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@ThisOldTony6 жыл бұрын
this is payback for ultrasonic cutter isn't it. you beat me by 2 days to a wax motor video... I mean what're the odds??! I'm checking my garage for wire taps.
@thiagoennes6 жыл бұрын
first the antikythera mechanism, now this? I would be worried.
@Tyrelwaite6 жыл бұрын
Haha i can hear your voice and intonation as i read this comment
@jakemercer15286 жыл бұрын
Do it anyway!
@EddSjo6 жыл бұрын
This Old Tony as Jake said please do it anyway. 😍
@Joe30pack6 жыл бұрын
You two. I can't tell who's knipping at who's heels...
@bigclivedotcom3 жыл бұрын
Damn! I didn't realise you'd already done the full wax motor exploration and chopping in half. On a plus note that means It was all a nice surprise when I opened mine. (Videos coming up soon.) The technology reminds me of that electrolytic automatic grease unit you took apart. Little energy, lots of force.
@arduinoversusevil20253 жыл бұрын
Hi Clive! Been thinking about you and your weaponized fogging devices. Might I suggest: Qty:1 of used "face covering"; Qty:5 of sterile agar petri dish; Qty:5 of shoddy anti-covid magic doo-dads?
@stanervin61083 жыл бұрын
Now I've watched both. Did ToT ever do his? I can't find it. A nod would be as good as a wink to a blind horse. No. That was an album. I mean link.
@Richardincancale3 жыл бұрын
Big versions of these wax motors also exist to open and close greenhouse vents, passive - just based on the ambient temperature. They could be good for solar panel positioning?
@supporthero49263 жыл бұрын
Also thermostats in a car have a wax motor.
@smiledogjgp6 жыл бұрын
"It grew about 2mm" That one hits a bit too close to home.
@lemuelseale16404 жыл бұрын
Lmaooooo
@blackturbine4 жыл бұрын
Appy ice to the burned area
@nateg58874 жыл бұрын
Sad, so sad.
@simonsonjh5 жыл бұрын
I use similar wax motors to open vents in my greenhouse when the temperature gets too high. Passive; no electricity.
@technicalfool4 жыл бұрын
@Agent J The ones I've seen are about a foot long, look like hydraulic pistons. Operates on the same principle though. Greenhouse heats up, rod pokes at lever, opens the window up.
@GmanInd4 жыл бұрын
I have those also, but haven't received a working one yet. Amzon keeps sending me leaky, greasy boxes where the wax is ran out of the plastic bag and soaked through the box, it is so bad they wrap the printed product box to keep the delivery van from getting greased up. Maybe I should send it in and let the 200 # gorilla reverse engineer it so it don't leak all over.
@alfredmorency82963 жыл бұрын
@@GmanInd I think the key here is "do not use where the temperature exceeds 120 degrees", delivery trucks can get very hot.
@VId_Kok6 жыл бұрын
I am going to use this to push my 32 year old son out of the house, slowly but steady.
@bluenadas6 жыл бұрын
kvid so you'd still have to light an fire under his ass? Lol
@zack99120006 жыл бұрын
You can do the same thing with a baseball bat
@mephInc6 жыл бұрын
I hope that was a joke/sarcasm, otherwise you did a piss poor job of raising your child.
@IrelandVonVicious6 жыл бұрын
No you won't. If you were the type to do anything about it, it would already have happened. He is also well aware of that fact. Fun to dream though.
@rutgerhoutdijk35476 жыл бұрын
don't do it dad
@Nighthawkinlight6 жыл бұрын
Been thinking of the same sort of thing for solar. There's got to be some way to get them to face the sun with passive action. Plants do it.
@lupusk9productions3 жыл бұрын
If anyone can you could! You’re so smart :)
@scroungasworkshop46633 жыл бұрын
Easy, glue the panels onto sun flowers. 😂😂
@FlatlanderGear3 жыл бұрын
This already exists.
@moonrazk3 жыл бұрын
@@pirobot668beta The problem with that is that it'll do nothing on cold, sunny days, it'd only work on specific sun/air temp ranges.
@QuiveryNut3 жыл бұрын
Plants do it because they're alive, though
@nickwashburn7236 жыл бұрын
Wow. Amazing how sane the comments are in here. You guys rock.
