12V heater run straight from solar panel
Is there a heater product that can run off the 12V that comes directly off my portable solar panel? This would have to be something that can handle unregulated power that might peak up during bright ...
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DarkSkySeeker wrote:agesilaus wrote:
Even small 120 VAC heaters are 1200 to 1500 watts...
Thanks. Yeah, I was imagining a big resistor with a heat sink around it that would run passively. Perhaps I will find that.
That's what these electric heaters are. Resistor: NiChrome wire coil
Heat Sink: The surrounding air
The problem is that it takes many Joules to heat up that air and get ahead of heat losses thru the walls, air leaks and such. You can't sneak around the Laws of Thermodynamics.
