Here we have another small project from the Furze book, what would you use it for....the garden or attack muhahaha. Link to get hold of the book yourself is in the description. Thanks to all that have bought it and are enjoying it. CF
What you are saying about the Relay doesn't seem right. NC or Normally Closed is a closed circuit, that means current can flow. Normally open is an Open Circuit, meaning current can't flow. So its essentially the other way around.
A relay doesn't open or close itself. It opens the NC (normally closed) and closes the NO (normally open) Thats it. When the relay isnt activated, the NC will pass through current and the NO will not. When active, the NC will not pass current and the NO will. It literally switches the current from the right pin to the left pin. The center pin is what it connects to, also known as COM. COM is (when relay is not active) connected to NC. So current can flow from COM to NC. When active, it will disconnect from NC and connect to NO. So current can flow from COM to NO.
Though it wouldnt have hurt to look it up for him. Its electronic basics really. He can make amazing things. So he should be able to understand a simple schematic of a relay.
so No = Water sprays when the button is pressed Nc = Water sprays constantly unless you press the button, then it will stop untill you release the button (just an even more dumbed down version. some of this stuff can be a little confusing at times)
No - The circuit is normally open. No current flows. Pressing the button closes (completes) the circuit, allowing water to flow. Nc - The circuit is normally closed. A current flows. Pressing the button opens (breaks) the circuit, stopping the water flow.
You can get valves that are either 'normally closed' (power applied = water flows) or 'normally open' (power applied = water-flow blocked), as an added layer of confusion. To make the valve allow flow when the switch is activated, a valve that is normally closed would have to be used with a normally open switch, and vice versa.
Rafael Gomes yep, he's going to drain the battery a lot quicker the way he's designed it. Either he has the relay energised or the solenoid energised, always drawing current from something
For someone who isn't native english speaker, and isn't a maker, but just fell down into this youtube rabbithole recently - it was nice with the quick explainer on what a solenoid valve was....
What a neat little side project, the how-to's are not annoying and helpful to practice the right way to do things (not acrewing them up randomly and unscrewing if thigs go wrong). I made one of these a while back, but without the remote control! Time to replace that on-off timer switch with something more fancy, or simply add it as an extra!
Using 9v batteries, that receiver will probably drain them in a few days. Also you almost certainly want to use the NO contact - with the NC, you will probably be running either the relay or the solenoid all the time, again running the batteries down when it's doing nothing. And winding wire round spade tags is going to be really unreliable. At least wind a few turns round. Really not up to your usual build standards.
mikeselectricstuff Yeah it was a bit sloppy and boring. I would have expected him to run gasoline trough it and have an awesome flamethrower sprinkle or something .
nemode dj This is a new adventure for him, kids. Criticism is key to success. Albeit kids will have fun with this design, always best to get it right. With that said, intentional poor designs could lead to the students discoving the more efficient/correct method. All fun times
This is great! These instructional type videos are so nice to show how easy it is to get started making your own fun stuff. I still love the larger crazier builds but a sprinkle of these every now and then is awesome as well.
Loved that you did the simple version on this build, not using the ideal/perfect solution and instead doing what we most likely will be doing at home. Thanks
You can buy 3/4BSP hose to tap connectors with a proper tail to push hoses onto, usually in the next bin to the one where you found your hose fittings.
Yeah, its not hard to make some really amazing defence systems, but our legal system is progressive up here in Canada, so They'll probably infringe on me for a thought crime.
I want to have one that I can remotely direct. After rugby matches drunk men piss on my hedge and I want to point it at the perp and shoot. Thanks for the tips to get me started
Thanks Colin. I have no water to my house. But I do collect rain and snow melt. This will help me build a solar hot water system so I can have a shower system and stop heating water over an open fire. Thanks again.
8:40 That absolutely makes sense and makes the board more flexible. When you want to switch a 120V or 240V device you shouldn't power the receiver and the relais with that voltage. So you need two different power inputs.
actually good system ghas two voltages - one like 5v for electronics and other like 24v for solenoid. why his replay is so strange and work with one voltage I have no idea.
Bought this for my neice for christmas, she's all about building things, but they are usually of a trivial nature (slime and bathbombs and whatnot) so hoping she can get more practical as she wants to be an engineer when she grows up.
This is perfect for one of my current projects! I am building a portable fog machine and although I have a way to blow the fog out of it, I didn't have a way to keep it in when needed.
