve send me over here........ all i can say is your guys rock, keep up the good work.

@moali68 10 жыл бұрын

Wow, these guys are still at it. I can't believe it, lol.

@GRIDHD 10 жыл бұрын

"Powers Right Away" had to skip some of the footage to show it working xD Just gotta love this channel.

@entraptana 10 жыл бұрын

I don't know about any of you guys, but I don't usually tend to have all of this stuff "Laying Around" My house

@TheDutyPaid 10 жыл бұрын

Visit my house, I have piles of junk one could hack.

@shayangerami1608 10 жыл бұрын

TheDutyPaid yea house hacker totally should because he barley makes videos

@plitchon 10 жыл бұрын

Damn. This really is a householdhack. Keep up the good work :D

@soulfuldevil 10 жыл бұрын

I don't normally favorite videos, but this is one video I will favorite.

@SimplyMiltonYT 10 жыл бұрын

Happy new years!!!!

@danielpronkin6657 10 жыл бұрын

That's pretty cool man i like your ideas.

@DaEliminator 10 жыл бұрын

Heat-activated huh..? So you're telling me I can finally use the exhaust from my laptop to finally do something more productive than passively making lemon tea!?

@deusxmachina9043 10 жыл бұрын

Happy New Year!!!

@Sasukepwnzall 10 жыл бұрын

Cool! Now we need a fan powered candle :)

@Ozzey737 10 жыл бұрын

Your videos are awesome

@jacobawojtowicz 10 жыл бұрын

good thing everyone has all this stuff laying around!

@adam_g. 10 жыл бұрын

I've seen people put a heat\electricity thing with a fan on their Franklin stove, it's actually pretty cool!

@TheIJoystick 10 жыл бұрын

This is the first video i've watched in 2014

@nicic1614 10 жыл бұрын

This video is FANtastic

@TrevsPrettyCool 10 жыл бұрын

Happy New Year!!!!!

@xCLONEx101 10 жыл бұрын

I am going to be making this but keep posting more of these ideas!

@marymurphy4547 10 жыл бұрын

What... You sir, are a genius!

@CoolerTrailers 10 жыл бұрын

Great video. Some cool stuff can be done with peltier tiles.

@DaymDrops 10 жыл бұрын

I can dig it!! ;-)

@zaxtor 10 жыл бұрын

I love these "off the power grid" objects.

@Invit123 10 жыл бұрын

The electricity is generated because of the seebeck effect; electrons in metals act like a gas when heated, and make one side of the metal positive and the other negative. Pretty cool!

@MANNY100123 10 жыл бұрын

Fantastic stuff!

@Tommy6404 10 жыл бұрын

Very nice! Much appreciated!!!

@johannpack6707 10 жыл бұрын

This is a good video for scented candles

@Paradoxz1001 10 жыл бұрын

HAPPY NEW YEARRRR ;D :DDD

@eugene251 7 жыл бұрын

clever idea for the summer and for the winter to put it on the wood stove

@JimmyTurner 10 жыл бұрын

This was a great video. I'm thinking all computer fans should have this as a power supply. It would save a small amount of energy on each computer but save a lot more across the world.

@kwekker 2 жыл бұрын

bro I know this is 8 years ago but candles aren't more efficient than your power outlets

@codyofathens3397 11 ай бұрын

@@kwekkerI know this was a year ago, lol, but I think they meant using the heat produced by the computer to power the computer fan. Waste heat into energy could save energy costs long term, as well as the fan speed being directly over to temp

@kwekker 11 ай бұрын

@@codyofathens3397 oh wow yeah now that you say that is seems obvious

@Bobbybeb 10 жыл бұрын

I wonder if these would be better to cover a home roof with than solar panels. Seems like endless possibilities with this little device. You could even cover the bottom of a hybrid cars hood so while driving at speeds above battery operating speed the heat generated from the gas motor could recharge the battery.

@shadedgames7806 10 жыл бұрын

Nice keep up the Good Work!

