eBay landfill - solar power car aroma thing
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- Опубликовано: 9 сен 2024
- You know how you sometimes get a strong desire to attach things to your vehicle dashboard with cheap double sided tape?
Solar powered things that have a chemical disk in them with a nondescript aroma?
And when the sun shines on it, it starts spinning and vibrating at high speed while you're trying to concentrate on the road?
Well here it is. You're welcome.
eBay search keywords are solar power car aroma.
On a plus note, it does have a nice solar panel and motor, although it would probably be cheaper to buy them individually.
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It's not like that'll be distracting as you drive along. Probably best left on a windowsill for a cat to play with. 😄👍
...and maybe fill it with catnip?
@@stevenr53
They'd be in heaven. 🤣
The fact that light from an led keychain was enough to get the motor spinning so fast with such a small solar panel is pretty astounding honestly. Like how much power would that little LED use and how much of it would be transferred to the panel in order to get it to spin so fast and with probably a fair amount of mass.
Need to know this. It looks way too efficient.
Just because LEDs are low wattage does not mean they aren't letting out a high amount of light. Keep in mind that incandescent was just incredibly inefficient. That motor only probably needs a few milliamps at most. Also the room is pretty bright which helps a lot
There's very little load on the motor. They use a tiny little motor made to run at about 1v. Same design as those solar powered car ventilation fans you hang on the window.
@@friedtomatoes4946 also leds are actually pretty damn efficient low on their power curve, even though they are still pretty efficient compared to alternatives, led lamps are run on the worst end of their efficiency (which also means they last less, you can see Clive's Dubai lamp vid for more on that)
It was a Nitecore Tip, so not a tame LED keychain.
That thing reminds me of those early Superman movies where Zod and his gang were held in those twin hula hoop things that spun like that.
"that's probably the first mistake", "smell of unknown origin" ... if only product advertisements would be as honest and useful as Clive's channel...
The first thing that came to mind for me was the general Zod trial scene in Superman II (1980) as there are 2 containment circles spinning around Zod and his accomplices. 😁
Same here...
I remember being generally unimpressed with that particular scnene. Star Trek the original series had better effects just scratching the film.
@@ericthecyclist iirc the second movie didn't have the same budget as the first one, so it was generally underwhelming.
Putting aside all the drama around the theatrical cut vs the Donner cut.
Knew someone'd point that out. And then "banished... to the Phantom Zone."
"It smells like chemical"
Exactly why I avoid the detergent aisle at Woolworths, don't matter a damn what the box says, it all smells like "chemical"
Same here.
Didn't Woolworths close down about 20 years ago? An even better reason to avoid it.
@@thebeatclinic9000 in Australia there is an entirely unrelated chain that is still quite alive
I hate water! It smells like a chemical compound! /s
@@LordDragox412 Yeah, like that one that starts with a H.
Isesam owe you a great gratitude for using their spudger. I've bought a few, highly recommend.
I'm still on the original one. All the clones were poor quality and broke quickly.
That actually seemed like a decent little solar panel for other uses, and since it was so easy to get off this is most certainly a recommendation for any hobbyist looking to make day-time autonomous gadgets.
It is similiar to Fischer Technik solar helicopter blades, so there is one thing one could do with it.
I bet the scent disc is so strong, that the scent will seep through the seams and still make its way into the car. In fact, by putting the disc in that closed off space it probably makes the scent in the car much more pleasant and tolerable
The first time I remember seeing the two ring effect shown here was one of the Superman movies. I think it was Superman II. The one where Zod comes to town.
Odd thing.
They could've put some fins on the underside of the assembly to waft the chemical stink around.
It might be fun to put out in the garden annoy the cat?
From the title I thought it meant it would make my car smell like it was solar-powered, but dammit no.
From the title, I thought it was a device that would emit the aroma of a solar powered car.
They actually have one of these that IS a helicopter. I got one for Christmas. Its novel watching it fire up on the way to work every morning.
