Clever Uses Of Thermal Expansion

Clever Uses Of Thermal Expansion
On any given day, we rely on dozens of hidden computers seamlessly integrated into our lives to function. The low cost, flexibility, and ease of rapid product development of embedded microprocessors have fundamentally changed how products and equipment are designed; finding their way into even the most trivial items.
In this series, we explore how engineers accomplished design goals in a time long before the semiconductor revolution by spotlighting ideas that combined brilliant engineering with innovative uses of material properties.
Thermal expansion is one of the more common physical phenomena we experience daily. Most materials expand when heated. When a material is heated, the kinetic energy of that material increases as its atoms and molecules move about more. At the atomic level, the material will take up more space due to its movement so it expands.
THERMOSTATS
Most vehicle engines operate best around the boiling point of water. Keeping the heat generated by combustion in thermal check is a liquid cooling system that flows coolant in a circuit between the engine and a radiator. Typically the cooling system capacity is large enough to cool the engine at all mode of its operation. But when a cold engine is first started, this cooling capacity becomes a hindrance, as it can overwhelm an engines ability to rapidly warm up to operating temperature. Thermostats are used to regulate this temperature.
BIMETALLIC SWITCHES
Mechanical control by thermal expansion is simple and very reliable but what if we need to perform a nonmechanical form of temperature based control, such as electrical switching.
In a manner similar to wax, metals expand when heated, though different metals expand at different rates. This difference in expansion rates allows for some interesting applications. Bimetallic string bend when heated and can be configured into electrical thermal switches.
FLASHERS
We can expand on the functionality of bimetallic switches further by mounting an electrically resistant heating element to the bimetallic strip. As current flows through the heating element, the electrical resistance causes dissipation of heat, raising the temperature of the bimetallic strip. As it heats up, the thermal motion causes the bimetallic element to switch on the flow of electricity. Current is shunted away from the heating element, cooling it. The bimetallic strip then contracts back to its original state. This opens the switch, restoring current back to the heating element. This cycle of opening and closes forms a thermal flasher.
COIL THERMOSTAT
Bimetallic strips are durable, easily formed and can be used in various configurations. If we coil a bimetallic strip, the thermal motion causes the coil to tighten or unwind, creating rotation. If we calibrate the motion to the temperature of the bimetallic coil we create rotational motion relative to temperature. Add graduations and an indicator needle, and we now have a dial thermometer.
This simple, purely mechanical mechanism not only allows for measuring temperature but also the ability to control it in an adjustable manner. This is how residential, non-electronic adjustable thermostats operate.
THERMOCOUPLE
Combining dissimilar metals for the purpose of temperature sensing also comes in other forms. When a junction between two different metals are formed, such as with the alloys chromel and alumel, the thermoelectric effect occurs. An electrical potential difference across the junction develops with the voltage changing in a temperature dependent manner. This is known as a thermocouple.
Thermocouples are simple, rugged, inexpensive, and interchangeable. Though they aren’t precise, they are used as temperature sensors for both simple and digital control systems.
Other industrial configurations of control by heat exist, though these methods are more integrated into systematic designs, that are impractical for direct electronic control, they employ thermodynamic properties of working fluids such as air, combustion gases, steam or molten salt and as are generally used for power generation or transmission.
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  • @yeahitskimmel
    @yeahitskimmel4 жыл бұрын

    3:12 I know this is a serious video but I wasn't ready for the lips on Celsius

  • @jacobrzeszewski6527

    @jacobrzeszewski6527

    3 жыл бұрын

    Painter: Sir Celcius, the portrait is complete. Celcius: Let me look. Oh! Dear, those lips are so pale. Could you make them a bit more...👄

  • @hanselmanryanjames

    @hanselmanryanjames

    2 жыл бұрын

    Luscious

  • @Rig0r_M0rtis

    @Rig0r_M0rtis

    2 жыл бұрын

    I wast just gonna write that xD

  • @bcubed72

    @bcubed72

    2 жыл бұрын

    I just appreciate that Santorio Santorio and Gallileo Gallilei were BFFs. You know, hang out, crush on Marky Mark, whatever.

  • @thesteaksaignant
    @thesteaksaignant4 жыл бұрын

    The thermal switches for turning lights blew my mind ! I had no idea !

  • @zombieblaster5754

    @zombieblaster5754

    4 жыл бұрын

    Steak Saignant same here. My 75 needed a flasher relay, it would get stuck with the lights on.

