drivesitfar
Well-known member
Very cool tech and happy your little girl likes the challenge and results!!
Between 265 & 485 SQ/FT Woody's Works Garage
- Thread starter Denwood
- Start date
Workspaces sized between 265 and 485 squarefeet.
I did some upgrading on the security cameras on the property over the last week or so. Reolink was kind enough to send a few of their cameras out for me test out, and I must say I'm impressed.
If you have a "dumb" motion security light and are looking for a replacement, they have taken things up a notch with a product (TrackFlex Flood WIFI) that wires up to 120V and works like a motion security light, but incorporates a WIFI connected, dual lens, actively tracking security camera. The awesome trick here is that it has three PIR motion sensors covering up to 270 degrees. Not only can motion within a 270 degree cone trigger the flood lights, but the camera will turn to track it! The implication is that if you have one mounted on the corner of a building, it can cover the complete field of view...very cool.
I also cover another product (TrackMix WIFI) here that uses two 4 watt LEDs to light up things, also tracking, but this one connects up a via a POE, or CAT5, or WIFI with a 12 volt connection used for power if not using POE.
These are really solid products, that do not require a subscription. There is a discount code (provided by Reolink) included in the video to save you 5% if you're looking to purchase any of their products
If you have a "dumb" motion security light and are looking for a replacement, they have taken things up a notch with a product (TrackFlex Flood WIFI) that wires up to 120V and works like a motion security light, but incorporates a WIFI connected, dual lens, actively tracking security camera. The awesome trick here is that it has three PIR motion sensors covering up to 270 degrees. Not only can motion within a 270 degree cone trigger the flood lights, but the camera will turn to track it! The implication is that if you have one mounted on the corner of a building, it can cover the complete field of view...very cool.
I also cover another product (TrackMix WIFI) here that uses two 4 watt LEDs to light up things, also tracking, but this one connects up a via a POE, or CAT5, or WIFI with a 12 volt connection used for power if not using POE.
These are really solid products, that do not require a subscription. There is a discount code (provided by Reolink) included in the video to save you 5% if you're looking to purchase any of their products
Last edited:
I shot the induction pot testing vidoe over the weekend. I have time on my hands as our fire ravaged camp area is still closed to all travel :-(
Needless to say between the actual shooting, capturing thermal images, home assistant data capture and screen records it was likely the most technical of anything I've done so far. I'm trying to keep the entire video under 140 spoken words...
After days of editing, the induction cooktop experiments have been unveiled. It's 4 minutes long, answers many questions I had about induction cookware, and offers up some surprise findings too. I have to send some props out to @patlun for the interest in the video concept, and @nicholam77 for getting me curious about Home Assistant which was integral to the experiments.
4 minutes:
4 minutes:
Last edited:
My YT buddy posted up a question about the thermal video images in the video so I thought I'd post it here as it summarizes a lot of what I learned in the few months of testing leading up to the video:
I just recently got an LG range with induction and some expensive Made In pans. I am shocked how fast it heats up compared to my old radiant ceramic cook top. My major question is how much does the radiation pattern if the cook top affect the heat pattern of the pan?
Thanks for the question In my research for the video, I learned a lot about Litz wire , which is the essential component of an induction hob coil...call it the burner. The hob is formed from Litz wire which is stranded copper wire, insulated, and coiled into mult-stranded bundles. The resulting hob coil is typically ~ 5mm high, and ~150mm across for a 6" small hob, and ~250mm (10")across for a large hob. One obvious take-away is that there is a center portion of every hob, where there are no coils and therefore a dead zone in the center with ALL induction hobs. The cheaper pans I tested typically have a magnetic insert that looks like a grid pressed into the base, and normally the center portion is bare. If you look at the thermal camera images, you can almost visualize these coils in the first few moments, but that pattern quickly disappears as the base heats up. Now I tested a LOT of pots and pans over the last month or so, and I'd say that this pattern is not signfificant with respect to the performance of the pan. The best predictor of performance I saw is how well the pan couples to the burner magnetically. In other words, how much magnetic material is in the pan base, and well is it matched to the size of the hob? The pan essentially becomes part of the circuit, if you will, when operating an induction cooktop. The cast iron pan pulled the most power of any of hte pots, at close to 3700 watts on the large hob but took a tiny bit longer to boil the water (about 3 minutes) likley due to the mass of the pan. This likely points to cast iron as the best possible solution for even heat (and it is for my thin Finn pancakes!), but it was the power hog in the test. The smaller 1.9L Tramontina pot boiled the liter of water fastest on the SMALL hob at about 2:37 minutes and pulled up to 2500 watts during the test. The same pot took 5 minutes on the large hob with a max of 1300 watts, likely as the larger hob's electronics throtlled power output.
