Stirling Engine powered box fan

I have built a few stirling engines and decided to convert a 20" box fan to stirling power. After my wife got upset that I destroyed her box fan, I deconstructed it and fixed it back to original. But before I did that, I got some video of the fan running on Stirling power. Here it is running on 2 Tea candles. Running on 3 Tea candles makes it run about 30% faster and then has enough speed for a usable fan. The only noise made is the connecting rod wrapped around the crank on the fan/flywheel which is left loose for minimal friction. With a little more time, that loose play can be eliminated making it almost completely silent. Then you only hear a faint weezing as the air is forced in and out of the power piston cylinder.

Category:

Entertainment

Tags:

• Stirling
• Engine
• Motor
• LTD
• Fan

[FoZZy1300]

This is cool! I always thought it would be fun to rig a stirling engine running on burning wood to move a fan to push more oxygen into the flame, to make more heat, to make the fan move faster, which would make more heat, etc. etc., thus making an efficient cycle until you run out of wood.. Don't attack me World, I'm sure there's tons of science saying it's inefficient, but I think it would be cool..

[aarongriffin81]

@FoZZy1300 I agree, can't a person dream? I just enjoy building things that entertain and are fun to watch it run.

[aarongriffin81]

nathan82206 ,I think it was philtripe that disliked the video. I have fun building these pointless engines then I trash it or take it apart and build another one. Some ppl like to search for ppl like myself on youtube, watch my videos then comment about how pointless it is. I only post the videos because it was because of others posting their videos that made me want to build my own!

[aarongriffin81]

@philtripe I wasn't trying to improve a fan made in the 21st century by powering it with 19th century technology, kid. You should ask your teacher at school how these engines work, or your baby sitter. They dont run on flaming dollar bills or have a slot for 5 cent coins for electricity. What do you mean 5 cents of electricity? for a year? a month? Do you even know how electricity usage is rated? If you dont like stirling engine videos then dont watch them.

[xoxoXoieoxox]

@aarongriffin81 i know right =3-

[xoxoXoieoxox]

@aarongriffin81 i second that but i like to make thing tht do work for me like i needed a light mover (dont ask u alredy know) MAN THOSE ARE EXPENSIVE so i made one ive been using it for i little under a year and i have only had matenece it twice hell some one had to make it first right so y cant i lol =3-

[SpeedContestant]

@FoZZy1300 thats exactly what a supercharger does on a car

[thomasstunts]

i built one of these and blew my neighbors house down

[sukyake]

I wonder about how much heat energy is lost in a car exaust... It could spin a magnet to generate electric power or try to spin some air-cond. pump... not this engine in the video... but... some thing more... powerful...

[chenxiaozhu123456789]

I can watch this the whole day on a hot summer day.

[edisystems]

Totally cool.

[LeGridStudios]

if you blow on the fire it changes direction G is cool or is it Hot

[RampageJackson66]

i like the beat

[BosnaVolimte]

@Mr3wheeledbike Indeed :D