@loddude57066 жыл бұрын
Speak for yourself, Earthling . . .
@deusexaethera6 жыл бұрын
"This thing's gonna need some more champagne and caviar to get into her. It's a fancy uptown rig." LMAO
@johnparrish92156 жыл бұрын
I had 3 double Bourbons and this all made so much more sense.
@alexandergrutzner90306 жыл бұрын
Sitting besides my fiances hospital bed, waiting for her to wake up, your videos really lighten my day! Thank you Uncle Bumblefuck!
@texasdeeslinglead24016 жыл бұрын
Alexander Grützner I hope everything is OK .
@alexandergrutzner90306 жыл бұрын
texasdee slinglead Thanks, her situation gets better every day
@bill45a16 жыл бұрын
God bless you both!
@AttilaThebung6 жыл бұрын
Wishing you both the best, brother ❤️
@bradleyford9876 жыл бұрын
Just spent a month in the hospital with my wife. I sat there next to her for days watching KZbin. AvE helped me feel better everyday. I hope that all is well! My wife is home now and getting better. Almost lost her!
@Elodea6 жыл бұрын
So my Cockford Ollie "FU" mug arrived. Took it to work and the boss said he better not see it again! MISSION ACCOMPLISHED!
@BruceNJeffAreMyFlies4 жыл бұрын
What was his problem with it?
@philliplopez87455 жыл бұрын
Your dishwasher detergent door is opened by a wax motor .
@Wingnut3534 жыл бұрын
Technically it could even be actuated by the hot water during the wash...
@whatyoumakeofit66354 жыл бұрын
Ill be damned!!!!! Ive been wondering how that door was signaled too open sinve I was anout 3. In 1983. When i was crawling around watching my mom load the dishwasher. I remember asking people about it when I was young. Most people told me the door jist flipped open when you closed the door on the dishwasher. I knew they were wrong. But, they usually didnt take well too a little kid telli g them they were wrong. So, all these years I've been lost in the land of wonder. Lol Actually i haven't thought about it in many years. At least a couple decades. Nonetheless, you have answered my question and aided in ending my quest. The lesson learned here is to never give up. If you try and dont succeed.....jist shelve it and wait for the answer to get dropped in your lap. Lol.
@dwnrety14 жыл бұрын
Not always. My parents old dishwasher had a small button/lever on top of the detergent door and it simply contacted the top rack so as soon as the main door closed, the detergent door would pop open.
@rotary_13b786 жыл бұрын
Waxuator
@glennvandenberg39126 жыл бұрын
chris mutter brillliant
@plainlogic5 жыл бұрын
Totally underrated comment!
@nicklumbard34316 жыл бұрын
GM used this type of device in early 90's 4wd pickups to engage the front axle. As a result, in the dead of winter when it's 20 below, they had a tendency to let you down lol. Eventually they released a refit kit with an electric solenoid. An early fix for offroaders was to remove the wax hookamadook and attach an old school choke cable into the fork in the axle
@toddlaplanteVT856 жыл бұрын
Damn! 50psi with 2mm?!? I thought I was doing well lifting my shower towel with 2 inches!
@benargee4 жыл бұрын
50psi? Not quite. He only said 50lbs.
@mbrunnme4 жыл бұрын
@@benargee It's way more than 50 PSI, because the plunger that comes out is less than a square inch of area.
@benargee4 жыл бұрын
@@mbrunnme I didn't mean "not quite" in a quantitative manner. I meant it in a true/false sense. Yes, 50lbs at 2mm diameter is way more than 50lbs at 1inch (50psi). That being said, pressure/area is irrelevant to this device's application.
@kaylawuvscookies4 жыл бұрын
@Danger Bear allow me to clarify. P E N I S
@raym96916 жыл бұрын
Smaller ones are most commonly used in dishwashers to open the soap door flap speaking from experiance they get quite warm
@drdremd6 жыл бұрын
Ray M wow. Thanks I have wondered how those worked for years and haven’t had an excuse to take one apart.
@jasonharrison256 жыл бұрын
All the ones I've serviced where just regular electric motors driving a timer contacts and a the door. No fancy wax motor
@TheDuckofDoom.6 жыл бұрын
Smells fishy to me, or its one janky old dishwasher. How is that going to open for the main wash but not in the prewash and along with high temp/heavy duty vs normal temp or china/light wash cycles? A door isn't needed at all in a single stage wash.