  • @ziasong

    @ziasong

    3 жыл бұрын

    I have been thinking it's an RLC oscillator for so long.

  • @OMAR6575

    @OMAR6575

    2 жыл бұрын

    glad , im not the only one... i actually went bananas....

  • @phinok.m.628
    @phinok.m.6284 жыл бұрын

    Thermal switches in blinkers typically have the resistor and bimetallic switch in series, so the light goes on immediately when you turn the blinker on and turns off once the resistor heats up enough. Also thermal switches in blinkers slow down when a light bulb burns out, as the current through the resistor decreases and it takes longer for it to heat. Relay based blinkers usually speed up when a bulb burns out. And the rate change isn't an accident, it is there so the driver notices when a bulb burns out.

  • @user-sx4yu3nw4j

    @user-sx4yu3nw4j

    4 жыл бұрын

    Phino K.M. Indeed. And newer vehicles (e.g. EV) with LED turn signals have the audio synthesized to provide that feedback to the driver

  • @Chilledoutredhead

    @Chilledoutredhead

    3 жыл бұрын

    Always wondered why they sped up when they were dieing. Great info

  • @benlawton5420

    @benlawton5420

    3 жыл бұрын

    My brain died when he said when one bulb fails more power goes through the resistor... But... the resistance is higher now.

  • @whatevernamegoeshere3644

    @whatevernamegoeshere3644

    3 жыл бұрын

    It will speed up. Thermal inertia plays a role in it. If you have 2 bulbs on and send more power though the strip, you end up with more hear stored in the heater and the strip and it goes a bigger distance. If you have less heat, it will open less far apart and cool faster too. I get your logic with the slower turn-on, but tell me, how would it cool down slower and turn off slower if you had less power and thus less heat though it with a single bulb? The thing speeds up.

  • @benlawton5420

    @benlawton5420

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@airgliderz Say you have 2 bulbs at 1 ohm in parallel and one blows the resistance goes up (from .5 to 1), unless car blinkers are wired in some wierd way then idk.

  • @flamencoprof
    @flamencoprof4 жыл бұрын

    Regarding failing safe, I couldn't resist quoting John Gall from 1975, "When a fail-safe system fails, it fails by failing to fail safe." : -)

  • @expertoflizardcorrugation3967

    @expertoflizardcorrugation3967

    3 жыл бұрын

    God damnit that quote is brilliant.

  • @rasolaqfa5051

    @rasolaqfa5051

    3 жыл бұрын

    And that's why I have a fail-safe thermostat in my truck that fails to safe!! :)

  • @demef758

    @demef758

    2 жыл бұрын

    Humorous, but it's true. Too often, people will remove a fail safe circuit and replace it with either nothing or something they created that does not work. Lots of houses have burned down because the homeowners messed with their water heaters not knowing what the hell they're doing.

  • @bcubed72

    @bcubed72

    2 жыл бұрын

    Who is John Gall?

  • @flamencoprof

    @flamencoprof

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@bcubed72 Don't be lazy. Google is your friend, O person of no content channel.

  • @gonun69
    @gonun694 жыл бұрын

    Cool video. Was expecting something about manufacturing processes using thermal expansion like mounting bearings, but this was very intresting too.

  • @jets8991

    @jets8991

    4 жыл бұрын

    Cylinder sleeves are installed by heating the cylinder and installing a cold sleeve

  • @shaegrover9516

    @shaegrover9516

    4 жыл бұрын

    If we are mentioning heat uses on metal, wheel bearings on solid axles (possibly but unlikely wishbone) need to be put in the freezer so they shrink and can fit into a wheel hub. I'm assuming a wishbone doesn't ever need to be chilled is because conical bearings are cone shaped ∆ and self align. This is from my single experience doing a 1976 Fiat 124 bearing and hub job.

  • @kaylor87

    @kaylor87

    4 жыл бұрын

    Agreed, that was my first thought as well

  • @cb1671

    @cb1671

    4 жыл бұрын

    Yup. The ring gear on flywheels are sometimes installed by heating the ring gear, placing it on a cold flywheel, and then letting it cool and contract.

  • @David-bc4rh

    @David-bc4rh

    4 жыл бұрын

    Perhaps the video title should go something like, "The thermal mechanics of thermostats". I would still like to see a video about thermal manufacturing

  • @emanuelmifsud6754
    @emanuelmifsud67542 жыл бұрын

    As a teacher of Physics, Chemistry and Electronics etc, may I commend you on your explanations. They are clear, simple and well presented.

