Recent content by levi99

Ok so I soldered on 12 resistors onto the copper wire and bought an eight AA battery holder. So I now have a 12V power supply and 12 resistors wired in parallel. When i apply power to it they all heat up as they're supposed to. My next question is how do I fuse this power source?? I will be...

this webpage is the basic model I am following: http://www.gbronline.com/ronkeating/heaters/heaters.html the pictures there show exactly how I plan on wiring them, in series (right?). I'm not sure exactly how many watts of power I need. It's going to be similar to the telescope dew...

DIY heater with resistors??! help please Hi physics gurus, I have some questions I'm hoping someone with a kind enough heart can answer for me! I am trying to build a small circular heater (similar to a dew heater for a telescope) with resistors. Basically I have 22 gauge rated 300volts...