@OlaMagnusLie6 жыл бұрын
My old Electrolux had this. I'm pretty sure I still have it laying around in my heap of jun... Uhmmm... In my shop.
@H3xx996 жыл бұрын
Ola Magnus Lie The proper term is Empire of Dirt.
@PapaWheelie16 жыл бұрын
So the angle of the dangle is directly proportional to the heat of the meat?
@cliffburridge6 жыл бұрын
Plus the size of the prize...
@tompreaney6 жыл бұрын
...and the square of hair and the cube of tube
@DJRyder76 жыл бұрын
Factor in the Sag of the Bag
@71dembonesTV6 жыл бұрын
Precisely
@ErroneousClique6 жыл бұрын
One must also not forget the swole of the pole in proportion to the width of the hole.
@crazyguy321006 жыл бұрын
If we knew the volume of paraffin in the cylinder and factored it with the bore X stoke of the actuator piston we get the ratio of expansion. That can be used to make an actuator with a very accurate stoke without the need for hardstops or feedback. Pack an old hydraulic cylinder full of it and with a little trial and error you have an automatic damper for the woodstove at the hunt camp.
@signlsirchir21566 жыл бұрын
10-15 percents says the gargler. Maybe the copper is to speed up the cool down? as the waks has a good thermal storage value.
@TheDuckofDoom.6 жыл бұрын
It would need a pressure relief feature either in the wax chamber or a spring connection in the linkage, as the stroke will continue to grow with temperature beyond the melting point.
@colinmayr52876 жыл бұрын
I reckon things would get awful smokey before your flue was at full chooch!
@glennvandenberg39126 жыл бұрын
Sounds dangerously close to a pipe bomb to me.
@Killermyr6 жыл бұрын
It might be that the system uses flow sensors and a microcontroller to shut off current to the PTC heating element before the actuator overextends.
@spamdump44596 жыл бұрын
Wax actuation? I had a boss who believed in wax actuation. When he felt we were moving too slow he'd take a stick and give a us few wax to actuate us. Oh, wait. That was whacks. Never mind.
@Aschmorr4 жыл бұрын
Oh god, I’m singing smooth actuator in my head, now you are
@bill45a16 жыл бұрын
Happy fathers Day to you AvE, and to all the viewers here on your channel! God bless all of you!
@Frobbe6 жыл бұрын
Hot diggity, i work in the factory what makes those! the production line is amazingly old and modern at the same time!
@jackmcgarey79726 жыл бұрын
Thomas froberg Petersen can you post some video of that line?
@spankeyfish6 жыл бұрын
Do a full _How It's Made_ episode on it!
@Frobbe6 жыл бұрын
spankeyfish haha, sorry man, corporate rules don't allow for that
@daviddroescher6 жыл бұрын
So wats with the Cu in the wax? Is it to accelerate thermal transfer ? Or is it to take up space too tune the length of stroke by displacing expandable materal.
@NeuronalAxon6 жыл бұрын
Thomas froberg Petersen - Ask them - the publicity might do them good! 😀
@HandToolRescue6 жыл бұрын
I see them!
@Evergreen14004 жыл бұрын
Hand Tool Rescue. Lol everyone else pointed them out as well so your fans and AVE fans are 1 in the same. Your work is awesome man keep it up.
@AndyHammer865 жыл бұрын
Some old skookum 4x4 actuators we're just wax actuators! Great vid AvE! They are the best!
@ThePretendgineer6 жыл бұрын
Not much travel on this one. I assume there are much longer stroke versions. (asking for the wife)
@Klokopf526 жыл бұрын
Its going to be too slow to be enjoyable i gues... But there are linear Actuators hat can to 160mm/sec !
@ThePretendgineer6 жыл бұрын
Lukas I think I saw that video on another website.
@crazyguy321006 жыл бұрын
Think ballscrew (that is the technical term). I work on some CNC lathes that will move their axis at 2200mm/s. It is a bit bulky for portability but can't argue with the speed, stroke and precision.