  • @suprafill
    @suprafill4 жыл бұрын

    Automotive cooling systems are pressurized around 14-16 psi raising the boiling point an extra 45 degrees. I enjoyed the video I just wanted to offer this information to you.

  • @henryrollins9177

    @henryrollins9177

    4 жыл бұрын

    Also the composition of the cooling fluid increases the boiling point...

  • @rogeronslow1498

    @rogeronslow1498

    3 жыл бұрын

    An extra 45 deg C? No way.

  • @marcusrauch4223

    @marcusrauch4223

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@rogeronslow1498 as he was mentioning a pressure measurement in psi, I think he is talking about fahrenheit.

  • @PheonixRise666

    @PheonixRise666

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@marcusrauch4223 lots of people use psi for day to day pressures and SI units for non pressure measurements.

  • @emanuelmifsud6754

    @emanuelmifsud6754

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@rogeronslow1498 Simple check on Google tells us that radiator additive concentration can increase boiling point to 121deg C to 125 deg C. As a Material Scientist I like to keep to correct units mainly the Metric system.

  • @oliverfeliciano8310
    @oliverfeliciano83104 жыл бұрын

    hi, im a power plant control room operator. i know alot about what this video is based on and i think it may be the best demonstration of the physics involved that ive ever seen during my schooling. bravo, you got a new subscriber.

  • @TelmoMonteiro
    @TelmoMonteiro4 жыл бұрын

    This is like mechanical logic! I really like the way you approach the subject. Direct, simple, concise and precise

  • @TelmoMonteiro

    @TelmoMonteiro

    4 жыл бұрын

    Also, I subscribed after this video. I found your contents really valuable

  • @emanuelmifsud6754

    @emanuelmifsud6754

    2 жыл бұрын

    As a Materials Scientist let me add to what you note. A lot of phenomenons can be shown as a physicl representation, just like chemicals can be used to demostrate natural ideas. Teaching science to kids one uses anyway to show a phenomenon. This video shows the simple ways that are employed to make things work. Technologist use the understanding of material properties to our benefit. Series like "THE Secret Life of Machines" explains concepts further. remember most things operate on simple ideas.

  • @TelmoMonteiro

    @TelmoMonteiro

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@emanuelmifsud6754 thank you for your input! I will definitely take a look. Greetings from Portugal!

  • @Snyper1188
    @Snyper11883 жыл бұрын

    I gotta say, you earned my subscription. Your format is direct, factual, and well rounded in general. You answered pretty much every question I had about thermocouples, and bi-metallic switches. Thanks for your hard work!

  • @richardcowan1573
    @richardcowan15734 жыл бұрын

    An interesting use you didn't mention: thermal expansion is used to join gears, wheels and other rotating objects to shafts/axles. The wheel and shaft are made to slightly overlapping diameters, then the wheel is heated and expands and the shaft is cooled so it shrinks a bit. The wheel is then slid onto the shaft and when the parts cool down/heat up to room temperature, the wheel grips tightly onto the shaft.

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    @CheapSushi4 жыл бұрын

    I noticed the music volume when you show your intro logo has been too high for nearly all your videos; it's always jolting, especially with headphones. For videos so focused on precision, I'd think you'd try to match the levels more. And honestly your intro music doesn't really fit how relaxing the rest of your channel is. But other than that I love the content.

  • @airgliderz

    @airgliderz

    4 жыл бұрын

    I like the intro music and video music, perfect volume with headphones, phone or PC speakers. Dont change a thing, great helpfull, interesting, realistic, applicable to every day life videos. .

  • @fuckingdank6333

    @fuckingdank6333

    4 жыл бұрын

    @David MO sounds like it's time to get your ears checked

  • @xl000

    @xl000

    4 жыл бұрын

    agree. I'm watching this using random 20€ Logitech speakers and it sounds too loud

  • @shaegrover9516

    @shaegrover9516

    4 жыл бұрын

    If it was in reverse it would build up to being too loud. Instead it's instant too loud and fades to normal. Regardless. It's too loud.

  • @trudyandgeorge

    @trudyandgeorge

    4 жыл бұрын

    This is constructive feedback. I love the channel and will put up with the non-normalised intro sound, but it's truly there all the time.

  • @Sigouss
    @Sigouss4 жыл бұрын

    For machinery purposes of very tight component assembly you've forgotten the ''interference fit''. Cooling the shaft and heating up what ever goes onto the shaft.

