the spawning of inventions - fan ash tray

[Bastage]

I like gadgets. I like taking stuff apart and building new stuff out of it. I think it's a disease I've had since birth . One thing I noticed since building the USB powered 901 is that I like to sit around and take short puffs, more frequently and drip directly. Dripping (at least for me) seems to heat up the atomizer a little more than using carts, and with the USB there's always full power to the atomizer...so it runs pretty warm while I'm using it. I took an old nick and johnny snus box and cut a hole at the bottom of it. Took an old ethernet switch apart and took one of the 1 inch cooling fans off of it and connected the fan to a ipaq handheld PC power adapter...so now I have an ecig atomizer cooling "ash tray" that runs really quiet. I set it down onto the ashtray between uses and the fan blows upwards cooling the atomizer to below room temperature within 10 seconds. Much like the USB cable mod, it's not pretty but gets the job done. I'm lazy right now but I'll post up some pics later. Just thought I'd share. This may help extend the life of my atomizers. It may not... but keeping it cool while you're using it can't possibly hurt. The atomizer I'm using now I've been using for about 2 1/2 weeks and it'll fill a room with vapor. I don't want it to die! lol

 

[scyllabub]

I'm lazy right now but I'll post up some pics later.

Not good enough, I need step-by-step pics so you'll have to do it all again - it sound like just what I need

(Well done, by the way.)

scyllabub

 

[novo]

Quick advise to you Bastage: next time you get the idea to do something, just document it as you do. You'll save yourself a lot of work

PS. I'm planning to do the USB mod too And for the cooling of the atomizer, I have the same problem. I'm a lazy person and that's what I came out with:

It's works more then well

 

[Bastage]

Not good enough, I need step-by-step pics so you'll have to do it all again - it sound like just what I need

(Well done, by the way.)

scyllabub

haha, good luck I'm not doing it again! it's really simple though.

 

[Alper]

I set it down onto the ashtray between uses and the fan blows upwards cooling the atomizer to below room temperature within 10 seconds.

This isn't possible. You can't cool something down to below room temp when your using the same air.

 

[Bastage]

This isn't possible. You can't cool something down to below room temp when your using the same air.

Sure you can. It's a fan blowing 1/2 an inch away from a metal atomizer. Sit in a room with a fan blasting 1/2 inch away from your face at full speed then turn the fan off and tell me you dont feel a difference in temperature.

 

[edisme518123]

Wouldn't it be easier to just set it on top of an ice pack or something?

 

[Bastage]

Wouldn't it be easier to just set it on top of an ice pack or something?

I guess you could... but that's not a very good idea.

 

[tribalmasters]

You used your iPaq charger to do that!? Damn how you gonna charge it up now!?!? I thought about attaching a heatsink to my 901 and using convection to cool it down but then I thought the 901 kinda needs to actually warm up to do its job hehehe

 

[tribalmasters]

Ohh and think of that poor ethernet switch!!

 

[Bastage]

haha Tribal...I used to work for HP so I have a bunch of ipaq adapters and switches. This is all extra stuff, not parting out anything I use. I took an old DVD player apart for my second USB cable build and scored some good cable and 12 buttons perfect for the ecig.

 

[Alper]

Sure you can. It's a fan blowing 1/2 an inch away from a metal atomizer. Sit in a room with a fan blasting 1/2 inch away from your face at full speed then turn the fan off and tell me you dont feel a difference in temperature.

mate its not possible. lets say the air is at 25degrees for arguments sake. if your blowing air that is 25degrees its not going to make something cooler. its physically not possible.

the only reason it feels cooler is because of air turbulence. You can't cool something to below air temp with a desk fan (which uses air temp)

 

[edisme518123]

mate its not possible. lets say the air is at 25degrees for arguments sake. if your blowing air that is 25degrees its not going to make something cooler. its physically not possible.

the only reason it feels cooler is because of air turbulence. You can't cool something to below air temp with a desk fan (which uses air temp)

Once Bastage realizes this I'm sure a water-cooled unit will be on the way.

 

[Bastage]

mate its not possible. lets say the air is at 25degrees for arguments sake. if your blowing air that is 25degrees its not going to make something cooler. its physically not possible.

the only reason it feels cooler is because of air turbulence. You can't cool something to below air temp with a desk fan (which uses air temp)

Circulating air across a surface lowers its temperature much quicker than idle air. When you pick it up from the fan it is slightly cooler than an atomizer sitting at room temperature because of the circulation over the metal surface. Don't make me out to be an idiot, I understand how a fan works.

 

[edisme518123]

Circulating air across a surface lowers its temperature much quicker than idle air. When you pick it up from the fan it is slightly cooler than an atomizer sitting at room temperature because of the circulation over the metal surface. Don't make me out to be an idiot, I understand how a fan works.

This is true... when you have a fan circulating air over a surface is does cool the surface faster than the surface would cool if it were merely sitting, but it will not cool it past room temperature. People feel cooler in a room with better circulation due to the respiration that occurs on the surface of our skins. The circulating air makes it easier for our bodies to remove waste heat, therefore causing us to feel cooler. Unfortunately, inanimate objects are not subject to the same effect. You could, in effect, lower the temperature of the surface considerably below room temperature simply by passing the air through a cooler medium.

 

[Grenage]

You cannot cool an object below the ambient temperature with a normal fan (some exceptions, but none apply here), but that doesn't stop the fan tray being a funky gadget.

Bastage, have you found that atomisers last longer when cooled? I had wondered whether rapid cooling would in reduce the life of them.

 

[tribalmasters]

Wow you worked for HP!?!? I still have their iPaq HX4700 and love it! I flashed to Unofficial WM6 ROM and its wonderful for listening to music on the Internet radio and looking at pictures! I also have one of them iPaq 3650 but its battery is no good and it can't do much with its old ROM

On the subject of ecig cooling devices tho, I think I need one for the cigar, just got coffee flavour and its my favourite flavour yet, can't stop vaping it!!

--EDIT--
Ohh forgot to say that fans just move air from one place to another quicker. So it moves the hot air away from the ecig quicker and bringing its temperature down to that of the room quicker! I don't understand the technical stuff behind it tho!!

 

[Bastage]

You cannot cool an object below the ambient temperature with a normal fan (some exceptions, but none apply here), but that doesn't stop the fan tray being a funky gadget.

Bastage, have you found that atomisers last longer when cooled? I had wondered whether rapid cooling would in reduce the life of them.

Not sure if they last longer, but it seems it would be less stress on the atomizer and would maybe reduce the chances of it burning up. I've been using the same atomizer for over 3 weeks now, the first week wasn't using a cooler and the other two I was. Hard to say. I think one of the best benefits is it gets a chance to cool down completely every time you set it down, as opposed to it constantly getting hotter as you use it.

 

[Grenage]

Be sure to let us know if you notice a difference in the long run

 

[Alper]

Circulating air across a surface lowers its temperature much quicker than idle air. When you pick it up from the fan it is slightly cooler than an atomizer sitting at room temperature because of the circulation over the metal surface. Don't make me out to be an idiot, I understand how a fan works.

don't get defensive mate. it will definitely cool down quicker but it will not go below room temperature as you claimed in your first post.