@john-paulsilke8936 жыл бұрын
I recommend a saws-all with the “right” attachment. I saw a video on a channel by accident whilst watching In Range TV.
@microbuilder6 жыл бұрын
Short stroke, but plenty of oomph behind it...as Archimedes said, give me a long enough lever and i'll screw the girl...or something like that
@TheTrashologist4 жыл бұрын
I love the OSHA approved plug there in the old “kill-a-watt”
@randywl89253 жыл бұрын
Haven't thought of wax hands for 55 years. Thanks for bringing back that memory 👍
@technicalfool4 жыл бұрын
Also works pretty well in greenhouses. Greenhouse heats up, thingy pokes out of the wossissname, opens the window right up and stops your tomatoes getting fried. No pixies required.
@sparkyprojects6 жыл бұрын
If you use it for solar, once the panel has turned, the motor will cool down and it will go back, potentially turning the panel back, depending on how you do the mechanism. There are linear actuators that can push 50 pounds, they look like a piston, but have a motor and screw thread, we used them for damper actuators
@TurpInTexas6 жыл бұрын
Well that was certainly interesting. Never heard of such an animal before. I saw a minor issue with the demo, if it needs two watts of input power at 240VAC, if you feed it 120VAC, and assuming it is a resistive load, the actual input power is only half a watt total, not one watt, since when you cut the voltage in half, the current will drop in half too, and as you know, power is voltage times current. So essentially it was only getting one quarter of the normal power it requires to work correctly. I thoroughly enjoy your channel, you have demystified many mysteries of tools, technique and I still have all my fingers as a result. Keep up the great work!
@mckenziekeith74346 жыл бұрын
Yeah. P = V^2/R
@AmateurRedneckWorkshop6 жыл бұрын
Who would have thought that waxing philosophical might could do work.
@marcellucassen80336 жыл бұрын
When you wax on wax off long enough you eventually find a use for it
@donaldasayers6 жыл бұрын
The wax undergoes a phase change once solid as it cools. The last thermal motion to die out as it cools is free rotation of the CH2 units of the n-chain alkane. Whilst they rotate the linear molecule takes up a cylindrical space. As it cools the molecule stops rotation and settles down into a more compact regular zigzag, causing shrinkage after the wax is solid (ish). This is the phase change that causes the greatest change in volume as you heat the wax up and occurs below the melting point. With a almost pure n-chain alkane microcrystalline wax this phase change happens at a quite sharp temperature. If you have a wax with side chains and varying lengths of chain the phase change happens over a wider temperature range, and can thus be tuned to the application.
@JimmysTractor6 жыл бұрын
13:14 so as not to confuse my mom- DOM- drawn over mandrel tubing is not seamless, it is typically more precise and the entire seam weld is removed, but the seam remains. Seamless is made by extruding and is typically higher quality steel and even greater precision. I have personally pulled 3in 18g DOM tubing around a 2D die and it will split if it it not heated to 300F or so along with the seam being in the right place-been 17 years, so I forget where, but seams to be about 90 degrees off. bend)
@JimmysTractor6 жыл бұрын
I should make more comments lime this, but incorrect- so AvE will pin them. Love those pins!
@DrP-jd1jf6 жыл бұрын
Similar technology as a thermostat in an engine coolant loop. Calibrated to stay closed, keeping coolant in a short loop until the engine reaches operating temperature, then open to allow flow through the radiator. Uses the temperature of the coolant to actuate open/closed, which can regulate the coolant temperature, thus keeping the engine in the correct operating temperature range. These devices are so simple, they can outlast the life of the vehicle, as long as internals and seals aren't contaminated/corroded of course.
@numb3r6636 жыл бұрын
spring wore out on my last one.
@greasemonkey14896 жыл бұрын
They last a long time but certainly not outlast the vehicle. They get weak, stuck, or the parafin escapes and the stat does not open at all.
@DrP-jd1jf6 жыл бұрын
Understood, yes they can break/fail, but the operative word is "can", as in can (or could) outlast the life of vehicle. Depends on coolant quality, regular service intervals etc...
@gerhard9776 жыл бұрын
As a proud Dane, seeing Danish company danfoss on your desk lifts my mood.. about 2 mm. 😊 love the vids!