  • @duradim1

    @duradim1

    4 жыл бұрын

    He didn't want to create a full length feature.

  • @paulf1071

    @paulf1071

    4 жыл бұрын

    Also missing is the analogue problem of Hysteresis (or lack thereof...). E.g. without designing in a type of 'dead zone', a thermostat would rapidly switch on and off wearing out not only it's own electrical contacts very quickly, but also the equipment used to perform the heating and/or cooling.

  • @calebsherman9255

    @calebsherman9255

    2 жыл бұрын

    Are you a millwright? This is a common task. Heat and cold help a lot.

  • @cunningham.s_law
    @cunningham.s_law4 жыл бұрын

    all those Minecraft mods are starting to make sense

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    @thatmcgamer3106

    4 жыл бұрын

    honeyspoon that’s actually hilarious

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    @Mind777s

    4 жыл бұрын

    xD

  • @wk8219
    @wk82194 жыл бұрын

    50+ years on this planet and I never knew exactly how old school car flashers worked 🤔. Great quality content, this was my first video by you and looking forward to more.

  • @PeterLawton

    @PeterLawton

    Жыл бұрын

    61 here. I didn't know either. But there must be additional cleverness, too. Those flashers have to work on a freezing cold winter night in northern Alaska, but also on a sweltering hot day in sunny southern Florida. Somehow the limit temps have to follow the weather.

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    @Stone_6244 жыл бұрын

    This is incredibly cool! I took some beginner Electrical Engineering classes as part of my computer science degree, and knew a little about this sort of property and applications of it, but most of this content is absolutely brilliant stuff that I've never heard of before! Just watched a few other videos, and Definitely agree with another comment on here that the quality of this channel's content is up there with Kurzgesagt and Real Engineering. Fantastic!

  • @paulf1071
    @paulf10714 жыл бұрын

    So that's why car indicators flash faster when one of the bulbs has blown! I learned something new today. Thank you New Mind.

  • @boastfultoast
    @boastfultoast3 жыл бұрын

    When I was like 13 I a family friend with an HVAC business showed drove me around and I learned a thing or two. One of the coolest things I will never forget is when I learned how the thermostat double metal coil thing worked based on temperature, and it bending into itself to become a switch. Something about it being such a simple concept really made me appreciate the modern world, where everything is so complex.

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    @matthewbond41504 жыл бұрын

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  • @prodigy750
    @prodigy7503 жыл бұрын

    What an amazing video to show just how awesome these simple hidden little gadgets are that most people don’t even know exist and to show just how incredibly necessary they are in our daily lives, the ability to harness thermal expansion is truly incredible, well done, I love it!!

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  • @CatNolara
    @CatNolara4 жыл бұрын

    Nice stuff, haven't heard of some of the mechanisms yet. Something that I missed would be shrinking bearings, gears, couplings etc. onto shafts by heating the piece and maybe cooling the shaft. They then slip together nicely and after normalizing in temperature they clamp extremely tight together. In a similar fashion there are also heat shrink collets for holding endmills and other tools, there are even special inductive heating devices for inserting and removing the tools from the collet. They are really compact and stiff while also being very precise.

  • @ObservationofLimits

    @ObservationofLimits

    2 жыл бұрын

    Generally, unless you have the extra equipment or need a really interferenced fit but are limited in heating the outer, cooling the inner is avoided because it will condense water out of the air and you'll end up rusting the parts. One workaround is using a purged box with something like nitrogen. Now there's no moisture in the air.

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    @lefr33man

    4 жыл бұрын

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    4 жыл бұрын

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    @haxney2 жыл бұрын

    As a software engineer, the thought of replacing analog mechanical controls with sensors and software terrifies me. The question in software engineering is "what happens when we screw something up?" not "what happens if we screw something up?"

  • @matak99
    @matak994 жыл бұрын

    This might be one of the most informative videos I've seen yet. Now I understand how a salamander's thermocouple works.

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    @NewMind

    4 жыл бұрын

    Thanks! You just got here. A week ago I only had 5k subs

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    4 жыл бұрын

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    @AtomicFrontier5 жыл бұрын

    Really interresting video on a great channel! I really enjoyed the mix of live demonstrations, animations and historic images. Well done- I know how much effort that all takes!

  • @NewMind

    @NewMind

    5 жыл бұрын

    Thanks, for the motivating and supportive words!