@nobase 10 жыл бұрын

I remember a 15 years old student created the hallow flash light. She also used the Peltier tile but she used the heat of the hand to creat electricity.

@whatyoujustwatched 10 жыл бұрын

Really glad that you made this one; after that awful Christmas LED video I thought you would make all the rest of your videos like that

@Bimosaurs 10 жыл бұрын

you sure have a lot of things "laying around" in your house subbed

@GrandNecro 10 жыл бұрын

perfect! when the power's out i can charge my phone while have a light source at the same time

@zalayeta007 10 жыл бұрын

note that these petlier devices can't give you alot of power though... so to charge a phone i guess that's kinda impossible

@joeymt9215 10 жыл бұрын

Yacine Zidane since that size makes about 1 volt, and most phone chargers a 5 volt, just mave 5!

@prenticeopsstudio 10 жыл бұрын

Happy New Year

@paulycrossing 10 жыл бұрын

dude your awesome I love you!!

@Drakesinmoue 10 жыл бұрын

You can make it warm with a candle and then cool it back down with a fan. Genius.

@serteka 10 жыл бұрын

happy new years everyone

@CalmoDS99 10 жыл бұрын

This is fan-tastic!

@FeudalMoon 10 жыл бұрын

another great video :)

@McMowus 10 жыл бұрын

So it produces heat and cools stuff down... GENIES!!! :D

@McMowus 10 жыл бұрын

THE CANDLE AND THE GUY ALL GENIES!!!

@chesviloria 10 жыл бұрын

Nice video!

@Sinclair0ntheair 10 жыл бұрын

This could come in handy in the apocalypse but then again you need a fuek to power it which is easier then getting a gas powered generator so I would love one of these and it would be a great idea to make a larger model of it

@doctor_dinosaur 10 жыл бұрын

Ik the power would only be accessible to people close by and wouldn't be a lot but just put a load down on a desert or on solar panels for extra power. You could also attach a few to reactors/ other hot places in power plants for a slight amount more power. Nice vid :)

@hiwayM9 10 жыл бұрын

I have a fan on my woodstove that works on the same principle- I get 80cfm from it, and it heats the adjacent bathroom. It must have cool air behind it, and it sets directly on the hot surface of the stovetop. It is not a DIY but a manufactured device and it has been running every winter going on 6 years now- the only maintenance is dusting it every so often.

@RiaRadioFMHD773 9 жыл бұрын

Peltier chips do not produce electricity from heat alone. They create electrical charge from temperature differences between the sides. When the cooler side warms up you will find your voltage output will drop.

@roccogoldsmith6964 10 жыл бұрын

Nice that's really cool

@XxRecklesS007xX 10 жыл бұрын

ITS INCREDIBLY CONVENIENT HOW HE HAS EVERTHING JUST 'LAYING AROUND'...

@briansu4454 10 жыл бұрын

Make free heat! Use that to power your heater and your heater powers that!

@MeepChangeling 10 жыл бұрын

Physics docent work like that sadly. energy will be lost with each exchange. For instance the copper wires absorb some of the energy sent threw them and turn it into EM fields and heat. After enough circuits threw the device all energy would be lost threw this mechanism, amongst others. After time Scientifically and mathematically looping energy like that is impossible.

@briansu4454 9 жыл бұрын

shhhh!

@trevorroberts986 9 жыл бұрын

Kyle Rhulain unless you could get a heater that uses less energy than the machine puts out but provides enough heat to power it

@MeepChangeling 9 жыл бұрын

Trevor Roberts Which is currently technologically improbable and possibly physically impossible due to the Conservation of Energy. The Net amount of energy within a closed system must remain the same. THis is a basic law of physics which while it could be wrong or have an exception, we are not yet aware of such a thing.

@colecuzz 10 жыл бұрын

You should make a huge one of these with fire logs and put the fan in the front making some type of furnace.