My son and I watch one of your videos each night before bed, thanks! We love them! My son (5 years old) wanted me to ask you to build a hot wheel motorcycle. So, there you have it!
this is really cool with today's modern boards its really easy to click buy and its almost plug and play. it is the kind of video i wish i had when i got into electronics. it will help many people jump into working with electronics. very fun project!!!
I used to build robots and compete against other people's bots we used a phone setup where one phone was on the bot and the other was connected to a controller, we even had to code the program to control the robot.
I love the fact you use all RYOBI tools, which I've had for years and do the job admirably, but I wish we had access to the USA range, they have loads !!!!
You've made it really easy for people to work out where you live with this video! Hope you dont mind all of RUclips knowing your home address, took me seconds to find it on Google maps!
Colin, you need to make a "Furze-certified" monster hydroponic cannibas system capable of growing monster cannibas tree!!! Just imagine how much more you you get done when you're flying the cannibas skies!!!!!
Subscribed for years without hitting subscribe button, since i discovered RUclips. Bought book, although i will have to mimic projects in my bedroom as I don't have a garage.
These detailed build videos are really cool, Colin! It's really neat to see you doing these build-alongs based on projects from your book. I know it's a kid's book but dang I wanna buy it myself! :D
RUclips's entire demographic has shifted over the years, following the biggest group. That used to be tech savvy people because computers where for nerds. Currently every kid and their dog has a phone or tablet with a youtube app on it, so their main demographic are kids, moms, and people who don't have anything better to do than watch youtube all day. ... youtube is the new television, which also went from quality content to dumbed down shit as tv sets became commonplace.
If he feels like doing an easy tutorial for a change, it's totally up to him. However I must admit, if he aims to make more tutorial videos, I'd split his work into two separate channels - tutorials and inventions.
These are easy to make, especially if you buy a ready made module. Very similar to my remote control unit for model rockets and pyrotechnics. I show how to extend the range of the transmitter by 2x in my video. Nice job.
no, not really. Its the common terminal for either the NC or NO contact. I would usually run the positive wire through the relay so it isnt always a 12V at the solenoid.
Niko L.. com. Is common power on the contacts. You have a 24v supply to the pcb used for controle. Common is the supply to the load of what it is that your switching
It doesn't do you any good if you connect both wires of the solenoid to the relay, in case you meant that. It'd just be shorting them together or not. If you'd connect one lead to +12V , the other to COM and NO to the ground, then it's called low side switching and it's how you'd do it with a transistor, but generally not with a relay. PS. It's not like a "common ground/reference" on a multimeter. It's just a common for the no and nc contacts of the relay and nothing else.
I know this is a year old now, but just have to add this... I bet you're the coolest dad on the block! Or... at least the kids would think so... bet the neighbors would hate you sometimes though! 😂
I'm confused to what demographic you have been trying to hit recently, and you must be as well. With the kinds of videos you have been making for the last while you are obviously trying to appeal more to kids, and i guess you have had a growing younger audience since you started out. But no kids are going to make this, yet alone have a use for it, so what exactly is the point now. It's like making a kids show about how to do your taxes, I'm pretty confused.
"no kids are going to make this" Why not? I made things like these back in old days, when I was in 2nd/3rd grade - that was my first experience with electronics, relays and radio/infrared remotes, LEDs, soldering irons, etc. (of course, back then our family was poor as f*ck, so all the components was salvaged from recovered broken toys/devices) After some experimenting and little trial-and-error learning, I made a lot of cool stuff - I remember making a remote control for my desk lamp, and light-beam-interrupt beeper, so together with friends we could replicate the spy movies that we loved. Not all kids are retarded (at least I hope so - seeing today's kids actually kind of worries me...)
