Egzoset
Vaporist of Borg
Salutations,
My activity here been limited to just a few dedicated threads since i created my account (2010-Oct-21), those 3 have survived 14 years later:
One of my early newbie opinions was that we should focus on the best legacies on our sub-culture and accept to only rely on commercially-available 3rd-party ready-to-use products instead of engaging into some steep learning curve pretending to become NASA-grade electronics engineers overnight in semi-DiY scenarios...
So at the time my most ambitious proposal has been to hack an IH Cooker by exploiting its signal plug(s), e.g. while dealing with auto-shutdown in case no suitable workload were detected - via a connector similar to this exactly:
A couple years later my butane-based consumption method would still require over 10 seconds of pre-heating, which exceeded such no-workload window though i had an alternative in mind:
Possibly some disc-shaped device fitting into a stealthy CD-ROM box, or even a glass/ceramic adapter for my Curie effect fry pan, rated T<250 °C (485 °F):
Its cannabic bowl (not shown) would sit above the central collector hole with fresh air being heated to a thermo-static temperature while on the way from 3 side inlets toward that common converging point.
None of those ideas found acceptance when presented on FuckCombustion, quite on the contrary. The failed Loto Labs venture gave another blow to Induction Heat vaporism and i ain't felt more lucky supporting dental wax IH Driver experiments... More years passed then the european device got replace with a cheap asian clone pushed by fanboys of the dynaverse who eventually chose that same hair-pulling agravation i advised against in 2010; as a matter of fact 2 manufacturers recently served warnings to their customer base, one asking NOT to insert their star product inside the company's IH Driver or it would risk getting « BRICKED », the other simply instructing users to activate 1st and drop-in next (never the other way around)! In short the over-simplistic opinion that « it works » finally failed the test of time.
Meanwhile the "community" couldn't avoid getting distracted from our main objective, forgetting that function decides of shape as a result of universal forces applying to the physical universe, for example:
This, my dear cannabis enthousiasts, this is our common goal and the Saint-Gräal will belong to those who find a consumption method & ritual allowing to safely transfer dame Nature's noble molecules into our blood stream. Better yet, we must also insist that it's kept accessible to the masses including persons with a modest revenue, on top of vision-impaired/blind and 1-hand individuals, etc. Which means torching is too dangerous or just repulsive to a significant part of that community, and hence this leaves us with IH Drivers as those are equally powerful in addition to promissing medical-grade applications that require precise dosing concepts, etc., etc.
The challenge never depended on 1 single infividual alone! No matter what, there was going to be other people sharing compatible perspectives, this YouTube member in particular:
He's hacking his IH Cooker by re-shaping its workcoil directly, which i still find significantly involving for the average semi-DiY hobbyists. By chance here's another fine YT sample confirming that function sets shape and this actually reflects in converging visions if one is patient enough:
Don't even dare open that thing at all! It's dangerous to play with high voltage and we may have some much safer options anyway, this one in particular:
Considering the astronomical cost of specialized stoner IH Drivers why not get a pair of low-cost IH Drivers (on sale) and cannibalize the 2nd unit to refurbish its ferrite-loaded workcoil?? The electronics can be stored to later serve as spare parts when the 1st device finally dies, after its warranty period is over...
To me there never was a real urge to even attempt to contemplate electronics design and then end up having to chase « ghosts in the machine »! Perhaps the number of turns ain't optimal and/or its ferrite flux-concentrators would become excessive since there's the same inside the working IH Cooktop, and/or we better use a copper tube as illustrated above, etc.
In any case i can't imagine myself spending hundreds of dollars on a solution based on FuckCombustion-born reputations when much simpler alternatives are worth my attention, though what bothers me most is that i couldn't see it so clearly in 2010. Better late than never...
Good day, have fun!!
