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name a usb device by super-schaf on 04-04-2006 at 10:42 AM

hi i`ve just made a usb fridge :P i have cut upa old usb cable and have connected the power lines to a old comuter fan. it works peerfectly (by cooling my capri sun :p) i would just like to know if i cold have a popup wich sais: you have connected your fridge.

im running: windows xp    and i have a dell 4550 (it might help)


thanks in advance.

super-schaf

RE: name a usb device by Sypher on 04-04-2006 at 02:46 PM

Lol, i hope you don't damage your computer or your powersupply by doing that..

And about the popup, you'll need a chip and have to program it with the name, identifier, etc... Not as cheap as you like it to be i guess

RE: name a usb device by AvengeX on 04-04-2006 at 02:57 PM

I have one of those USB led light thingeys.. but whoa, a fridge? How big is it, and what else can you cool? :P

RE: name a usb device by Mike on 04-04-2006 at 03:01 PM

quote:
Originally posted by AvengeX
How big is it, and what else can you cool?
I think it only cools the processor :P
And you can't power a whole fridge, since a USB port has only 5V, which is great to make Christmas Lights for your laptop (I did it, and I had also posted screenshots :P)
RE: name a usb device by super-schaf on 04-04-2006 at 06:59 PM

well...

1stly the fridge is out of cardboard (found it in my cellar)

2ndly i will post some pics of it tomorrow so you know the size.

3rdly this is only a laph this is not really serius.

4thly if you cant wait untis 2morrow its about 40 cm wide and 20 long.


EDIT: you can cool everything that would fit in it.  it even has a little light in there! :p (it isnt very affective but still fun!) (cools about 6 C less than around about it.)

EDIT EDIT (or something like that) DO NOT TRY THIS AT HOME!!!! I WAS MESSING ABOUT WITH THE USB POWER AND IT GAVE ME A ELECTRIC SHOCK!!!!!

RE: name a usb device by lizard.boy on 04-04-2006 at 08:00 PM

go ahead.. usb wont kill you.. its only 500ma at 5vols.. it shouldnt kill you unless your playing with it in a bathtub and you manage to hold one wire in each hand..

RE: name a usb device by kao on 04-05-2006 at 06:59 PM

quote:
Originally posted by lizard.boy
go ahead.. usb wont kill you.. its only 500ma at 5vols.. it shouldnt kill you unless your playing with it in a bathtub and you manage to hold one wire in each hand..
hmm sounds like a plan.

Now make a USB powered PC ;p


edit: that was a joke, i read it back after and realised how lame it was.
RE: name a usb device by GiantSpider on 04-05-2006 at 07:02 PM

Mine charges my phone, but that's about the furtherest out it goes.

quote:
Originally posted by kao

Now make a USB powered PC ;p


edit: that was a joke, i read it back after and realised how lame it was.
I laughed
RE: RE: name a usb device by Supersonicdarky on 04-05-2006 at 08:08 PM

quote:
Originally posted by super-schaf
EDIT EDIT (or something like that) DO NOT TRY THIS AT HOME!!!! I WAS MESSING ABOUT WITH THE USB POWER AND IT GAVE ME A ELECTRIC SHOCK!!!!!
wat are you talking about? 5v is nothin. wen i'm bored i put a 9v battery to my tongue and it tastes better than druggies


the most i've done with a usb is replace a broken fan with an led (so i could see the back of the pc at night :P)
RE: RE: RE: name a usb device by lizard.boy on 04-05-2006 at 08:46 PM

quote:
Originally posted by Supersonicdarky
wat are you talking about? 5v is nothin. wen i'm bored i put a 9v battery to my tongue and it tastes better than druggies

True.. 5v is nothing.. 50,000 volts is nothing. All voltage will do is give you a nice shock and remind you its there.. Its the amperage (current) running through your body that kills you. USB is only capable of around 500milliamps, Which isnt really that much, and probably isnt enough to relly do anything through your skin.. unless maybe your standing in a bucket of salty water.