@GospicNT5 жыл бұрын
I love watching your videos, especially on oldschool oddities like this one, because of the new view points that occur from looking at the past equipment
@Nexfero6 жыл бұрын
fascinating technology I had no idea existed; paraffin is non-polar so it cant be microwaved
@halnywiatr6 жыл бұрын
time for a race between paraffin and bi-metallic strip.
@williamwazere6 жыл бұрын
I'm seeing Opinel knives everywhere these days. Great simple folders
@akchawk12014 жыл бұрын
These are pretty common in aerospace too! Emphasis on the space. They're used a lot for one-time actuators on satellites, usually as part of deployment, say for popping the latch on a protective door or cover
@jameshall43856 жыл бұрын
Good video. A little anticlimactic. Like she said, I thought it would get bigger. It must be cold in the empire of dirt.
@robotuser4206 жыл бұрын
James Hall well you know, she says it's only 6 inches but smells more like a foot ;).
@ucrash26 жыл бұрын
lol!
@JimHausch6 жыл бұрын
Jamie Bowman fark, that’s funny...
@ToTheTopCrane6 жыл бұрын
DOM---Drawn Over Mandrel
@sseibonnevilleman6 жыл бұрын
To The Top Crane isn’t DOM the same as CREW but with one more step? The drawn over the mandrel part?
@ILikeSongs55 жыл бұрын
thats solar panel idea is brilliant dude one of the smartest things i have ever heard
@BrokenRRT6 жыл бұрын
Thanks for making these videos! Even when it's something I'm familiar with I still often learn a bit from you and always from the comments. I'm laying here on my back recovering from a cornea transplant in my right eye. The laying flat for 3 days straight is miserable and to make it worse it's away from home in a hotel. My brilliant wife cobbled up an arm clamped to a lamp next to bed that's elevating the iPad above me so I can lay flat and be entertained by folks like you at the same time.
@golfman92906 жыл бұрын
Danfoss, pretty good central heating circulation pumps, and fridge compressors.
@billmoran38124 жыл бұрын
“ ahh the little nub came out” LMAO!
@DoctorMangler3 жыл бұрын
I know this is an older video, but I recently installed a system using these. They threw me for a loop because I was expecting end switches like you'd find on a motorized valve actuator for hydronic heating. We had a problem, which wasn't a problem.... we were testing zones and expecting actuation within just a few seconds, 5 at most, allowing the hot water through and letting know everything was working. So after the zone didn't work for 15 seconds, we tried the next, and so on. Finally I remembered this video that I had seen when you made it and I began to suspect our valves might be this type, they were very compact and they only had two wires, but being some expensive high end brand, I didn't smack it with the pipe wrench to see what was inside. So long short.. Tested them again but we gave them time to warm up, and magically it actuated and let the water through. Really neat little valves, they work with normal motor controllers too and I think they'll outlast motor valves, maybe.... I've seen some motorized valves that are 50 years old and still working fine. After we got the system working I read the manual and it said they need about 30 seconds to warm up from the first use, 15 seconds avg after that. Thanks for the video, the customer was an engineer and he was a little bit impressed when I figured out what the valves were so quickly. You made me look great on that job!
6 жыл бұрын
I like the way you inserted wires into outlet, what matters is, if it works it fits.
@Miftr66 жыл бұрын
From watching this, it makes me think of an automotive thermostat. Same principle as it at least
@kylegoldston6 жыл бұрын
That's the opposite, viscus couplings get thicker as they're heated up.
@AuMechanic6 жыл бұрын
Yeah waxstat thermostat.
@sithonsithon10126 жыл бұрын
He mentions that in the video.
@john-paulsilke8936 жыл бұрын
A similar process is used for leveling apartment buildings using thick steel tubes filled with water. The water is frozen and expands with earth moving pressure that is inevitable as gravity but much much greater. (About 10 to the 23rd more power comes to mind but certainly an insane amount more in any case).
@signlsirchir21566 жыл бұрын
older Hondas also used them to control cold idle speed.
@AmaroqStarwind4 жыл бұрын
0:52 To me, it looks more like a lint roller, like what you'd use after your dog sleeps on the couch.
@KK198256 жыл бұрын
That's actually one of the most brilliant inventions I've come across. Think about it, an actuator with essentially zero moving parts! These are very common actuators for central heating system valves over here in nordic countries.
