Hello all! I'm new to this forum!
I need help concerning alteration of an USB gadget.
I have a small (2.5dl or 8.5 fl oz) USB aquarium that I intend to use to raise sea monkies (artemia).
The gadget was advertised to heat water up to 30C (86F) which it doesn't.
The best it does is to keep a 4C difference from room temperature. As the room temperature goes down, so does the water temperature. Needles to say, the water temperature is too low and too unstable to grow sea monkeys.
I would like to replace the inadequate heater with a stronger one keeping in mind the usb voltage and all that. The heater looks like a block of white foam covered by a thin aluminum foil.
Could you please suggest me an electronic element (resistor, what not) that I can replace the heater with and get better results?
I included pictures of the gadget and the heater.
Thank you so very much!
I need help concerning alteration of an USB gadget.
I have a small (2.5dl or 8.5 fl oz) USB aquarium that I intend to use to raise sea monkies (artemia).
The gadget was advertised to heat water up to 30C (86F) which it doesn't.
The best it does is to keep a 4C difference from room temperature. As the room temperature goes down, so does the water temperature. Needles to say, the water temperature is too low and too unstable to grow sea monkeys.
I would like to replace the inadequate heater with a stronger one keeping in mind the usb voltage and all that. The heater looks like a block of white foam covered by a thin aluminum foil.
Could you please suggest me an electronic element (resistor, what not) that I can replace the heater with and get better results?
I included pictures of the gadget and the heater.
Thank you so very much!