Remember kids, it's the Volts that jolt, but the Mills that kill.
[milliamps..  unit of current that rhymes with kill]

Find out more [here], I'm not sure about how accurate that info is, but its approximatly right.

quote:
the most i've done with a usb is replace a broken fan with an led (so i could see the back of the pc at night :P)

If you were changing a fan, I doubt it was USB. USB ONLY applies to the silver rectangualar ports on your pc.. if you were changing a fan it was probably some other internal connection, either to a fan header or a molex connector.
RE: RE: RE: RE: name a usb device by Supersonicdarky on 04-05-2006 at 08:51 PM

quote:
Originally posted by lizard.boy
quote:
the most i've done with a usb is replace a broken fan with an led (so i could see the back of the pc at night :P)

If you were changing a fan, I doubt it was USB. USB ONLY applies to the silver rectangualar ports on your pc.. if you were changing a fan it was probably some other internal connection, either to a fan header or a molex connector.
not cpu fan, but an external fan (just for fun)

i removed it cuz it was overheating and melting if u had it on for atleast 30 minutes :P
RE: name a usb device by super-schaf on 04-07-2006 at 10:31 AM

here r the pics. sorry for the delay. i forgot that i was going on a school trip. :p


pic o fridge

RE: name a usb device by Voldemort on 04-11-2006 at 05:54 PM

Could you give us a link to the instructions??

RE: name a usb device by GiantSpider on 04-11-2006 at 06:46 PM

Wow, that looks safe.

RE: name a usb device by super-schaf on 04-13-2006 at 02:56 PM

ehm.... there is no instruction :P.  ij ust took a box cut it up and stuck a fan in there :p

RE: name a usb device by Mike on 04-13-2006 at 06:40 PM

quote:
Originally posted by super-schaf
ij ust took a box cut it up and stuck a fan in there :P
And the fan is enough to cool that box?
quote:
Originally posted by super-schaf
(cools about 6 C less than around about it.)
Seems a bit crazy to me (i wouldn't think that a small fan would be able to get the temperature of a box to 6°C :-/
quote:
Originally posted by super-schaf
it even has a little light in there!
Is the light powered by the same cable as the fan is?
Because, then, there wouldn't be any much power for the fan... :S


Guess I will have to try it :P
It seems fun :)

By the way, can you also post a pic of the inside?
RE: name a usb device by rav0 on 04-13-2006 at 09:39 PM

Well it's not a fridge then. It's a box with a fan in it. A fridge will cool stuff, while. a fan will just blow air around.

If you put some ice and had the air flowing past that before it got into the box, then it would cool stuff a bit (still not a fridge).

RE: RE: name a usb device by Vilkku on 04-13-2006 at 10:02 PM

quote:
Originally posted by Mike
quote:
Originally posted by super-schaf
(cools about 6 C less than around about it.)
Seems a bit crazy to me (i wouldn't think that a small fan would be able to get the temperature of a box to 6°C :-/
6 degrees colder than the air outside the box, not to 6 degrees. (For example, 21 degrees outside, 15 degrees inside.) It's still a lot.
RE: name a usb device by super-schaf on 04-14-2006 at 09:05 PM

well, the light is only a very small one and is attached to a little switch. yes it is running on the same power supply but i agree, if one would to put a light directly to a power source then it would slow it down.

PS: sur i`ll post a pic of the inside but just not now becos it is 11.30 my time  (GMT +1 i think)

edit: i have "updated" the front of the fridge so not so much breeze can escape through the clingfilm :p



super-schaf 

RE: name a usb device by [MR] on 04-14-2006 at 09:19 PM

quote:
Originally posted by GiantSpider
Wow, that looks safe.
i agree, its safe enough to catch the house on fire.
RE: name a usb device by super-schaf on 04-14-2006 at 09:30 PM

it only runs on 5.1v and i unplug it when i go out so i dont think it will do anything bad (sofar so good :p)



EDIT here are the instructions.




i have notised that a few of you want to make this yourselfs. so  i have written out the instructions of this thing.

so

what you will need:

- a box

- a old pc fan

- a old usb cable

- scissors

- a little light

- a switch

and LOTS of sellertape(ducktape) :p



step 1:

                     the door
-----------------------------------------

cut three quaters of a rectangle out of the front of your box. and if you want do it up a little :p .


step 2:

                        the fan
--------------------------------------------

the fan cant be over 4 volts otherwise the light would not work wile the fan was on. anyway, cut a (ass)hole :p at the back of the box. if there is a yellow wire on the fan cut it off becos that is useless.insert the fan and secure firmley with tape.