I encourage kids to make items like this. Simple and fun. But you are allowed to dislike the video. I just think that more kids should do this instead of playing video games. "And post"
This would be great for a Red-Light/Green-Light game using a sprinkler, and put a slip-n-slide at the end, or make the race end at the pool! (For those unfamiliar, I'm Jamaican so this might be a game not everyone knows, it's a race type game where all the kids line up, and one person separate shouts "Green light!" And they all run, "Red Light!" And they have to stop. The fun is trying to trick people by saying stuff like "Green LIME!" or "Red Flight" etc... if someone runs before you say green light, or if you say a different word they go back to the start, same with red light.. if they don't stop fast enough or mishear you they go back. You can use any code words you like, or even use actual lights, or hand gestures, but in JA where I'm from and in FL we used RL/GL. So my idea was to use the sprinkler with this game, run while the water is on, stop when it's off.. first to the slide or pool wins, and maybe you could add some obstacles and fun stuff along the way, slip slides, kid pools etc.. ) Some variations you can try: - Hand gestures. We have done games where right hand up/open was go, left hand up/open was stop. That was hard because kids mess up the arms, or run even though you made a fist.. the more impatient they are the more fun! - Trivia Run! Ask fun questions, like "What is Hulks real name?" Or "Who was Spidermans uncle?". This one only works with a few kids, so you can hear the responses. If they get it wrong, they start over. - Jam Session! Play music, and only run while the music is playing, but with a twist. If (once stopped) they can guess the song and/or artist they can take a few steps forward, or jump ahead a place. But if they get it wrong, they go to the back of the pack. This one is my favorite to play with my sisters kids, because they love classic rock now and it's cute hearing a 6 year old shout "Forever Yours! JOURNEY! Right!? Did I get it!?" So it's a fun way to share music you love, and know they probably can't guess it until they've played a few times and learned the songs.
Just a heads up to anyone who plans on using this in a more permanent scenario: those little relay boards are really in efficient and so your batteries will drain pretty quickly if you leave it running 24/7 As a result, I recommend running a mains wire to it, putting that though a 12V transformer, then running that into a full bridge rectifier and holding it at peak voltage with a capacitor in parallel with the inputs. In the past I've used little 16V 2200uF caps and they seem to deal with the changing current nicely.
those quick connect garden hose fittings work great to make water rockets out of 2 liter soda bottles. I cut a piece of pvc pipe about 9 inches long or so (pipe size I think its 1/2 pipe size) and using construction adhesive glue, glue it into the opening of a 2 liter bottle (smear some adhesive inside the bottle mouth about an inch in max and a bit on the outside end of the pipe) you want it to go in the bottle so that its just past the spot where the neck meets the flared bottle, I usually push it past then pull it out to the spot it needs to end up. put some tape around the neck and pipe so it wont move and stand it up in the corner (bottle up, pipe down)so the glue settles around the pipe. takes a few days to dry enough. to the other end of the pipe glue a slip fit to threaded pipe connector, you want a male thread to screw a garden hose quick connect nipple to 3/4 pipe thread is close enough to the garden hose thread to hold ok. fins are made from panels cut from squarish plastic jugs like detergent bottles. I cut them so the fin is 2 inches tall by 3 inches long and I use the corner of the bottle so I can leave a 3/4 inch piece at a right angle to the 2 inches tall part. put 2 holes through the plastic fin in the crotch of the right angle, each hole near the top and bottom of the fin. take two zip ties and thread the 4 fins onto the ties and start zipping them into a loop. put the pipe through the loop and start to take out the slack while spacing the fins around the bottle. the 3/4 bits should be on 4 sides of the pipe and just overlapping the next fin. once its all tight the fins should be somewhat offset to the pipe so they tend to paddlewheel when the bottle comes down from a flight. the zips should be tight but you don't need to go nuts as the pipe fitting will keep them from sliding down any further. the launch base can be anything you want, you just need the female socket for the garden hose quick connect and some sort of fitting to fill the bottle with air. I usually just use pvc T fitting and adapt a Schrader valve fitting into it. the female fitting usually has a check valve built in, I punch that out to add a rod that fits freely into the hole in the male fitting and glue it into the T so its sticking up and acts like a launch guide and piston to the bottle, it has to be short enough the bottle will lock into the female part. best to make the launcher light enough to place it into the bottle then turn it upright to launch. the bottle you fill about halfway with water and then screw the hose male fitting onto the pipe. a little grease on the threads and rubber washer makes it unscrew later much easier, same for the rubber o ring on the pippin. lock the hose fitting together, bottle to base and set it down and pump it up with a bicycle pump. works best below 50 psi as too much pressure and the air pushes past the water and you can hear the difference when you launch. pump it up and pull down on the locking collar and off it goes! obviously don't be over the rocket when launching as it packs a punch. at apogee the bottle usually lays over and comes down sideways, slowly spinning. 1.5 liter bottles go higher but usually don't spin down and tend to bash themselves apart faster.