  • @chrisyu98
    @chrisyu984 жыл бұрын

    thermocouples don't use thermal expansion they use the thermoelectric effect. most electrical sensors (RTD, TC, diodes) don't use thermal expansion either. Missed the Sunbeam toaster, lowers the bread and raises it using thermal expansion.

  • @RandomNumber141

    @RandomNumber141

    4 жыл бұрын

    Chris Yu Didn’t the video mention the thermoelectric effect?

  • @tommasomorandini1982

    @tommasomorandini1982

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@RandomNumber141 Yes. 11:00

  • @lazyh-online4839

    @lazyh-online4839

    4 жыл бұрын

    That's why he said, at 10:50 or so, that "joining of two dissimilar metals for the purpose of temperature sensing can also take OTHER forms." He then elaborated on the thermoelectric effect himself.

  • @shackman9566
    @shackman95664 жыл бұрын

    Thank you again I always learn something new. Ive worked on cars for some 50 plus years and never even questioned how a car thermostat worked. I had always assumed it was a bi metal switch or valve bnever knew it was wax. I know of a factory that produces high temp ceramic insulating tubes used in high tempeture alloy steel production to shield high temp probes from destruction. It would interesting to know more about this subject. I believe the companys name is Mcdaniels corporation. Beaver falls Pennsylvania. I have been curious about using a high temp resistant ceramic coating or solid material to construct a small wood gas stove or rocket stove. I just suspect there may be more to learn. Ben Franklin devoted much study to the design of stoves fire places and chimneys. Other technologys came about and pushed wood out of the picture. Even todays most efficiently designed stoves could be improved by advances and development in material science. Ceramic coatings are applied to the interier wall of motor cycle exaust tubes to reduce external temps and other benifits have are realized. Would it be possible to produce a material with micro sized holes that wood gases when forced through under pressure burned much more cleanly. A stove with a preheat chamber an air tight wood fire below a secondary chambered filled with wood that the wood gas can be cooked out of and then burned at a much cleaner higher temp. I know ceramic grids are already used in wood stoves but can we take this technology to the next level. Sorry to go so long watching your videos get the wheels turning. But isnt that the whole point. Thank you again and have a wonderful day. PS I guess the point of my question is are we getting out all the heat out of the wood thats there to get and doing it as cleanly as possible. Imagine a portable camp stove capable of heating a small amount of water faster than any other known product out there today with no moveing parts other than molicules or maybe just a temp control.

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    @saurav3024 жыл бұрын

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    @karthick86c3 жыл бұрын

    The amount of effort you have put in making this video is unbelievable! Hats off to you bro! Deepest respect from a mechanical engineer.

  • @MrBumbottum
    @MrBumbottum5 жыл бұрын

    Really awesome video! Keep it up, and you'll be a big channel soon. The quality of the video and animations are really top notch. While your explanations are fantastic, with great pace and delivery too. 10/10.

  • @NewMind

    @NewMind

    5 жыл бұрын

    thanks!

  • @arimunic
    @arimunic5 жыл бұрын

    Another great video, keep it up. Really looking forward to part 3 on your microchip series!

  • @NewMind

    @NewMind

    5 жыл бұрын

    It's in the pipeline. Had to divert a bit to mix up the content but its coming. Thanks for the support.

  • @pocoapoco2
    @pocoapoco22 жыл бұрын

    Most thermally activated switches I've seen don't use a separate heating element, but instead rely on the current passing through the bimetallic strip to generate heat.

  • @philpuza
    @philpuza3 жыл бұрын

    One of the best examples of this is all of the expansion joints on the SR71 Blackbird. This engineering marvel literally leaked fuel while onto the ground and continued to leak while in the air until it reached high temperatures on its outer skin through high speed flight. There were expansion joints all over this aircraft. They figured this out without computers or calculators using slide rules by hand. To this day this aircraft holds the speed records it has achieved to this day. Amazing what people can do when they are faced with these huge problems that they face.

  • @klaernie
    @klaernie4 жыл бұрын

    Cool, that intro train shot is just a 10min walk from here!

  • @kutsy3785
    @kutsy37852 жыл бұрын

    WOW this video is so well made, although simple enough, the diagrams explain everything very clearly.

  • @markdaniel8740
    @markdaniel87404 жыл бұрын

    Whenever I change a hammer handle, I put the head in a 450° oven. The handle opening will grow in. 05" when hot. I then install the handle normally and when the head cools to ambient temp, it grips even tighter.