step 3:

                        usb power supply
-----------------------------------------------

so get your usb cable and cut one end off.(the one that isnt attached to the computer)  (male) cut the layer of protective rubber off . cut the white and greencable off if there are some.


step 4:

                    get the power to the fridge
----------------------------------------------------------

connect the red and black cables from the usb and attach the each into there own cable connector ( hte white things with the screws on top).dont connect the fan power leads just yet.


step 5:

                                the light
----------------------------------------------

get a little light maybe led and run two wires of the ones coming out of it already.secure the light / led to the top corner of your box.attach a switch to the light.


step 6:

                          connecting the wires
----------------------------------------------------------------

get the + end of your fan and light and stuff them into the + end of the wire connector( were the + end of the usb cable is) and the same for the - side.


step 7:                        RELAX!!!!!
-------------------------------------------------------------------

now you have a coling cardboard box! :p

enjoy!   



i  will not take responsebility of this thing. if  you have Q`s please pm me.

i will be happy to reply.




super-schaf :p



edit edit: here ARE SOME ICS OF THE INSIDE   PIC 1

PIC 2

PIC 3

RE: RE: name a usb device by rav0 on 04-15-2006 at 02:28 AM

quote:
Originally posted by super-schaf
get a little light maybe led
That's a good idea. If I were you I'd put a LED in there. A LED will use heaps less power, and not make as much heat either. If it's not bright enough, you can stick two or three in there.
RE: name a usb device by super-schaf on 04-15-2006 at 08:08 AM

i agree. i just dont want to trash my box to change it. oh and ehm..... when i ment fan i ment an prosessor fan :p not a big one...


super-schaf

RE: name a usb device by Nathan on 04-15-2006 at 09:23 AM

I'm going to make one and it's going to pawn all of yours :P

RE: name a usb device by Mike on 04-15-2006 at 09:25 AM

quote:
Originally posted by Msg Plus Freak
I'm going to make one and it's going to pawn all of yours :P
Make sure you post some pictures of it :P
RE: name a usb device by John Anderton on 04-15-2006 at 10:36 AM

quote:
Originally posted by super-schaf
name a usb device
vibrator

Atleast i think thats the thing that ddunk posted on the forum about 5-8 months back :p
RE: name a usb device by Nathan on 04-15-2006 at 11:01 AM

I have made the fridge :banana: and it pwns all of yours :P
Just going to paint it before i take a picture of it :)

RE: name a usb device by super-schaf on 04-16-2006 at 10:23 AM

what d yu mean by pwns all of yours?

RE: name a usb device by Mike on 04-16-2006 at 10:36 AM

quote:
Originally posted by super-schaf
what d yu mean by pwns all of yours?
He means, that his fridge is on top of ours :P

Also check: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pwn
RE: name a usb device by vaiper on 04-17-2006 at 11:11 AM

ok umm what if i am using a 12v cpu fan if i dont have any older ones? cus i want to make that Frigde lol! woot a frigde

????????/
and also can u give a detailed wiring discription plz lol i cant get what u mean lol sry!

Vaiper!

RE: name a usb device by Mike on 04-17-2006 at 11:31 AM

quote:
Originally posted by vaiper
ok umm what if i am using a 12v cpu fan if i dont have any older ones?
The fan will probably start spinning but it won't spin as fast as it would normaly do.

Or, windows will say that a device in a USB port has exceeded its power limits :P
RE: name a usb device by super-schaf on 04-17-2006 at 12:15 PM

ehm...that didnt happen with me! i tried a 12v fan and it didnt do a thing:-(

RE: name a usb device by rav0 on 04-17-2006 at 09:58 PM

A 12 V fan might work, you're pushing your luck though though.

If it doesn't work (likely), and you really want to use that fan, you could try giving it a push start, though it probably won't work.

RE: name a usb device by Snake on 04-18-2006 at 02:06 AM

This is a great idea and I have been keeping a close watch on it. lol I think I'm going to try and make one but have a seperate 12V source so I can use 2 chases fans. But USB powers is great lol.

RE: name a usb device by Nathan on 04-22-2006 at 03:26 PM

I have a 12v fan and it works at half the speed but it works greast ;)