Relays for the most part will always need a common connection. Also you would wire using NO contact of the relay meaning no current flows to the valve under normal conditions. When you activate the relay (button) you close the circuit allowing current flow to the valve.
This boards are intended to be used with a low voltage "control" supply (12V) and an ISOLATED AC 230/120V supply to drive lamps or similar, that is why they have the relay, to isolate. The three terminals of the relay (COM, NO, NC) are like the three terminals on a SPST switch. The relay connects the Common with the NC when no voltage is applied to the coil, and connects the Common and NO terminals when the coil is energyzed.
Here we have another small project from the Furze book, what would you use it for....the garden or attack muhahaha. Link to get hold of the book yourself is in the description. Thanks to all that have bought it and are enjoying it. CF
Make a car that you use with a game console controller
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Nice work Colin and congrats one the smashing read of a book 👍🏻
colinfurze well if this construction is fireproof i would use it for...well FIRE
colinfurze hi nice vids
Bought A book, happy to support the channel in some small way.
Im a commercial plumber in the usa and this will come in handy when im testing my waste and vent lines by myself! Thank you so much!
What you are saying about the Relay doesn't seem right. NC or Normally Closed is a closed circuit, that means current can flow. Normally open is an Open Circuit, meaning current can't flow. So its essentially the other way around.
You can tell he isn't in his element for once ^^
When you activate the relay, it is closed. When you activate the relay when it is NO, the relay is open.
A relay doesn't open or close itself. It opens the NC (normally closed) and closes the NO (normally open) Thats it. When the relay isnt activated, the NC will pass through current and the NO will not. When active, the NC will not pass current and the NO will. It literally switches the current from the right pin to the left pin. The center pin is what it connects to, also known as COM. COM is (when relay is not active) connected to NC. So current can flow from COM to NC. When active, it will disconnect from NC and connect to NO. So current can flow from COM to NO.
Though it wouldnt have hurt to look it up for him. Its electronic basics really. He can make amazing things. So he should be able to understand a simple schematic of a relay.
WumboTech You know he probably did but just got it messed up while filming.
Normally open = No current flowing, except when you press the button.
Normally closed = Current flows all the time, except when you press the button.
thank you, was looking for this
so
No = Water sprays when the button is pressed
Nc = Water sprays constantly unless you press the button, then it will stop untill you release the button
(just an even more dumbed down version. some of this stuff can be a little confusing at times)
No - The circuit is normally open. No current flows. Pressing the button closes (completes) the circuit, allowing water to flow.
Nc - The circuit is normally closed. A current flows. Pressing the button opens (breaks) the circuit, stopping the water flow.
You can get valves that are either 'normally closed' (power applied = water flows) or 'normally open'
(power applied = water-flow blocked), as an added layer of confusion.
To make the valve allow flow when the switch is activated, a valve that is normally closed would have to be used with a normally open switch, and vice versa.
Rafael Gomes yep, he's going to drain the battery a lot quicker the way he's designed it. Either he has the relay energised or the solenoid energised, always drawing current from something
Some people should appreciate creativity. His stuff is aimed at all ages, I don't understand why people dislike his work.
This is the most serious and useful invention that Colin ever had.
Lol so true
For someone who isn't native english speaker, and isn't a maker, but just fell down into this youtube rabbithole recently - it was nice with the quick explainer on what a solenoid valve was....
You know, as much as I enjoy watching you make insane things, more things like this that are actually practical would be neat.
What a neat little side project, the how-to's are not annoying and helpful to practice the right way to do things (not acrewing them up randomly and unscrewing if thigs go wrong).
I made one of these a while back, but without the remote control! Time to replace that on-off timer switch with something more fancy, or simply add it as an extra!
Using 9v batteries, that receiver will probably drain them in a few days. Also you almost certainly want to use the NO contact - with the NC, you will probably be running either the relay or the solenoid all the time, again running the batteries down when it's doing nothing.