@mike0rr6 жыл бұрын
AvE it's been a few months since I peeped ya, but you are honestly one of the best channels to expand my mind into how things work. So thank you for that
@MrRedFox13Photography6 жыл бұрын
its like opening a dyson vacuum and getting a lg motor
@Northstar46536 жыл бұрын
Didn't you get yelled at for going out to play with your Sunday School shirt on . LOL
@atmikes16 жыл бұрын
VW used this Wax actuator technique (late 80's) in their petrol engines to actuate the choke valve on the carburetors, heating up the motor changes the wax to fluid state and turning the choke valve open, when the motor cools, the wax returns to solid state, closing the choke valve. First attempts at creating an automated choke on petrol engines, worked fine as long as the fluid wax didn't leak out :-) Keep your wax in a clamp!
@363.2McMasters3 жыл бұрын
Would cost tens of thousands, to have someone with your intelligence, at a college to learn the things you teach. Thank you, and this is far more entertaining.
@AKATEATime6 жыл бұрын
How 'bout the stamina? Are there any dangers if it lasts more than 4 hours?
@jakethepeasant6 жыл бұрын
They used to have these on some old SU carburettors, as the engine warmed up a little wax valve on the jet would lean the mixture off and when it was cold it would run a little richer. Nice idea in principle although in reality once they got a little older they caused more issues than they solved and could be replaced by a small stack of 1p coins.
@JamesNewton4 жыл бұрын
Did the 1p coins still expand and contract? Maybe the copper in there is also doing part of the work?
@rhapsoblu6 жыл бұрын
I remember as a kid building a robot that tracked light. It had three wheels, two of which were hooked up to independent motors. A photodiode is place on either side and controls the motor of the opposite wheel. I've always been blown away at the simplicity of that control system.
@mausball6 жыл бұрын
Honda used the same kinda tech on their idle air control valves for decades. Coolant took the place of that 2W heater, and it was also motivated by a PWMable solenoid. The idea was that wax would allow a small amount of air to bypass the throttle plate when the engine was cold. Once the engine warmed up and entered closed loop ECU control, the solenoid took over as the wax closed the orifice by the amount it was formerly open when cold. A devilishly simple solution to a complex problem of cold start idle.
@tommfuller6 жыл бұрын
These are usually what delays the washing machine door opening after the power goes off.
@chickenlips86966 жыл бұрын
But what about attaching a bunch of small solar panels to a field of sunflowers? Now that's green energy.
@chickenlips86966 жыл бұрын
Cholula Hot Sauce better yet how about we genetically modify sunflowers to be solar panels. I'm pretty sure uncle bumblefuck has a gene lab somewhere in the shop.
@chickenlips86966 жыл бұрын
Cholula Hot Sauce damn! Your right.
@myselfremade6 жыл бұрын
I think you'll find if you look closely enough that plants are solar panels already
@kistuszek6 жыл бұрын
And batteries!
@greglost28414 жыл бұрын
Thank you for your videos I've learned so much watching them just because you make things so simple
@codybeckett52946 жыл бұрын
Love the hand tool rescue adj. wrenches! Hopefully I can get mine soon too
@ericgirard17456 жыл бұрын
Also used in aerospace, replacing explosive actuators, boom!
@DoRC6 жыл бұрын
Same way a thermostat in a car works.
@kendigjl6 жыл бұрын
One of the more interesting videos I've seen in the last 15 minutes or so...
@Oldtanktapper3 жыл бұрын
Nice to see the Opinel knife on the bench, I’ve been using them for over 30 years.
@primate_06 жыл бұрын
Well, guess it's not bedtime yet.
@Blazer02LS6 жыл бұрын
GM used wax actuators for the front axle on the full sized 4X4 trucks. They move the front axle locking collar.
@PervertedThang6 жыл бұрын
Blazer02LS Beat me to it.