Neat idea to fix the rotor and have the rest of the motor rotate - a bit like a rotary airplane engine! I was obliged to buy one due to your video, if only to mount a rotating ‘toy’ in the window! Hope the neighbours are impressed - if not I can blame you :-)
Holy crap I was not expecting it to spin that fast just from the light of a little pocket torch!
Terrahawks!
Thankyou Clive for showing this wonderful optical illusion.
One of my earliest memories of childhood watching TV was being mesmerized by this on Terrahawks; seemingly two chrome hoops endlessly circling upon each other in the background views of (quite scary villain) Zelda!
It wasn't until years later I found out how simple a trick it was. But I've never seen it used again!
Such a pleasant surprise to find it on here 👍
My compliments to all your videos you've taken time to do.
Lots of geeky pink appreciation from me 😘
The label on the foil packet seems to indicate "cologne"
💡 Put a resistor in series between the motor and the solar panel to slow it down. This way you can get a (nice) decoration piece. Also, you don't need to add that aromatic thing into the bottom, of course. 😉
Yea, I would repurpose that in a heartbeat. Thanks for sharing, Clive! You are an inspiration to all who tune in!
Who else was expecting Clive to pop that fragrance donut into his mouth to find out what the "chemical smell" tastes like?
'Surprised he didn't break out the Soda Stream to mix up and knock back a cocktail! 🥴 You naughty!
Those motors are called "RF300". Great little things that start up at almost no voltage and current.
I’m impressed with how simple this is! Basically a cassette player motor and a Solar panel. I thought that these days there would be a whole bunch of unneeded circuitry in something like this. I was wrong lmao😝
It seems to have way more circuitry than it needs - one motor and one solar panel too much to be exact. Unless I'm missing something? What is it supposed to do?
Rather disappointingly the motion doesn't appear to play any active role in forced ventilation, even absent of simple fins and slits. As a heating element, i doubt the motor will add any more than the sunlight it blocks. What is it for?
@@riduck Entertainment
Looks like a cheap CD player spindle motor. There are huge mountains of the things that people are trying to find a use for. Very low power, smooth and well balanced.
So many uses.
A merry-go-round for Lego figurines or other smaller action figures (there are blind box My Little Pony figurines that are that scale)
A confusing game of spin the bottle at a dimly lit party (the arrow might only stop at the heat death of the universe)
It'd make an impressive obstacle/monster/portal in a tabletop RPG like Dungeons and Dragons (or RuneQuest, or Call of cthulhu or whatever).
Hoola dancer dash ornament like the one which follows my wife through life, shifted from car to car lol
HOW CAN YOU MAKE THIS POST TO THIS VIDEO 8 DAYS AGO, WHEN THE VIDEO WAS ONLY UPLOADED 25 MINUTES AGO, WHAT IS GOING ON WITH YOU TUBE???
"the beast is angered by your presence and seems to grow more and more agitated as you draw closer with your torches"
Make a larger one for 3D scanning of objects.
..... Prop for robot designers, Dr, Who tardis prop,
put it on your letterbox and Postman Pat will think your an idiot, etc.
I thought it would be more complicated than that, like the solar turntable used in jewelry stores but I underestimated how simple and cheap they could make such things. The two black "adhesive strips" behind the solar cell is just a sticker to hide the cell tabbing wires. The panel appears to be glued directly to the plastic case. 😉
I remember those window display devices, I think I was a teenager at the time so they've been around quite a while. I can remember standing their looking at it to see how it works, and it taking a while for the penny to drop.
Hi Clive, hold up the sachet to cam , maybe in part 2,and one of your viewers will know what it says I am sure. Many thanks for all your videos, Liverpool UK.
Best car air-freshener I had was back in '93 - it went in the cigar-lighter socket and had two small plastic(?) brickets infused with an apple scent given off when heated. I used it in the taxi I was driving at the time and was often complemented on the pleasant atmosphere. And being on the autism spectrum (albeit I didn't know back then), I've always had a strong dislike of artificial air-fresheners, so that apple scent was obviously quality.
We used to have a tire store that had a couple of tires rotating in the same configuration. It was on a tall pole overlooking the highway, and it always caught my attention when we rode by as a kid.
I love how you buy and take apart stuff I've never seen before!