And winding wire round spade tags is going to be really unreliable. At least wind a few turns round. Really not up to your usual build standards.
anss he made a mistake with the nc and the no
I didn't expect a comment from Mike on here.
ouch, all crits out today..
mikeselectricstuff Yeah it was a bit sloppy and boring. I would have expected him to run gasoline trough it and have an awesome flamethrower sprinkle or something .
nemode dj This is a new adventure for him, kids. Criticism is key to success. Albeit kids will have fun with this design, always best to get it right. With that said, intentional poor designs could lead to the students discoving the more efficient/correct method. All fun times
This is great! These instructional type videos are so nice to show how easy it is to get started making your own fun stuff. I still love the larger crazier builds but a sprinkle of these every now and then is awesome as well.
I need more electric things like this in my life
The Nocturnal Alchemist search for arduino projects
Loved that you did the simple version on this build, not using the ideal/perfect solution and instead doing what we most likely will be doing at home. Thanks
I love how calm Collin is in these non exciting videos
Ryan James you spelt Colin wrong
Darragh Brett sorry auto correct
Darragh Brett thanks though
*LOVE???* This shit's boring as fuck...
Digital Pyro boring for you probably, not everyone
Quality entertainment and teaching at the same time. Never stop Colin!
2:28 He said... "parallel line, strait down ya box" lol
You can buy 3/4BSP hose to tap connectors with a proper tail to push hoses onto, usually in the next bin to the one where you found your hose fittings.
Now make one using a proximity sensor so it's completely automatic ;p
and instead of a hose, insert shotgun! yay...i'm on a list again...
walperstyle or a pipe bomb
Yeah, its not hard to make some really amazing defence systems, but our legal system is progressive up here in Canada, so They'll probably infringe on me for a thought crime.
Make it yourself. Its pretty simple.
I want to have one that I can remotely direct. After rugby matches drunk men piss on my hedge and I want to point it at the perp and shoot. Thanks for the tips to get me started
Thanks Colin. I have no water to my house. But I do collect rain and snow melt. This will help me build a solar hot water system so I can have a shower system and stop heating water over an open fire. Thanks again.
Who else thinks that Colin is the best
Finley_Read he is the best
He used to be, then he started catering for fucking kids.
I guess he's alright
Finley_Read Me :)
why do all these people say "who else thinks"
8:40 That absolutely makes sense and makes the board more flexible.
When you want to switch a 120V or 240V device you shouldn't power the receiver and the relais with that voltage. So you need two different power inputs.
actually good system ghas two voltages - one like 5v for electronics and other like 24v for solenoid. why his replay is so strange and work with one voltage I have no idea.
Make a pumpkin carving machine
William Zuk Spoopy
Just need to resurrect the cake spoon machine...
William Zuk woo how creative
William Osman tried with a laser cutter
Bought this for my neice for christmas, she's all about building things, but they are usually of a trivial nature (slime and bathbombs and whatnot) so hoping she can get more practical as she wants to be an engineer when she grows up.
Can you make a remote control for the remote control ?
Arduino
Must be fun having you as a dad . You probably work a lot I hope you get time to enjoy your family you seem like a good guy
Always wear your safety tie
Yep
It's actually comforting to see, that even plumpers plug the hoses first before they remember to mount the hose clips first.
Me: "Hey mom what is the man outside doing"
My mom: "Colin is up to his shenanigans again isn't he..."
Colin, you're the kind of shed inventor that made Britain Great.
Nice. Apart from the fact that its Winter now😂
You must be living on another planet... woa
Digital Pyro Yep. In a Galaxy far far away. England😂
Everyone says these are boring but I actually like these. Any type of learning from Colin furze I’ll take any day.
10:25 And this walk style 😂😂😂😂👌👌
I like this channel so much. Especially because you don't use any hot glue.
*Hears a noise coming from next door
Oh Colin must be building something wacky.
This is perfect for one of my current projects! I am building a portable fog machine and although I have a way to blow the fog out of it, I didn't have a way to keep it in when needed.
2:44 every Australian knows this trick
Why ?
Man, I *LOVE* your real world DIY projects. This is so clever and so useful.
Thank you so very much for this!
Greetings from Portugal.
Bring it back to the oldskool and make a liquid fuel rocket
please
Yes I want this
My son and I watch one of your videos each night before bed, thanks! We love them! My son (5 years old) wanted me to ask you to build a hot wheel motorcycle. So, there you have it!
What an invention!
Hi Colin i am proud to se someone that isn't amarican on you tube doing this topic keep it up
Can you make a sword gun when you press the button at the bottom of the sword it shots like a gun
he's british not american
this is really cool with today's modern boards its really easy to click buy and its almost plug and play. it is the kind of video i wish i had when i got into electronics. it will help many people jump into working with electronics. very fun project!!!
