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The ASME design competition is to design a human powered still... basically to use human power to boil water. We have a bike running a DC motor, producing a range of 100-250 watts (depending on pedal speed, we need to test this).
To convert this to electricty, we were thinking of using nichrome wire. However, as far as I know this wire is electrically live, so we can't just put it in water or put it on a copper pot.
How can we insulate the wire electrically, but not thermally?
Thanks,
Drew
To convert this to electricty, we were thinking of using nichrome wire. However, as far as I know this wire is electrically live, so we can't just put it in water or put it on a copper pot.
How can we insulate the wire electrically, but not thermally?
Thanks,
Drew