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#21 endo

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Posted 17 February 2011 - 08:39 pm

Found another alternative

http://www.microligh...34c2b3d64c3ed62

Not sure how it works, if its just a resister or PWM but at that price if you are looking for cheap then this looks like it.

Thats about what I set my controller, Full on or just over half.

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Edited by endo, 17 February 2011 - 08:42 pm.


#22 ChrisG

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Posted 03 March 2011 - 01:51 pm

i really should have made one of these years ago. There was a slight frost this morning when I left home but an hour later I arrived at work toasty. wub.gif Wasn't so keen on the stretch of sheet ice with a car in the ditch just down the road from work though blink.gif

I bought one of the motor controllers Endo linked above, which I picked up from the post office this morning, so a bit more tinkering is due this weekend. Still not decided if I should stick with the potentiometer or go for a High-Low-Off switch.

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#23 LDRider

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Posted 03 March 2011 - 04:38 pm

QUOTE(ChrisG @ Thu 3rd Mar 2011, 02:51 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
i really should have made one of these years ago. There was a slight frost this morning when I left home but an hour later I arrived at work toasty. wub.gif Wasn't so keen on the stretch of sheet ice with a car in the ditch just down the road from work though blink.gif

I bought one of the motor controllers Endo linked above, which I picked up from the post office this morning, so a bit more tinkering is due this weekend. Still not decided if I should stick with the potentiometer or go for a High-Low-Off switch.


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#24 ChrisG

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Posted 03 March 2011 - 07:02 pm

Harder to control with winter gloves on though,

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#25 LDRider

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Posted 04 March 2011 - 01:52 am

I suppose, but never given me any trouble. Non issue for me.

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Posted 09 August 2011 - 02:33 pm

QUOTE(ChrisG @ Sun 13th Feb 2011, 06:42 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
I reckon it should be pretty easy to build a controller, I just need to find someone with more electronics knowledge than me to point me in the right direction, you can get off the shelf timer chips that can produce the signal easily enough but it then needs some amplification to get it up to 5A


Just off the top of my head. What about a dimmer switch from a house light.... or a volume switch from a PA/Radio system or a slider rahter than a twisty knob.......
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Posted 26 August 2011 - 03:27 pm

I am thinking about making an arduino controlled multiple channel pwm controller for just this sort of thing (infinite adjustability on temperature/brightness for bike appliances up to around 50 watts. Maybe four channels? I am in the process of getting ready for the cold winter here, and I am planning to commute for as much of the winter as possible on the bike. I am going to do heated grips/probably some kind of homebrew heated jacket. As electronics are one of my hobbies I am going to throw together a pcb and probably get a few of them made.

Would there be any interest on here for one? If I get one pcb made, I could just as easily get ten made. PM me if interested.

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Posted 21 January 2014 - 04:40 pm

Hmmm, I see a potential new project coming up

http://www.instructa...-heated-gloves/
http://www.instructa...heated-insoles/


The tape's quite a lot more expensive than using wire (about £6/meter), but a lot more flexible.

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