This is a long winded way to say that the pattern you see in the thermal images is not important. What is important is that the pan balances overall mass, heat distribution in the pan core, and a healthy layer of magnetic material at the base so that you good good magnetic coupling with the hob, and therefore max possible power used by the hob. The Tramontina pots I tested show this balance I think, but they still don't max out the hob power output like the cast iron does. That said, the cast iron pan more closely matches the larger hob size vs the 2.8L Tramontina I tested. I suspect a Tramontina pan with the same sized base as the cast iron would test better.
Some tech stuff I came up with (not in the video) on basic construction of an induction hob:
I just recently got an LG range with induction and some expensive Made In pans. I am shocked how fast it heats up compared to my old radiant ceramic cook top. My major question is how much does the radiation pattern if the cook top affect the heat pattern of the pan?
Thanks for the question
In my research for the video, I learned a lot about Litz wire , which is the essential component of an induction hob coil...call it the burner. The hob is formed from Litz wire which is stranded copper wire, insulated, and coiled into mult-stranded bundles. The resulting hob coil is typically ~ 5mm high, and ~150mm across for a 6" small hob, and ~250mm (10")across for a large hob. One obvious take-away is that there is a center portion of every hob, where there are no coils and therefore a dead zone in the center with ALL induction hobs. The cheaper pans I tested typically have a magnetic insert that looks like a grid pressed into the base, and normally the center portion is bare. If you look at the thermal camera images, you can almost visualize these coils in the first few moments, but that pattern quickly disappears as the base heats up. Now I tested a LOT of pots and pans over the last month or so, and I'd say that this pattern is not signfificant with respect to the performance of the pan. The best predictor of performance I saw is how well the pan couples to the burner magnetically. In other words, how much magnetic material is in the pan base, and well is it matched to the size of the hob? The pan essentially becomes part of the circuit, if you will, when operating an induction cooktop. The cast iron pan pulled the most power of any of hte pots, at close to 3700 watts on the large hob but took a tiny bit longer to boil the water (about 3 minutes) likley due to the mass of the pan. This likely points to cast iron as the best possible solution for even heat (and it is for my thin Finn pancakes!), but it was the power hog in the test. The smaller 1.9L Tramontina pot boiled the liter of water fastest on the SMALL hob at about 2:37 minutes and pulled up to 2500 watts during the test. The same pot took 5 minutes on the large hob with a max of 1300 watts, likely as the larger hob's electronics throtlled power output.This is a long winded way to say that the pattern you see in the thermal images is not important. What is important is that the pan balances overall mass, heat distribution in the pan core, and a healthy layer of magnetic material at the base so that you good good magnetic coupling with the hob, and therefore max possible power used by the hob. The Tramontina pots I tested show this balance I think, but they still don't max out the hob power output like the cast iron does. That said, the cast iron pan more closely matches the larger hob size vs the 2.8L Tramontina I tested. I suspect a Tramontina pan with the same sized base as the cast iron would test better.
Some tech stuff I came up with (not in the video) on basic construction of an induction hob:
drivesitfar
Well-known member
Loving the tech info and happy to hear my old cast iron pans still do ok.
I’d almost bet you are an Aquarius.
I’m guessing once someone finds that your thread just isn’t about a garage they will spend days reading and enjoying all your cool projects.
Any idea when you will get to see your campsite in person or have you already been there? We are getting a ton of smoke this last week here from fires hours away but hopefully we’ll see the blue sky and non filtered sun again soon
I’d almost bet you are an Aquarius.
I’m guessing once someone finds that your thread just isn’t about a garage they will spend days reading and enjoying all your cool projects.
Any idea when you will get to see your campsite in person or have you already been there? We are getting a ton of smoke this last week here from fires hours away but hopefully we’ll see the blue sky and non filtered sun again soon
That video is pretty much crickets. Go figure as it reflects a few months of planning and testing :-(
On the camp, we're still not allowed to access, but at least now we have some prediction (2 weeks) for a timeline. Even the resort owner's requests for access have been denied. By the time we're out there, summer for us will be pretty much over...
On the camp, we're still not allowed to access, but at least now we have some prediction (2 weeks) for a timeline. Even the resort owner's requests for access have been denied. By the time we're out there, summer for us will be pretty much over...
drivesitfar
Well-known member
Maybe a different title cause as you now marketing is key to almost anything. As far as content your videos are amazing.