My activity here been limited to just a few dedicated threads since i created my account (2010-Oct-21), those 3 have survived 14 years later:
Semi-DiY Pulse-Heating transformation (based on VaporGenie Classic/Bronze Sherlock) [2019-May-19]
FogBong! (2024-Sep-17)
Inhalation devices - the antique, vintage, obsolete. Stuff guaranteed not to be currently sold in stores and more... (2024-Dec-6)
One of my early newbie opinions was that we should focus on the best legacies on our sub-culture and accept to only rely on commercially-available 3rd-party ready-to-use products instead of engaging into some steep learning curve pretending to become NASA-grade electronics engineers overnight in semi-DiY scenarios...
So at the time my most ambitious proposal has been to hack an IH Cooker by exploiting its signal plug(s), e.g. while dealing with auto-shutdown in case no suitable workload were detected - via a connector similar to this exactly:
A couple years later my butane-based consumption method would still require over 10 seconds of pre-heating, which exceeded such no-workload window though i had an alternative in mind:
Possibly some disc-shaped device fitting into a stealthy CD-ROM box, or even a glass/ceramic adapter for my Curie effect fry pan, rated T<250 °C (485 °F):
Its cannabic bowl (not shown) would sit above the central collector hole with fresh air being heated to a thermo-static temperature while on the way from 3 side inlets toward that common converging point.
None of those ideas found acceptance when presented on FuckCombustion, quite on the contrary. The failed Loto Labs venture gave another blow to Induction Heat vaporism and i ain't felt more lucky supporting dental wax IH Driver experiments... More years passed then the european device got replace with a cheap asian clone pushed by fanboys of the dynaverse who eventually chose that same hair-pulling agravation i advised against in 2010; as a matter of fact 2 manufacturers recently served warnings to their customer base, one asking NOT to insert their star product inside the company's IH Driver or it would risk getting « BRICKED », the other simply instructing users to activate 1st and drop-in next (never the other way around)! In short the over-simplistic opinion that « it works » finally failed the test of time.
Meanwhile the "community" couldn't avoid getting distracted from our main objective, forgetting that function decides of shape as a result of universal forces applying to the physical universe, for example:
This, my dear cannabis enthousiasts, this is our common goal and the Saint-Gräal will belong to those who find a consumption method & ritual allowing to safely transfer dame Nature's noble molecules into our blood stream. Better yet, we must also insist that it's kept accessible to the masses including persons with a modest revenue, on top of vision-impaired/blind and 1-hand individuals, etc. Which means torching is too dangerous or just repulsive to a significant part of that community, and hence this leaves us with IH Drivers as those are equally powerful in addition to promissing medical-grade applications that require precise dosing concepts, etc., etc.
The challenge never depended on 1 single infividual alone! No matter what, there was going to be other people sharing compatible perspectives, this YouTube member in particular:
How to make 2kW induction heater from old induction cooker great idea DIY induction heater (2022-Jul-15)
He's hacking his IH Cooker by re-shaping its workcoil directly, which i still find significantly involving for the average semi-DiY hobbyists. By chance here's another fine YT sample confirming that function sets shape and this actually reflects in converging visions if one is patient enough:
How to make 2kW induction heater from old induction cooker. Great idea DIY induction heater (2021-Nov-27)
Don't even dare open that thing at all! It's dangerous to play with high voltage and we may have some much safer options anyway, this one in particular:
Considering the astronomical cost of specialized stoner IH Drivers why not get a pair of low-cost IH Drivers (on sale) and cannibalize the 2nd unit to refurbish its ferrite-loaded workcoil?? The electronics can be stored to later serve as spare parts when the 1st device finally dies, after its warranty period is over...
To me there never was a real urge to even attempt to contemplate electronics design and then end up having to chase « ghosts in the machine »! Perhaps the number of turns ain't optimal and/or its ferrite flux-concentrators would become excessive since there's the same inside the working IH Cooktop, and/or we better use a copper tube as illustrated above, etc.
In any case i can't imagine myself spending hundreds of dollars on a solution based on FuckCombustion-born reputations when much simpler alternatives are worth my attention, though what bothers me most is that i couldn't see it so clearly in 2010. Better late than never...
Good day, have fun!!
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