My new Hose Demustifier

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My new Hose Demustifier

Post by -tim » Mon Sep 10, 2012 8:07 am

I'm building a blower to dry out my hose.

This is it almost assembled:
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Here are the parts:
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It even has a filter. I can use a good filter or even a tissue:
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Its made from a Sisema Klip ot Breakfast to go container.

So far the costs are $20 for the fan, $5 for the container, $5 for the O2 injector port $5 for the switch and power connector. This fan runs off 12V so I'll just grab a plug pack that is in my box of unloved transformers. The fan should have been much cheaper but it was in the shop I was at.

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Re: My new Hose Demustifier

Post by emeraude » Mon Sep 10, 2012 8:11 am

Nice one Tim! Patent pending...?

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Re: My new Hose Demustifier

Post by chunkyfrog » Mon Sep 10, 2012 9:17 am

Hubby did this with a salvage computer fan and a cut down sport drink bottle.
(some will fit right on the hose) I'd be using it now, but he got distracted. . .

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Re: My new Hose Demustifier

Post by -tim » Mon Sep 10, 2012 9:24 am

I'm guessing someone already has patented a blower in a box.

The thing even works as a cpap machine... if your max pressure is 0.25.

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Re: My new Hose Demustifier

Post by Conrad » Mon Sep 10, 2012 9:25 am

Well done Tim
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Re: My new Hose Demustifier

Post by n0hardmask » Mon Sep 10, 2012 9:29 am

Intriguing idea; what's your choice of 12VDC supply? I gather your connectors are bayonet plugs?

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Re: My new Hose Demustifier

Post by Sheriff Buford » Mon Sep 10, 2012 9:32 am

chunkyfrog wrote:Hubby did this with a salvage computer fan and a cut down sport drink bottle.
(some will fit right on the hose) I'd be using it now, but he got distracted. . .
I have many... many of those projects. They are sitting somewhere, and I can't seem to find them!!

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Re: My new Hose Demustifier

Post by -tim » Mon Sep 10, 2012 10:03 am

n0hardmask wrote:Intriguing idea; what's your choice of 12VDC supply? I gather your connectors are bayonet plugs?
I was at the parts store and bought a jack that would fit in a round hole and a matching plug. If I don't find something that fits, I'll put the new end on an old transformer. Work is now using some very high efficiency switching supplies that come with a whole bunch of different ends. The fan takes about a watt so 100 ma or more will work fine at 12V.

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Re: My new Hose Demustifier

Post by Sir NoddinOff » Mon Sep 10, 2012 11:04 am

Interesting thread. I've got a bunch of those fans and parts sitting around. Maybe I'll give it a try.

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Re: My new Hose Demustifier

Post by cosmo » Thu Jan 10, 2013 8:36 am

Whats the drying time on this?