If you're new to this channel I strongly recommend checking out some of the other videos first. This one was slightly tongue in cheek and a guessing game about a reckless use of a kettle element for an application it was really not intended for.
Do not actually attempt this. It carries a high "element" of risk. Still safer than the jaw dropping bath heater here though.... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hIUJWIT9GrU
For reference, a 2kW heating element in the UK (240v) can be used as a very high power 30 ohm resistor, and likewise, spiral cooker elements also make great industrial resistors too.
Do not actually attempt this. It carries a high "element" of risk. Still safer than the jaw dropping bath heater here though.... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hIUJWIT9GrU
For reference, a 2kW heating element in the UK (240v) can be used as a very high power 30 ohm resistor, and likewise, spiral cooker elements also make great industrial resistors too.
Ain't orange overalls weared in prison by inmates?
If I had a nice deep tub made for taller folks I don't think I'd ever get anything done. Baths can be the absolute best thing ever sometimes 😅
back in 1976 i moved into a cold water flat with a bath i that had once been supplied by an ancient old Ascott geyser . I made a similar device with the heating element from a washing machine .It worked a treat .and we used it for years .although we did forget about it once or twice and found the water almost boiling. the thing had a long flex that went next door to the kitchen and plugged into the cooker socket [the only one in the flat. We never thought of it as dangerous and it was always unplugged and completely removed before anyone got in the bath
A couple of years back I was tasked to help my sibling build an immersion (sous-vide) heater out of a heating element (similar to this one, but less powerful) and one of the common cheap off-the-shelf temperature controller modules. Since it was going to be used by someone else, I did want to make sure it was actually going to be safe, though, so I ended up attaching the element to the outside of a small metal project box (about 2x2x2 inches), which the power cord ran into the other end of, and then attached the ground to the metal exterior of the heating element (and box) and the power wires to the element terminals, and then just filled up the whole box with silicone sealant. Then I built a GFCI (RCD) outlet into the box containing the controller module so it was inline with everything (so even if it was plugged into a non-protected outlet, there would still be a GFCI on the element itself).
Worked like a charm (no issues with accidental tripping) and as far as I know they are still using it today…
Perhaps an ideal student project for an electrical collage course. The students that turn up with a working one of these get a pass. The ones who turn up with a non working one get a fail and the students who no show get buried.
Crackin big yin. I'm sure I spotted ye queen's Park yer stuff s smashing m8
Reminds me of a bath I stepped into in sunny scunthorpe. A lesson in bonding preceded
Nut Bob BC🙄
On the mainland we put heat on. You can take the Scot out of Scotland but not Scotland out the Scot. I'm only messing around Clive.
I made a similar device a number of years ago from a plastic bucket and a standard immersion heater. The element was placed through a hole in the side of the bucket near the bottom, with the terminal box inside the bucket, and held in place by a standard retaining nut. In use the bucket was stood in the bath filled to the required depth with water, as the device tended to float extra ballast of bricks was added to the bucket. The immersion heater was plugged into a socket outside the bathroom and was disconnected and removed before bathing. The internal thermostat could be preset to limit the water temperature. This device proved its worth while building works proceeded.
Coffee maker element with small pump works well highly dangerous
Pity a 2KW element doesn't pan out at 50 Ohm……….great dummy load.
I tried similar with tropical fishtank heaters lol
Must say, I've thought a few times why some manufacturer hasn't come up with a bath with built-in embedded wraparound thermostatically controlled elements – similar to those in a slow-cooker! May seem a crazy idea, but some posers would buy it lol
Good electrocution hazard .Bad design but can be used to distil alcohol .switch temp control through an SSR set for 84 to 86 °C and your cooking alcohol !
You're mad.