  • @satinsoldier

    @satinsoldier

    4 жыл бұрын

    That is a great idea I will have to try it on one of my broken hammers. At that temperature is there any chance of scoring the wooden handle to a degree of notability?

  • @markdaniel8740

    @markdaniel8740

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@satinsoldier I only heat the head. 450° is not hot enough to harm the temper nor burn the wood.

  • @satinsoldier

    @satinsoldier

    4 жыл бұрын

    Mark Daniel thanks for the additional insight

  • @ryancollyer2046

    @ryancollyer2046

    4 жыл бұрын

    That's a smart idea. Just like heating up bearings to put on rotors.

  • @Spellchecc1OO
    @Spellchecc1OO4 жыл бұрын

    Got recommended here, great channel you got going here. Keep up the good work, got my sub.

  • @macdjord
    @macdjord3 жыл бұрын

    I was kinda expecting a video on 'Clever Uses Of Thermal Expansion' to be more than 12 minutes of basic info on thermostats - almost all of it on bimetallic types, which is the second most basic and commonly known use of thermal expansion (#1 being expansion of a liquid, e.g. in a mercury thermometer). The only thing I actually learned was about the wax-melting variant.

  • @SandwichBoy

    @SandwichBoy

    3 жыл бұрын

    wow man you're a genius maybe you should make a video

  • @GabrieldeOliveiraAzevedo

    @GabrieldeOliveiraAzevedo

    3 жыл бұрын

    That frustration happens when you're not the target audience. As you pointed out that may be basic information, but to someone who never thought about termostats the video was perfect - and the title interesting enough for us to play the video.

  • @macdjord

    @macdjord

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@GabrieldeOliveiraAzevedo Fair enough, but I expected 'Clever Uses of Thermal Expansion' to include a) more than one use, and b) that are notably clever. Say, industrial process control methods that use the change in density of the working material to regulate operations, or fitting metal pieces together by heating the outside piece to make it larger then letting it cool and shrink around the inner piece - both of which are things I know exist but would be interested to known more about. This video should have beet titled 'How thermostats work'.

  • @AL_O0
    @AL_O04 жыл бұрын

    There was once a fully automatic toaster that used the thermal expansion of heating elements it used in order to lower and raise the bread, along with a bimetallic strip to turn off the power as the bread got toasted, I believe this is also a great another great example of thermal expansion Anyways, great video

  • @garethbaus5471

    @garethbaus5471

    4 жыл бұрын

    I believe that toaster was made by sunbeam.

  • @RaihotDoW2

    @RaihotDoW2

    4 жыл бұрын

    Technology Connections has a video showcasing that toaster, should check it out if you haven't seen it.

  • @UserNameAnonymous

    @UserNameAnonymous

    4 жыл бұрын

    I think that sunbeam toaster didn't use a timer, it detected the amount of light/heat reflected off of the bread to figure out when it was done.

  • @AL_O0

    @AL_O0

    4 жыл бұрын

    UserNameAnonymous Nobody mentioned a timer here, only a bimetallic strip

  • @UserNameAnonymous

    @UserNameAnonymous

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@AL_O0 - ah, maybe the "eye" used a bimetallic strip also. I thought you were referencing a bimetallic strip timer mechanism. My bad.

  • @DillonG71
    @DillonG71 Жыл бұрын

    the bimetallic coil also used to be used in carburetor chokes, making them open when the engine is hot enough to need more air.

  • @Andrew-qu7lq
    @Andrew-qu7lq2 жыл бұрын

    Fantastic video with clear and concise explanations and examples. Thanks for the effort you put into this!

  • @dallashansen9012
    @dallashansen90125 жыл бұрын

    I love your videos, you can tell you work really hard on them, you have so much information and you explain it so that it's easy to understand which is not an easy thing to do.

  • @PerKroon
    @PerKroon4 жыл бұрын

    In Anders Celsius museum in Uppsala Sweden you can actually read that Anders Celsius did not invent the Celsius temperature scale. Anders Celsius used a scale that was "flipped" from what we know today, water freezing was 100 and boiling was 0. There was other temperature scales during this time and few of them actually used freezing and boiling of water, after Anders Celsius death they simply put his name on the scale we know as Celsius today. Anders Celsius did actually make a number of observations about water freezing and boiling at different pressures but that was actually introduced to Celsius scale at a later point.