Clive as ever I love your videos have a nice Wednesday
Actually misread the title as _"Car-orama"_ and thought the thumbnail image was a suspension spring.
Oh well, watching you make a tabletop spring-powered launcher will just have to be for a future video. 😁
Clive....go to bed🤣
Everyone should have at least one. I think a whole forest of them stuck to the roof of your automobile would be very attractive.
I fell for the false advertising and got one for its ability to keep the car snow and ice free. The instructions are
1: Open the top lid.
2: Take it out in the bag and put in the box.
3: Close it top lid.
4; Peel off protective film and hold it.
Thanks to your video, I checked the box and found the scent ring in its pouch glued to thr bottom of the box and a loose piece of double sided tape. So instead of going to a landfill, it's together, working and not melting off my car in Northern Wisconsin this January 22.. But it smells better. Thanks for your help.
You spin me right round baby right round like a car air freshener.....
You find the weirdest items. I know nothing about electronics but I've been watching you for years and still enjoy the vids.
Oh, we have a cute little gadget, LET'S TEAR IT APART!! LOL! Love the accent, too..Thanx for the laugh, I needed one.
That motor reminded me of the many I have seen used to open/close computer trays on CD/DVD drives.
I love your “stream of consciences” narration. “Am I breaking this? Yes I am”
The version I bought a few months back was actually all metal and with a crystal ball in the center of the loops.
Same aroma disk though.
So basically what Zelda had in Terrahawks then! (One to dig around YT for if you don't know what I'm going on about!)
Well now, you have a solar cell to use for whatever you want. I recycle old electronics and one thing I am getting more and more of are the solar garden lights. The batteries go bad and either folks simply do not want to deal with them or they let it go too long and when they open to replace the battey, it is a mess of corrosion from a leaky battery. So, I collect the solar cells and make all sorts of chargers out of them. Almost have enough now to make at least a 50 watt 12 volt solar panel out of them. Something to think about, eh?
Well that made me chuckle 🙂 thanks
For a moment, I feared the aroma thing would go on top and obscure the panel. I wouldn't put it past people. It would make it a sort of bad fan, I guess, to spread the luvverly scent through your car better?
I'm still looking forward to the signal generator power booster tease from the summer haha
This message was meant for Andreas spies channel. I must've hit comment too late hahahahahahaha. You gave me a pity like, thanks Clive, a great gentleman.
I remember when dashboards were able to have magnets stuck to them.
I checked eBay for "solar power car aroma", they are not as cheap as I hoped, but they do Helicopters and Planes in the same format. If they were really cheap I would have bought them for the fun of it and to pinch the panel and the motor.
Thanks Clive.
I wouldn't mind seeing a landfill filled with these on a sunny day
Dammit Clive the “An oriental aroma of unknown origin” got coffee shooting straight out of my nostrils.
You have a way with words, my friend.
How else could they empty their toxic waste dumps? I swear, I can't stand any of those "aroma" devices. They all smell like an organic chem lab fume hood after an experiment goes horribly wrong.
The isopropyl alcohol probably smells better than the stink disk that is packaged with the device! Most car "air fresheners" are way too strong for my tastes, and I've seen vehicles with multiple ones in them! A quick spray of Ozium in a car that's been left parked in a sunny spot, and 20 minutes later there's a pleasant gentle lemony scent and no odor. 😀
Can't say I've had solar power car aroma in my vehicle. But I have had quite a bit of gaseous byproduct of whatever I ate the day before aroma in my car. I'm going to guess that the solar power aroma is probably a wee bit more pleasant. At least to other people anyway.
This sounds like a Taco Bell joke in the making...
The packet says the fragrance is called something like "enchantment" or "charisma".
To be fair, I was enchanted by its charisma.
I love the smell of various chemicals in the morning. 🤣
My anxiety shot up every time he sniffed the chemical aroma pad. I thought he was going to taste it.
What a interesting design, reminds me of those optical illusion toys. Great video.