@levicoates28146 жыл бұрын
The simplicity of it is amazing for what it can and will do
@hootinouts2 жыл бұрын
I learned about wax motors about ten years ago when I was repairing my dishwashing machine. The wax motor was what actuated the pawl that holds the soap dispenser door closed until the cycle reaches a certain point. I remember reading "wax motor" and saying what they hell is that. So I looked it up on the internet and learned about them. Pretty damned neat, I must say. I spent many years as a machine designer and often used pneumatic (mostly Bimba) and hydraulic cylinders as actuators before I ever heard of wax motors. These must be used mostly in appliances. I believe the copper device you see in automotive engine thermostats are wax motors. I may have I even kept the old wax motor I replaced in the dish washer. It wasn't even the wax motor that was bad; it was a small silicone rubber bellows that sealed around the pawl that extended into the inside of the machine. It developed a tear and was allowing water to leak out the door. I went to the appliance parts store in town and the guy told me they didn't sell just that rubber seal; I'd have to buy the entire soap dish/wax motor assembly.
@jakester1426 жыл бұрын
Honda uses something similar on there cbr1000rr that's holds a high idle until engine is warm
@Shaun.Stephens6 жыл бұрын
I have an 1985 Honda car that does the same thing using manifold vacuum controlled by a parafin switch.
@OttawaOldFart6 жыл бұрын
You like these I hate them. I worked in a modern school and they used these to control radiators in individuals classrooms. They also used normally closed valves. Here is the problem these were made of plastic and they failed because on a normally closed valve they are on all winter and the plastic cooks and fails closing the valve and freezing the room. Good idea badly engineered.
@treaps6 жыл бұрын
plastic almost always a pain right in the ass when you wanted something serviceable
@dienaesse75495 жыл бұрын
Be assured, there are different qualities of them on this world. Some of these actuators work for more than 20 years now. Adjustable radiator thermostats work on the same principle.
@waynegrindstaff60464 жыл бұрын
Well said Daniel, I was a steamfitter for 30 years and made a lot of overtime in office buildings installing replacements.
@mikeobryan83684 жыл бұрын
The old metal danfoss model was quie unreliable as well. Ran into a lot of them that had wax leaking out and wouldn't open.
@clymanhamilton6 жыл бұрын
Others have mentioned that they are used to actuate door locks on front loading washing machines. The one on my electrolux went bad after 5 years. Thanks for the video, I have wondered how these things work.
@mikebroadley73096 жыл бұрын
I saw wax cylinders to open green house vents. Handy little rigs! Told them they would want to disconnect them before the cold sets in. No need to worry, its just wax they said. Fall came around and they had 12 macaroni cylinders great for nothing! Great thought on moving a solar panel, beats trying to use a rain barrel and controlling flow actuated movement.
@Bushougoma6 жыл бұрын
Some dishwashers still use a wax motor to open the detergent cup and steam exhaust vent.
@brianhilligoss6 жыл бұрын
Bushougoma what you talking about? my wife doesn’t have a detergent cup built in.
@jeffspaulding98346 жыл бұрын
Mine has steam coming out of her vent every time I forget to put my clothes in the hamper.
@2330shawn6 жыл бұрын
Appliances use wax motors a lot. Take a dish washer for example, the soap container usually has a wax motor actuating the door open. That or a lever system. But they are everywhere.
@heyallenify6 жыл бұрын
Front load clothes washing machines seem to like using them for the door lock as well. I helped a friend repair the control board after the wax pellet heater shorted and fried the transistor driving it, in their Whirlpool Duet a few years back.
@kefeer1236 жыл бұрын
Ah, that explains why they won't come open when you are in a hurry.
@danielthechskid6 жыл бұрын
hey_allen The original Maytag Neptune washer with a mechanical timer models MAH3000, MAH4000, and MAH5500A all have the same issue, wax motor shorts and takes out the triac. Starting with the LED control MAH5500B they switched to a 2 winding push/pull solenoid that doesn't fail.
@brianhilligoss6 жыл бұрын
Oh that’s why I have to warm up my wife before the weekly poking begins.
@nickdelorme56576 жыл бұрын
It's for a normally closed valve .. thank you for showing me this. I install these quiet offten
@GuyWithBeardedLizard5 жыл бұрын
Making me laugh with every video and amazing me with your knowledge of all silly things like, specific heat capacity, the polar nature of water and so on. Keep entertaining! I'm looking forward to it.