  • @vladthe_cat
    @vladthe_cat4 жыл бұрын

    I think I just learned more in 10 minutes of KZread than 7 hours of high school

  • @manumalhotra3520

    @manumalhotra3520

    4 жыл бұрын

    Vlad Caso no

  • @vladthe_cat

    @vladthe_cat

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@manumalhotra3520 wut?

  • @UmVtCg

    @UmVtCg

    4 жыл бұрын

    Should have layed of the weed in high school

  • @shackman9566

    @shackman9566

    4 жыл бұрын

    Isnt that the truth. I learn more from interaction with real world application of math and science. Want to learn math build something. My spelling is terrible but my math got a whole lot better when I started to build stuff. People used to learn hands on and many an invention came about by nessessity.

  • @lobsterbark

    @lobsterbark

    4 жыл бұрын

    High School is just about teaching your the bare minimum to make it easier to be introduced to actually learning things. Thanks to school you are at least aware thermal expansion exists, you know how a thermometer works, you at least have an idea of what temperature actually means. You have a very basic level of knowledge like that, which is enough to be easily introduced to stuff like how a thermostat works.

  • @WeRunBrushless
    @WeRunBrushless4 жыл бұрын

    Wow 55k already! That is awesome , congrats and well deserved.

  • @joshuagibson2520
    @joshuagibson25203 жыл бұрын

    So glad I found your channel. It is the best there is. I saw a comment on another video that you also grew up watching modern marvels etc. That is exactly the niche you're filling. Mainstream TV ain't got shit on your channel. Thank you.

  • @prich0382
    @prich03823 жыл бұрын

    6:20 which is the best way to design a toaster, we have gone backwards with timer-based toasters. Having the control be based on temperature alone means you create the perfect piece of toast every single time no matter the bread type or thickness. "Technology Connections" has a very interesting video on that particular toaster.

  • @jameswiblishauser9745
    @jameswiblishauser9745 Жыл бұрын

    Great video, you break things down really well so that even I can follow it. Much appreciated

  • @RadoslavNikolic
    @RadoslavNikolic4 жыл бұрын

    Your videos are amazing! Keep up the great work!

  • @RoshDroz
    @RoshDroz2 жыл бұрын

    I knew how thermocouples and thermistors worked, but the rest of this stuff kind of blew my mind. Great video!

  • @MrNick-ic8rt
    @MrNick-ic8rt2 жыл бұрын

    This channel is by far the best I follow on KZread. You're great, man. Wish I found it earlier

  • @E_Rico
    @E_Rico4 жыл бұрын

    I just found out what makes the clicking sound in indicator lights and its changed my life now

  • @baller7764
    @baller77645 жыл бұрын

    Great video, you really know your stuff! I learned several things about systems I thought I understood well, can’t wait to see what you put out next.

  • @NewMind

    @NewMind

    5 жыл бұрын

    Thanks!

  • @maciekm7953
    @maciekm79534 жыл бұрын

    I always scratch my head when I find channel like this.. content is a pure gold but where the heck are subscribers? Hope KZread will stop hiding You so the numbers can start grow adequately to quality of this channel. 👍

  • @atlys258
    @atlys2582 жыл бұрын

    I'm a massive fan of thermal-flasher *TWINKLING* incandescent Christmas lights, not talking about blinking lights with the red-tipped blinker bulbs. I discovered them a few years ago from a video Technology Connections had made about them and I've been a convert ever since! I think they are visually far superior to LED lights as the twinkling of the flashers creates a very subtle and gentle almost "shimmering" effect in the rest of the non-flasher bulbs as the voltage each bulb receives constantly fluctuates and the twinkling is actually completely random as opposed to more modern LED lights that cannot reproduce the same visual effects, nor can they be completely random as most will just cycle through a handful of regular timings.

  • @matijuarez
    @matijuarez2 жыл бұрын

    I've always wondered why the frequency of a turning light in the car variates with the variation of power consumption (watts) of the bulb you are using.. here is the answer! Great job

  • @shaunmcdaniels2460
    @shaunmcdaniels24602 жыл бұрын

    Wow… Super good video!!!! You did a very good job of covering the topic at hand!!!! Well done. I will watch a few more of your videos…

  • @alexjones3035
    @alexjones30355 жыл бұрын

    Awesome video! I've never thought before how a dial thermostat works, but that makes perfect sense. If you happen to know, wouldn't that make the metal very brittle or build up thermal stress after enough exposure though?

  • @NewMind

    @NewMind

    5 жыл бұрын

    Thanks! So short answer yes it does, but how much and how it affects critical bimetallic parts is a complex question, as it is determined by the alloys, the formed shape and even the method of bonding.