Unfortunately the world works off quick gratification and the majority don’t want to learn. Maybe do a short video under a minute or two and title it something like does your cookware measure up to old cast iron or use your words.
Sorry about the loss of your summer and we’ve lots a few months of ours the past few years with the smoke from the fires.
Unfortunately the world works off quick gratification and the majority don’t want to learn. Maybe do a short video under a minute or two and title it something like does your cookware measure up to old cast iron or use your words.
Sorry about the loss of your summer and we’ve lots a few months of ours the past few years with the smoke from the fires.
Funny thing about the vids. The ones that I just shot on a whim and spent nearly zero time on have done the best. A short I did comparing Milwaukee impacts to old school air has over 407K views. Shot in like 30 minutes, no script, verbal fumbles, no planning, no lighting:
I think the YT gods are telling me to stop giving a **** and just shoot stuff when I feel like it
drivesitfar
Well-known member
I don’t think you should fall into that trap of not giving a hoot because there are still more than a few of us that want to learn AND it’s good for your information too.
Keep on thinking cause that’s what you’re good at.
Does your daughter parking in the garage always get the green lights and I think that was genius on your part setting all that up.
Keep on thinking cause that’s what you’re good at.
Does your daughter parking in the garage always get the green lights and I think that was genius on your part setting all that up.
Bit of a shocking story. One of my old windsurfing pals had a serious fall mountain biking this week. A slow speed endo (over the handle bars) resulted in a broken neck and the week in ICU. I visited him for the first time yesterday and he was in good spirits, but not doing so well for any kind of arm movement. A care manager came in to check on him and his one request was a way to call a nurse that didn’t involve a touch pad, as he can’t use one.
I noticed during our visit that his feet were tapping away and he does have some leg movement. I came up with this, sort of an adjustable foot plate that we’ll attach the call pad to. Hopefully he can use his foot if he needs help. This will go at the foot of his bed.
I noticed during our visit that his feet were tapping away and he does have some leg movement. I came up with this, sort of an adjustable foot plate that we’ll attach the call pad to. Hopefully he can use his foot if he needs help
. This will go at the foot of his bed.Attachments
Turns out the contraption works, maybe too well. I think I may be blacklisted from the local hospital as in testing I think we called the nurse a dozen times.. The important thing is my pal can call for help now by using his feet. This must not be a common situation as the call pad cord is pretty much too short to go at the foot of the bed, and apparently they don't have extensions....
The induction video I spent months playing around with, building test gear, Home Automation dashboards, more testing, then shooting for a few days and editing for a few more....was a total flop. 21 plays in 2 days. I used AI (chatgpt) to help tighten the dialogue and shot sequence so there were only 120 spoken words etc. and it honestly was total crickets. I'm shooting a follow up with the title (oh, the irony): "I Let AI Tell Me How to Make This Video. It Bombed." This time though I'm going it my way..ha.
Garage setup for the follow up shoot...
The important thing is my pal can call for help now by using his feet. This must not be a common situation as the call pad cord is pretty much too short to go at the foot of the bed, and apparently they don't have extensions....The induction video I spent months playing around with, building test gear, Home Automation dashboards, more testing, then shooting for a few days and editing for a few more....was a total flop. 21 plays in 2 days. I used AI (chatgpt) to help tighten the dialogue and shot sequence so there were only 120 spoken words etc. and it honestly was total crickets. I'm shooting a follow up with the title (oh, the irony): "I Let AI Tell Me How to Make This Video. It Bombed." This time though I'm going it my way..ha.
Garage setup for the follow up shoot...
Last edited:
I posted the link up in the electrical forum, but throwing it here for journalling purposes
The first crack at this was 4 minutes, super concise, and an epic fail as far as YT is concerned.
24 plays in 4 days. Ouch. Not just crickets but deafening silence.
The longer re-edit (I shot new intro and conclusion sequences) is doing a lot better. This in turn is a bit easier on my fragile ego as I spent about 3 months testing, building test rigs and then 3-4 days shooting and editing it The family is only just beginning to forgive me for taking over the kitchen for half a day...
The first crack at this was 4 minutes, super concise, and an epic fail as far as YT is concerned.
24 plays in 4 days. Ouch. Not just crickets but deafening silence.
The longer re-edit (I shot new intro and conclusion sequences) is doing a lot better. This in turn is a bit easier on my fragile ego as I spent about 3 months testing, building test rigs and then 3-4 days shooting and editing it
The family is only just beginning to forgive me for taking over the kitchen for half a day...