@jonathanryals99346 жыл бұрын
Awesome! I love seeing the weird motors! I'm wondering if you scale the thing up, if you will have the problem of needing to scale up the paraffin resovior to a point where it requires incredibly thick walls to redirect the force to the actuator. I guess the force will go out the hole as long as it is easier than bursting the resovior, with the upper force limit being somewhere around whatever it would take to expand the resovior walls... (as long as that is less than the force that could recompress the molten paraffin)
@IdealGrain6 жыл бұрын
Hmm... I’m interested in whatever Ridgid tool you’re about to tear down...
@IdealGrain6 жыл бұрын
you donky Those are Ridgid (or AEG) batteries in the box on his bench.
@wildernessshouter6 жыл бұрын
I always love your colorful commentary
@metalman-ox5eb4 жыл бұрын
Now that's an experiment I'd like to see!
@JUANKERR20006 жыл бұрын
"Wax motors" also found use in car cooling systems to regulate the flow of water between the engine and 'radiator'.
@ZippoX056 жыл бұрын
Yea, I totally made a mold of my "finger"
@daviddroescher6 жыл бұрын
Ano thats what you told the teacher before you got suspended for indecent exposure.
@Fireship16 жыл бұрын
Used for years in hydronic heating systems as a zone control. Old tech, but quite reliable and trouble free.
@justinoff12 жыл бұрын
Without question this is the best channel on KZbin!!!
@AerodynamicBrick6 жыл бұрын
Am I the only one who was watching the opinel instead of the motor in the beginning of the video?
@digital_harry6 жыл бұрын
I was wndering about it.
@acekrash16 жыл бұрын
The copper content could be used for doping the reaction times, since copper has insane heat retention
@yoshyoka6 жыл бұрын
Came over from Real Engineering: your channel is awesome!
@barabolak6 жыл бұрын
I'm not done watching this, but I think IT MOVED!
@JBAutomotive7946 жыл бұрын
early electric 4wd actuators used to use this tech. hit the switch and wait 3 mins!
@thomasstrickland06 жыл бұрын
James Bradley everyone I’ve seen have been vacuum or electronically controlled.
@jsomething26 жыл бұрын
96 tahoe has it.. it fails mostly and gets replaced with a aftermarket normal style
@stapelmanman6 жыл бұрын
I got a 89 Silverado with a wax actuator. When I first got it I thought the 4x4 was broke, until I learned I had to wait 10 to 15 seconds for the actuator to heat up the wax.
@ledwyn6 жыл бұрын
GM used them alot on the early 90's front differentials on their 4x4's. In Canukistan, during the frigid cold months. It would take FOREVER ( and quite often it would fail) to engage the 4x4. Was many a aftermarket system put in to fix that problem.
@russdavis19606 жыл бұрын
Yup, as i was watching the vid I was thinking, HEY GM tried using those back on at least the 88-98 front differentials for the 4X4. What a pain, 'specially when you need or use 4X4 mostly in the....um...what's that season called again...OH, WINTER!! Dumbassery at it's finest.
@benediktkohler286 жыл бұрын
dont use sun tracking, it will get you about 20% more energy, but a looooot of problems, just get 20% more panels, same effect, no problems ever!
@RobertSzasz5 жыл бұрын
That's the average. If you need power at the beginning or end of the day, you need tracking.
@millibilli70586 жыл бұрын
you are one of the funniest fellows i have ever seen. some of the stuff you say is ABSOLUTELY PRICELESS! your obviously well educated but you do a real fine job of being a normal guy.
@GustavTang6 жыл бұрын
The way Danfoss makes their thermostats is amazing! They shoot a steel ball into a hole, with so fine tolerance it welds itself and the hole shut.
@chadpendt28636 жыл бұрын
A more sophisticated automotive engine thermostat. Huh. Well i guess... Edit. 5:50 mark. Yeah exactly.
@brandonstews2386 жыл бұрын
Chad Pendt 👍
@xang726 жыл бұрын
Its DANISH ... And we all have them controlling our in floor heating system.
@andersjakobsen99063 жыл бұрын
You have some really good ideas my friend. But this is one of the best I've seen 😘 My head is spinning 😁
@BB-nn9en6 жыл бұрын
Good ideas. Honeywell makes a very high force thermostatic mixing valve actuator. The one I'm thinking of is reliable for decades. No power needed.