Make a car that you can use with a PS or XBOX controller
I used to build robots and compete against other people's bots we used a phone setup where one phone was on the bot and the other was connected to a controller, we even had to code the program to control the robot.
Mr.Death the problem would be to bring it the input from the reciver to the actual steering from the car
We had a central motor controller, it was a hub the phone would connect to and it also connected to the motors.
Mr.Death and then what happened?? This is interesting..
You know there is currently a gtr which can be operated from a ps4 controller now
I love the fact you use all RYOBI tools, which I've had for years and do the job admirably, but I wish we had access to the USA range, they have loads !!!!
"Really cheap, really easy to do" for a moment I thought I was watching a Jamie Olliver video there :D
Very cool... I bought three copies of this book... going to make some of these projects with my kids.
I like how it says *How* as if we are going to bother to do this .
Mark Pearce 10/10
BOOPER Dooper Gotta get that 10 min ad revenue, mang
good use for it
We?
This is one of the ones hes actually encouraging us to do, thats why its in the book.
The fact youre also teaching people (particularly kids) some important stuff as well as being entertaining is great man, keep it up (y)
Wow U geni!!!!
Cannapeace ✌
Mrweedmaker yes He geni
You've made it really easy for people to work out where you live with this video! Hope you dont mind all of RUclips knowing your home address, took me seconds to find it on Google maps!
Something is dead wrong with this video...
Where's the lucky near-death experiences from new inventions?
what a nice tutorial from a sensible young man
Woah! No rock background music? Oh wait, I hear it now but it’s like really really faint
I wish these videos got more views, they are super easy ways to get people into building ❤️
Huh, no fire?
Colin, you need to make a "Furze-certified" monster hydroponic cannibas system capable of growing monster cannibas tree!!! Just imagine how much more you you get done when you're flying the cannibas skies!!!!!
How about a dancing car 👍
Brahmadh Vanshi that’s called hydraulics
Subscribed for years without hitting subscribe button, since i discovered RUclips. Bought book, although i will have to mimic projects in my bedroom as I don't have a garage.
Remote controlled
Pumpkin man
The result of a young audience
These detailed build videos are really cool, Colin! It's really neat to see you doing these build-alongs based on projects from your book. I know it's a kid's book but dang I wanna buy it myself! :D
Remember when colinfurze was not doing dumbed-down videos? Pepperidge farm remembers...
RUclips's entire demographic has shifted over the years, following the biggest group. That used to be tech savvy people because computers where for nerds. Currently every kid and their dog has a phone or tablet with a youtube app on it, so their main demographic are kids, moms, and people who don't have anything better to do than watch youtube all day.
... youtube is the new television, which also went from quality content to dumbed down shit as tv sets became commonplace.
Remember when Pepperidge Farm jokes were funny?
Nope me neither.
this is the first video that i've seen of his that's "dumbed-down", and it's from his book for kids, and kids are dumb
If he feels like doing an easy tutorial for a change, it's totally up to him. However I must admit, if he aims to make more tutorial videos, I'd split his work into two separate channels - tutorials and inventions.
It's an old meme sir, but it checks out.
These are easy to make, especially if you buy a ready made module. Very similar to my remote control unit for model rockets and pyrotechnics. I show how to extend the range of the transmitter by 2x in my video. Nice job.
This video is longer than the catalán independence
Relying on those little rubber seals to stop your electronics from getting fried. Bold move, Colin.
isn't the common terminal meant for the "negative" lead from the solenoid?
Yep, though since the solenoid is non-polar, it doesn't really matter.
Niko L No
no, not really. Its the common terminal for either the NC or NO contact. I would usually run the positive wire through the relay so it isnt always a 12V at the solenoid.
Niko L.. com. Is common power on the contacts. You have a 24v supply to the pcb used for controle. Common is the supply to the load of what it is that your switching
It doesn't do you any good if you connect both wires of the solenoid to the relay, in case you meant that. It'd just be shorting them together or not. If you'd connect one lead to +12V , the other to COM and NO to the ground, then it's called low side switching and it's how you'd do it with a transistor, but generally not with a relay. PS. It's not like a "common ground/reference" on a multimeter. It's just a common for the no and nc contacts of the relay and nothing else.