ˋIt‘s not coming out! - It‘s out!‘
classic
Two things I'd love to see Clive do an analysis on: supposed "rodent-repelling" strobe lights that run on batteries or wire up to your car's electrical system, to prevent mice from nesting under the hood and chewing on the wiring; and heated, battery powered winter gloves.
I've not come across those rodent devices. I doubt they'd work.
@@BigClive most rodent repellent devices are scams. Even the ones that do more than blink a LED to show it is switched on will typically not scare a rodent for more than five minutes, before they figure out it doesn't actually pose a threat. Rodents thrive in all sorts of noisy industrial environments etc, actually repelling them over time takes some doing.
@@Kaboomf A neighbour of mine has a rodent repel with an incredible annoying high and really loud tone.
It literally gives me earaches every time I pass by his house. I would probably loose a part of my hearing range, would I live next door to this device.
I actually bought my husband's brother battery-powered work gloves. His hands can't tolerate Finnish winters too well, even though the rest of him can, so he was exceedingly happy about the gift. The gloves work well and heat up pretty evenly all the way to the fingers, the batteries are just removable li-ion batteries and can be recharged from a regular USB-charger, so there's nothing much negative to say.
@@WereCatf there are dozens of brands and hundreds of models of battery-powered gloves on the market, and they're not cheap (often in the $150 to $200 range). The batteries vary a lot in terms of size, shape, weight, hours of operation on a charge, type of electrical disconnect used, and physical location on the back or gauntlet of the glove. Not to mention how the temperature controller works, and some appear way too complicated (in a harsh outdoor environment, complex often means failure prone). The reason I am so interested in this subject is because it appears I have developed Raynaud's syndrome where my fingers (especially my important right hand middle finger, darn it 🖕!) turn white and cold and go numb with exposure to low temperatures. .
Well, as the video progressed I was really gearing up for the pad to come out for the simplest reverse engineering diagram yet. It would have just been the cherry on top. 😀
I actually like that for the rotating platform. Not so much the terrible fragrance part. You don’t have to put that in for it to work so that’s good.
As you said, the first mistake is sticking it to the dashboard, but the second thing is the spinning rings could be a distraction.
I think the zeroth mistake is buying one!
Such a weird little thing, you would expect some venting holes in the chamber so that the moving air from the hoops would pull it out so it feels more like a visual thing as a primary function that can stink with chemicals oozing out in the heat lol
I might get one of those as a novelty of "Oh, a thing that spins!"
*Buys one, and sends action figure Zodd to the Phantom Zone*
So long, sucker!
😁
Reminds me of those solar water fountains for birdbaths.
Thank you, so many learn from you. Me too, I was thinking how ideal this would be for a little gyroscope in my AI controlled independent stealth drone, that is used to keep insects out of my car.
Hahaha what a device. I wonder if they have cat forehead scent like the Japanese lol. I'd love to see your purchase history Clive, I suspect many wacky things don't make it to video. Haha
More likely a cat curry scent :p
"Cat forehead scent"? Seriously? I mean, we have a cat that loves to head-butt my wife (gently as a sign of affection) but my wife has never remarked on the scent.
I might get one of these to put on my windowsill. (without the smelly stuff). It will amuse the cat for hours. :)
Oh there are many uses for this. Workshop time!
A perfect "delivery" device for weird "aromas"
I literaly just bought one of these last night. One with an ORB in it.
that was a impressive little motor. been ran on just 1 LED and the panel...
"An Oriental smell of unknown origin"
That's pretty much in line with 'chinesium' and 'unobtainium'
Clive, I'm sure that you already know, but there may be some viewers that don't. Android phones have the ability to translate other languages through the camera function. On my current phone, I have Google lens that can identify different items such as plants, flowers and the like, but if you have the right phone, it will translate the wording on a package or page, etc.
Thank you Clive.
2:07 am.
Wow the circuit diagram is going to be difficult to work out on this one . Good luck Clive.
Im curious to see how fast it actually moves in normal direct and indirect sunlight. That little Nitecore flashlight actually puts out some lumens. Im more interested in getting one for my desk at work which gets decent early and mid day sun. I think it would be a neat little gadget to have just doing its thing.
