Creating a Dynamo System: What Components Are Needed?

[ramtough34]

Just need a bit of clarification, I am attempting to make a dynamo system but not totally sure where to start.

What components would be required? It needs to be pretty small, similar size to that used in a wind-up torch, and it will be required to produce heat rather than light.

Any help or advice would be greatly appreciated.

 

[JaredJames]

A basic dynamo consists of magnets and wire with a mechanism to rotate the magnets inside the coil of wire.

If you want to store the energy then that's a different issue.

I'm not sure you'd get much in the way of heat though.

 

[ramtough34]

thanks...there would be the possibility to store the energy. I was thinking of maybe using the dynamo to charge a battery and then using the battery to heat up the heating element.

Do you think this would be possible? I will be using Nichrome Resistance wire for the heating element, and the intention is to send the current from the dynamo to heat it up.

 

[JaredJames]

thanks...there would be the possibility to store the energy. I was thinking of maybe using the dynamo to charge a battery and then using the battery to heat up the heating element.

Well you'd need to store a fair amount of energy to achieve this. Not sure if a small home made dynamo will do the job.

 

[ramtough34]

Basically, it needs to heat up fluids to around 37 degrees...so it doesn't need to heat the wire up to be red hot or anything. Would you still think this wasn't possible with a small dynamo?