"How to make unreliable electrical connections 101"
The general idea is quite nice though, and I enjoy your videos a lot :D
8:08 that’s what she said 😏
Colin that Relais is a potential free one they are *ALL* Like that.
Who hates RUclips red because you have to pay to watch videos I just want to watch a video without paying
Like if you agree
Finally something useful and not just entertaining.
Not your best work. The one you showed at the beginning of the video was nice. The one you cobbled together was a bit ghetto.
I know this is a year old now, but just have to add this...
I bet you're the coolest dad on the block! Or... at least the kids would think so... bet the neighbors would hate you sometimes though! 😂
I'm confused to what demographic you have been trying to hit recently, and you must be as well. With the kinds of videos you have been making for the last while you are obviously trying to appeal more to kids, and i guess you have had a growing younger audience since you started out. But no kids are going to make this, yet alone have a use for it, so what exactly is the point now. It's like making a kids show about how to do your taxes, I'm pretty confused.
"no kids are going to make this" Why not? I made things like these back in old days, when I was in 2nd/3rd grade - that was my first experience with electronics, relays and radio/infrared remotes, LEDs, soldering irons, etc. (of course, back then our family was poor as f*ck, so all the components was salvaged from recovered broken toys/devices) After some experimenting and little trial-and-error learning, I made a lot of cool stuff - I remember making a remote control for my desk lamp, and light-beam-interrupt beeper, so together with friends we could replicate the spy movies that we loved. Not all kids are retarded (at least I hope so - seeing today's kids actually kind of worries me...)
I encourage kids to make items like this. Simple and fun. But you are allowed to dislike the video. I just think that more kids should do this instead of playing video games. "And post"
This would be great for a Red-Light/Green-Light game using a sprinkler, and put a slip-n-slide at the end, or make the race end at the pool!
(For those unfamiliar, I'm Jamaican so this might be a game not everyone knows, it's a race type game where all the kids line up, and one person separate shouts "Green light!" And they all run, "Red Light!" And they have to stop. The fun is trying to trick people by saying stuff like "Green LIME!" or "Red Flight" etc... if someone runs before you say green light, or if you say a different word they go back to the start, same with red light.. if they don't stop fast enough or mishear you they go back.
You can use any code words you like, or even use actual lights, or hand gestures, but in JA where I'm from and in FL we used RL/GL.
So my idea was to use the sprinkler with this game, run while the water is on, stop when it's off.. first to the slide or pool wins, and maybe you could add some obstacles and fun stuff along the way, slip slides, kid pools etc.. )
Some variations you can try:
- Hand gestures. We have done games where right hand up/open was go, left hand up/open was stop. That was hard because kids mess up the arms, or run even though you made a fist.. the more impatient they are the more fun!
- Trivia Run! Ask fun questions, like "What is Hulks real name?" Or "Who was Spidermans uncle?". This one only works with a few kids, so you can hear the responses. If they get it wrong, they start over.
- Jam Session! Play music, and only run while the music is playing, but with a twist. If (once stopped) they can guess the song and/or artist they can take a few steps forward, or jump ahead a place. But if they get it wrong, they go to the back of the pack. This one is my favorite to play with my sisters kids, because they love classic rock now and it's cute hearing a 6 year old shout "Forever Yours! JOURNEY! Right!? Did I get it!?" So it's a fun way to share music you love, and know they probably can't guess it until they've played a few times and learned the songs.
these tutorials are boring
yur hobbies are boring
whatever you think. i simply prefer his regular videos.
What's your favrite furze video? :)
Weeb
i'm luckily by no means a weeb
G'day Furzey! Just wanted to say your World Wonders series has been awesome and I hope there's so much more to come!
duck tape for electrical connections and circuit board insulation lol...... GENIUS!!
I know this is a 'kids' project from a 'kids' book, but I actually enjoyed this tutorial and want to make my own...
You your RUclips channel and your book are awesome like the queen
I really enjoyed this video. DYI + tutorial. I should buy the book.
I REALLY liked this video. Wiring always gets me and you did a great job explaining things! Really enjoy ALL of your videos!
Colin furze = the coolest dad ever 😂
This is just something that I don't know what to use for but I just like watching u build things😂
I'm thinking about cannibalizing an old solar powered lawn ornament for its panel and interfacing it into this idea...
I really dig your work man!
matthew0980 think you might need a few of them
God i wish colin was my neighbour.