@_KidusTsegaye 10 жыл бұрын

Happy news year

@OffGridInvestor 10 жыл бұрын

this would be alright if I hadn't have seen someone else do an identical device months ago. with this arrangement the fan will actually by blowing warm air (take it from someone who's been in the heat transfer industry). and its better to use a TEG peltier, not a run of the mill kind (which are usually the ones made for heating and cooling when power is PUT IN.

@alharthy50 10 жыл бұрын

pretty awesome

@DavidGarcia-wr6ge 10 жыл бұрын

Imagine what you could do with this Peltier cooler, but in bigger size! You could generate energy for entire cities! And would not harm the environment by heating up many Peltier cooler!:D

@ericdickballs7076 10 жыл бұрын

1:27 "you can see that the power starts to generate right away." as the voltage meter reads 0.000 haha

@shortforchange 10 жыл бұрын

another chunk of information for the zombie apocalypses. thank you HHH.

@Heatranoveryou 10 жыл бұрын

That is pretty sick.

@zezeA380 10 жыл бұрын

Cool! Producing free electricity!

@abou824 10 жыл бұрын

Cool, kipkay did one with charging a phone. This one looks cooler (get it?) though.

@ammar-cv1rt 10 жыл бұрын

Happy new year every one

@DioDinero 10 жыл бұрын

Dylan, just how many broken computers do you have?

@technichy3633 10 жыл бұрын

probably like 2 or 3

@mistermystery1999 10 жыл бұрын

very cool!

@internziko 10 жыл бұрын

I love the way this fan looks.. it's kinda high tech steam punk.. :)

@0101Matrix0101 10 жыл бұрын

This is one of the must haves in a zombie apocalypse.

@chaos0987654321 10 жыл бұрын

are you thinking about making more electrical equipment powered by the Peltier device? or is there somewhere you know of because this is something that would be great for survival

@czarsean1 10 жыл бұрын

Could you power a processor heatsink with this? The heat source being the processor?

@Kerionite 10 жыл бұрын

If it is a amd cpu you could probably do it but there is no chance with intel.

@czarsean1 10 жыл бұрын

Wow thank you an actual answer!

@Kerionite 10 жыл бұрын

But it would run real hot.

@ADE1ADE2ADE 10 жыл бұрын

Good stuff. I have a wood burner in my livingroom. I wonder if a larger version attached to the fire would power a light mabe?

@kwekker 2 жыл бұрын

time to power a light using a fire

@6KING6PITBULL6 10 жыл бұрын

Very cool

@shiptech2k9 10 жыл бұрын

You could also build a Stirling engine, it could be more fun and probably cheaper. It also only requires a candle or any heat source for power, although it's only an engine so it doesn't produce electricity unless you do some things to it.

@coldchameleon3213 10 жыл бұрын

Cool, it seems counter productive.

@queeck 10 жыл бұрын

FANtastic

@shaquillewilson5104 9 жыл бұрын

Fan-tastic!

@toolhog10 10 жыл бұрын

This is the same idea that is used to generate power on some spacecraft. Except the heat source is from radioactive decay instead of a chemical fire.

@SoulAir 10 жыл бұрын

imagine having this in between your CPU and heatsink and using the generated electricity to power the CPU cooler

@x9x9x9x9x9 10 жыл бұрын

You can also flip the thermoelectric peltier generator over and put an ice cube on it and it does the same thing.

@zodajc 10 жыл бұрын

My laptop heat could probably charge itself lol

@AyazZaman 6 жыл бұрын

Cool wind from heat Awesome😃😃😃

@blazinpikachu1 10 жыл бұрын

Very cool household hacker

@Johny40Se7en 4 ай бұрын

Thought provoking. How about having a bunch of candles or a little bio ethanol heater underneath the copper heatsink then having the fan powered by solar for a cheap little DIY blower heater?

@soumyaghosh255 10 жыл бұрын

hey...did you think of focusing some glaring sunlight with lenses onto that heat to electricity converter thingy (Seebeck effect I guess) and see if you get better efficiency than a cheap solar cell??