Solar Electric Air Heater! (100W 12V) – 100W Solar Panel runs it! – PV space heating!! Ez DIY
Solar Electric Air Heater! (100W 12V) – 100W Solar Panel runs it! – PV space heating!! Ez DIY
Video shows how to set up a small Off-Grid 12V Desktop Air Heater! unit is powered using only ONE solar panel. all you need is 2 things to make it… a 100w (12v) solar panel and the heater/fan unit! (sold on amazon for 8 to 10 bucks). great little unit! cranks out the heat! (*115F continuous). *a 12v battery can be used as the power source too (but is not necessary). output temps consistently hover around 115F (+/-5). *measured over several hours. great little unit for personal space heating! one important note: the output temps vary much more widely when using 2 power sources. (one for the fan and another for the heating element). for consistent output temps hook both sets of wires to the same solar panel or battery. the fan and heating element interact with each other only when using the same power source. note that these come in 150W size as well. the link to the 100W heater/fan unit is listed below. *UPDATE: i just posted a double size 100w/200W 12V version of this heater! it’s got 2 fans, 2 heater elements is mounted on a stand, has 2 switches for low/high power and it also runs just using solar panel(s) *or 12v battery. here’s the link https://youtu.be/9559yVp9koU
https://www.amazon.com/Fdit-Constant-Temperature-Heating-Element/dp/B07B26KKH7/ref=pd_sbs_201_t_1/146-6724047-7837854?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_i=B07B26KKH7&pd_rd_r=9975eec8-1e00-4005-81cd-1e8764fcb228&pd_rd_w=n0BG3&pd_rd_wg=rfbXZ&pf_rd_p=5cfcfe89-300f-47d2-b1ad-a4e27203a02a&pf_rd_r=ZXR6F6GQ363Y90VMAY70&psc=1&refRID=ZXR6F6GQ363Y90VMAY70
this might be a great unit for truck camping or small teardrop camper in use with a power station in conjunction with some type of thermostat to let it cut on and off at certain temps.
Heya. Ended up getting this ptc heater after watching this video. Do you know if a 12v stc-1000 would run this reliably
Hello iv just got this heater and planing on useing it in my bivvy when night fishing so could you tell me how this would work with 4 12v 7.0amp batterys ???
This is great! I made a bicycle charger. A motor mounted on a bike stand with a large gear for the motor with a chain connecting to a small gear of the back wheel. First I tried a small gear on the motor and large gear at the bike. It produced a lot of voltage under no load. When I hooked up the charger it got very difficult to pedal so I changed the ratio. It works well. This heater is going to be a great addition this winter. Exercise and keep warm all while charging the 12 volt batteries. The solar panels are going to be next. As I can afford them. Thank you from five years in the future.
Enough heat to warm a 200 sq ft greenhouse in 0 to 9f degree winter?
How many btu of heat does it put out?
Excellent job❤❤❤❤
mean while, here in Brasil, we have suffered with high temperatures… yesterday ( _Nov-05-2023_ ) we had the temperature about 42*C. yehehehehe
I want this. How do I do?
can this be ran all day i would like to heat my small garage
You could set this on the dash of your car and the windows would never freeze in the winter.
What’s the smallest panel you can use?
Nice video! What is the current draw for fan alone? Heater alone? The positive lead splits into two wires. Are there two separate heating elements making a low (1 element) and high (2 elements) possible? What is the current draw for each? Variations in fan speed are likely slower when current is being drawn by heating elements-higher when not.
When no sun?
Hi Only recently our boiler stopped working. I want to make a powerpack for this type of car cigarette lighter fan heater. I thought 2 or 4 9 volt batteries connected both in series and in parralel to make 18v would work? What do you think? I plan to use rechargable 9v batteries.
I don’t know if this was asked already. If I wanted to add a battery to this set up what would you recommend.
Can I connect it to a 12 volt car battery
Will this heat up a small room ?
How would you add a 12v battery to charge when there is daylight, and power the heater when it is dark?
That might work nicely for a cat house heater
Will it work with a power station instead.
These 12v are difficult to find. Ive several 120v. Would they not work?
Probably a daft question but could you use a 300w panel to power a 300w heater
Im going build 4 of those. Heat bill is crazy
I would like to see the true amp draw.
Maybe a person could use a generous soapstone brick pile to absorb some of that heat with. Retain it for a while on a cold day. I’m not really interested in heating every room in the house. A place to keep the plants warm enough to survive with boosted temperatures using indirect heat would be ideal.
what kind of battery set up would you need to run it all night?
Was looking for something like this to put in my well house so that during the day it will stay warm an or unfreeze. Perfect solution.
Will it work off a 12 volt battery?
اعتقد ان استخدام سلاسل من الالواح وايصالها الي فولتيه اعلا مثلا١١٠ فولت ومن ثم استخدام سخانات عاديه اضافه لاستخدام ssr في عمليه تنظيم وقطع عند الوصول الي درجه معينه سوف يكون مفيدا تجربتك رائعه
hi sir
am interested in this project, could you share your no.
I want to buy one.
where is the battery?
Thanks for the video. But how did it get to 350 degrees f. And than u ran it for about 4 hours n it stayed at 105?
No MPPT is wasteful.
Didn’t catch what the outside temperature was during your test. Have you tested it in a room where it’s 30°
Surfing YouTube, seen your posting, have a comment: You should try a fish tank heater (adjustable watts) in a old truck radeator with a nice low watt brower motor fan. Just some thoughts.
Hi So I’m a complete novice at this Sola stuff and frankly elec stuff is a bit weird, But seeing your film and the second on I thought I would have a go. 12v 250w sola panel with controller and 4 little fans hoping to use 2 and have 2 in reserve. It turned up and I read the instructions all 2 minuets, connected it all up and Nothing ??? It wanted a battery ? added bat 12v 180 amp full charge, ran 30 seconds and stop start, removed everything connected sola panel to fan and heater nothing removed heater just fan and it runs. Bat connected to fan and heater runs well. The sola panel was producing 20v in the sun BUT ?? Looking into it a bit more 12v – 100w – 8.333 amps so x 2 fans need 20 amps output from sola panel ? am I right or way of. Andy confused in France
Would this work fairly close to plants in. A 10×20 green house that will be insulated. Plants would be about 2′ -3′ away
19 bucks now!!!$
how about hooking it up to a radiant floor mat (winter hot house project) thanks!
Very nice and lovely product ❤️
I’ve had one of these for a long time and spare panels 😂 I’m going to do this😂😂😂
How do you hook it to 2 solar panels if there is only one set of wires for one solar panel?
You could place the heater in a sealed air space to heat a large container of water. You need to think of ways to store the excess heat for later tlwhen the sun goes down
Can I add a 12v thermostat controller to this heater? So I don’t fry my greenhouse
My, my. As i read these comments i think were all in trouble. Thank you for saving me the trouble of attempting to build this from scratch. I have been thinking of this very project for a long time and never acted upon it and its so simple. I will be adding a 12v 10a inline fuse and a rocker swiatch to power on off when needed. This is just about right for my camping rig that im now using a delta2 with 500w of solar. Heat isnt such an issue with me cuz im a polar bear but id like to pick your brain about cheap low wattage cooling in roughly 250 cubic feet. Any ideas are helpful and appreciated tia. Now to read some of your other posts ✌️
do the top wires come with the fan or? How do you hook the solar wires on top to the fan?
What do you recommend for a battery for storage?
Can u hook this up to a out side dog house??? If anyone can answer