A hot sunny day in Australia and the double sided tap would let go about 15 minutes after sticking it to the dash board. I could see it flying out the side window a minute later..
lol A sunny window in my top-floor corner office is the perfect place.
"Oriental smell of unknown origin" LOL
Haha, "Oriental Armpit on a Summers Day"
I first saw that design of the two connected rings spinning in the Christopher Reeves Superman where General Zod and co were stood waiting to be imprisoned in the 2D glass square thing - The Phantom Zone lol 🤔😏 (When I was younger, Sarah Douglas as Ursa was God damned sexy as hell in her makeup and outfit. And since Antje Traue looked equally as tidy in her version in Man of Steel) 😎🇬🇧
Surprised you didn't refer to the motor as a CD drive tray motor, that's the place I most often saw that form factor, granted those had the tab terminals for soldering into a circuit board rather than the wires you'd see more typically in things like tape players.
They're entirely different. The spindle motor often isn't just soldered into the PCB, but built directly on it. The largest difference is electrical, this is a brushed DC motor, while optical drive spindle is a BLDC so it necessarily needs electronic switching and control circuit ahead of it.
@@SianaGearz You're correct about the spindle motor. For the tray it's often rack and pinion driven by that exact motor and some rubber belts.
@@knucklecorn Ah, i see, yes, i suppose. I don't remember what the tray motor looks like, i guess i saw several different ones and didn't care about them, but by all reason they've got to be using brushed DC motors there.
Based on its appearance? The design constraints for a cd player dont require a motor that will run on half a volt at a tenth of an amp.
I remember when the only motors that would spin like this with a miniscule voltage and current were motors from Switzerland that used precious metal brushes. Now the Chinese stamp them out like razor blades. Sigh....
That's true, although these chinese mabuchi p/ metal motors have now been around for at least 30 years (I worked for a UK distributor in the 90s). They were probably introduced another 10 years before with the advent of cd players.
Was that the legendary ALPS brand? I recently bought a mabuchi which runs on half a volt, about 50 mA. They deserve a video on this astonishing engineering.
@@raykent3211 mabuchi quality is astounding. We would buy them in by the 10k pallet. Never ever did we have a faulty one. They make millions of motors every week, often sell for pennies, but every one is spot on. Being the biggest motor manufacturer in the world by a long shot they truly have been the driving force behind so much modern tech. Yet so often the man in the street sneers at Chinese product..
@@gs425 ta for warming the cockles of my heart, wherever they may be. I think its nasty to represent chinese engineering as cheap rubbish when most of "western engineering" is just rebranded, a con trick. Oh,and isn't Mabuchi japonese? Maybe they get most of their stuff made in china and rebrand it?
@@raykent3211 hi Ray. The company has Japanese parentage, but ever since I was involved in the industry the manufacturing has been in Hong Kong / China / Taiwan
It could have been something Fruity, like Durian... Oh and they do Helicopter ones !
Thank you for the eBay search words as the last thing you had on here the fan that you put on your car and lit up I bought one of those I should be getting it any day now I have low hopes for it
I bought the one that has a prop on the top of it
They marked it as shipped but never shipped it
Small but rather nifty. I wonder if there's any other application for this little gadget (which might make an interesting prop in a Sci i sort of way)
Glad I still have you after AVE and EEV took the red pill
"An oriental smell of unknown origin" - is the feed line for a million jokes, most of them very blue.
Possible reponses:
My wife's cooking!
You're a hoot! More laughs, please.
1:45 Scientists: but... all smells are chemicals
"foil sachet" lol, oh bigC!
Someone once said that Television was "the vast wasteland." Now we have Ebay.
Needs some led's on it too. Disco!! 😄
Yay! finally he harnesses the power of isopropyl alcohol
FYI GTranslate says the meaning of the larger text on the sachet is 'Charm - Cologne'
Awesome big Clive
could add a resistor in around the edge of the upper section under the solar cell to cut it down in speed at max output.
or 3d print a new base and include a gearbox. first option is probably quieter, second gives you options.
I love the title
Thought you were going to have another South Park Nosulus Rift Moment!