Your an absolute legend mate.
Big love from Australia.
One of my favourite videos
Thank you colin this has helped me with my hydroponics
upgrade to arduino and mqtt to cloud it and monitor from smatphone
awesome job Colin, you're rally nailing teaching this stuff.
I'm deffo getting this book for my kids.
Just a heads up to anyone who plans on using this in a more permanent scenario:
those little relay boards are really in efficient and so your batteries will drain pretty quickly if you leave it running 24/7 As a result, I recommend running a mains wire to it, putting that though a 12V transformer, then running that into a full bridge rectifier and holding it at peak voltage with a capacitor in parallel with the inputs. In the past I've used little 16V 2200uF caps and they seem to deal with the changing current nicely.
as i understoof these realys dont use energy at all. they are opened or closed on circuit. so they cant use any energy.
Defo getting this for my boy for a little extra Xmas present.
Dude, look the quality of this plastic box! It's better than the glass dishes here in brazil.
Just in time for winter!
those quick connect garden hose fittings work great to make water rockets out of 2 liter soda bottles. I cut a piece of pvc pipe about 9 inches long or so (pipe size I think its 1/2 pipe size) and using construction adhesive glue, glue it into the opening of a 2 liter bottle (smear some adhesive inside the bottle mouth about an inch in max and a bit on the outside end of the pipe) you want it to go in the bottle so that its just past the spot where the neck meets the flared bottle, I usually push it past then pull it out to the spot it needs to end up. put some tape around the neck and pipe so it wont move and stand it up in the corner (bottle up, pipe down)so the glue settles around the pipe. takes a few days to dry enough. to the other end of the pipe glue a slip fit to threaded pipe connector, you want a male thread to screw a garden hose quick connect nipple to 3/4 pipe thread is close enough to the garden hose thread to hold ok. fins are made from panels cut from squarish plastic jugs like detergent bottles. I cut them so the fin is 2 inches tall by 3 inches long and I use the corner of the bottle so I can leave a 3/4 inch piece at a right angle to the 2 inches tall part. put 2 holes through the plastic fin in the crotch of the right angle, each hole near the top and bottom of the fin. take two zip ties and thread the 4 fins onto the ties and start zipping them into a loop. put the pipe through the loop and start to take out the slack while spacing the fins around the bottle. the 3/4 bits should be on 4 sides of the pipe and just overlapping the next fin. once its all tight the fins should be somewhat offset to the pipe so they tend to paddlewheel when the bottle comes down from a flight. the zips should be tight but you don't need to go nuts as the pipe fitting will keep them from sliding down any further. the launch base can be anything you want, you just need the female socket for the garden hose quick connect and some sort of fitting to fill the bottle with air. I usually just use pvc T fitting and adapt a Schrader valve fitting into it. the female fitting usually has a check valve built in, I punch that out to add a rod that fits freely into the hole in the male fitting and glue it into the T so its sticking up and acts like a launch guide and piston to the bottle, it has to be short enough the bottle will lock into the female part. best to make the launcher light enough to place it into the bottle then turn it upright to launch. the bottle you fill about halfway with water and then screw the hose male fitting onto the pipe. a little grease on the threads and rubber washer makes it unscrew later much easier, same for the rubber o ring on the pippin. lock the hose fitting together, bottle to base and set it down and pump it up with a bicycle pump. works best below 50 psi as too much pressure and the air pushes past the water and you can hear the difference when you launch. pump it up and pull down on the locking collar and off it goes! obviously don't be over the rocket when launching as it packs a punch. at apogee the bottle usually lays over and comes down sideways, slowly spinning. 1.5 liter bottles go higher but usually don't spin down and tend to bash themselves apart faster.
Bring back the old Collin
Relays for the most part will always need a common connection. Also you would wire using NO contact of the relay meaning no current flows to the valve under normal conditions. When you activate the relay (button) you close the circuit allowing current flow to the valve.
This boards are intended to be used with a low voltage "control" supply (12V) and an ISOLATED AC 230/120V supply to drive lamps or similar, that is why they have the relay, to isolate. The three terminals of the relay (COM, NO, NC) are like the three terminals on a SPST switch. The relay connects the Common with the NC when no voltage is applied to the coil, and connects the Common and NO terminals when the coil is energyzed.
He really does everything for his kids )) well done mate