  • @augurelite
    @augurelite4 жыл бұрын

    very well expained! my favourite bimetallic application is on RTGs. radioisotope thermoelectric generators. in spacecraft the radioactive element is shielded by a panel on a bimetalic spring so when the rtg gets too hot (i.e. the spacecraft is not using the heat), the bimetallic spring actuates the panel and allows the RTG to radiate away the extra heat into space. Not sure but a bimetallic spring may also control a door that lets heat into the spacecraft for heating as well, but i dont remember

  • @PunakiviAddikti
    @PunakiviAddikti Жыл бұрын

    You forgot to mention the use of thermocouples in 3D printer nozzles. They are excellent for measuring the temperature within a 0.01 degrees Celsius accuracy and with PID control the temperature can also be regulated within that accuracy. We're talking well over 100 degrees Celsius nozzle temperatures though, but even a few degrees overshoot or undershoot can cause print issues. 3D printing is extremely precise.

  • @nijrajgelani1113
    @nijrajgelani11135 жыл бұрын

    Learned so much! Thanks!

  • @wdavis6814
    @wdavis68143 жыл бұрын

    Added to the minute list of videos that have blown my mind.

  • @stanleydenning
    @stanleydenning2 жыл бұрын

    I'm 60. So, I have been around for a while. I watched the world change around me and the technology too. Some of the examples shown here are no longer in use. Although interesting and informative. The open flame pilot light is no longer used. Instead, an electrical spark igniter is used. A constantly burning flame is not only dangerous but wasteful too. But the explanation of how it works is spot on. There was a couple of other small discrepancies but not worth mentioning. For a young guy, you're pretty smart.

  • @realitygaming7982
    @realitygaming79824 жыл бұрын

    What a beast of a man for making such a good video

  • @mattheweburns
    @mattheweburns Жыл бұрын

    I always wondered why there were wires on propane heaters that have no batteries, nor electrical input, I saw a little dumb and imagine they’re being a tiny generator based on pressure within, the thermal couple effect is exactly what this is. Thank you for explaining this in a way, I can understand!

  • @jayls5
    @jayls52 жыл бұрын

    I noticed you didn't ask people to like/subscribe, and it was refreshing so I did just that.

  • @francomckellar
    @francomckellar4 жыл бұрын

    12:38 What a gorgeous engin, on a cute purposed built trolley. Suitable as an objet d'art for the living room!

  • @jpwillm5252
    @jpwillm5252 Жыл бұрын

    Very good explanations and well presented. Très bonnes explications et bien présentées.

  • @oohsam
    @oohsam4 жыл бұрын

    What a great video and channel. You should have way more subs!

  • @tightirl
    @tightirl4 жыл бұрын

    keep it up. good content.

  • @CaptainXanax
    @CaptainXanax2 жыл бұрын

    The bi-metallic balance wheel was one of the first methods of watch and clock self regulation. When it got hotter, which would slow a watch down due to expansion of the balance spring, the balance wheel would contract, moving the moment of inertia inwards causing it to rotate faster.

  • @leathernluv
    @leathernluv4 жыл бұрын

    TIP: Sometimes, when lighting the pilot light in a pool heater, we had to hold a lighter under the thermocouple before turning on the gas. Just trying to light the gas and have it heat up the thermocouple wouldn't work, as the gas didn't heat it fast enough. I have heard this works on water heaters and such other things. KEEP THE GAS OFF UNTIL READY TO LIGHT, or you may be up for a Darwin award.

  • @marckemp9955
    @marckemp995510 ай бұрын

    I woke up this morning wondering about how the different alloys expand at different temperatures and I found a lot of good information. I got a lot of outside stuff done because it was a cool day. Another gift from God. July 5th isn't usually this cool. Anyway everything I learned made me wonder even more things. My 15 yr old Ryobi lawnmower finally needs a blade. I might take it off and figure out how to take some metal off one end and figure out how much I need to take off the other end in order to have that perfect balance. Aliens might abduct me up in their space ship and I might never have to figure it out. Could just buy a blade.

  • @zachell1991
    @zachell19914 жыл бұрын

    Great content really enjoying your videos.

  • @treeguyable
    @treeguyable2 жыл бұрын

    Learned most all of this as a teen, but always cool to watch it explained again. Good vid.

  • @generalharness8266

    @generalharness8266

    2 жыл бұрын

    One of the best uses of heat control that amazed me is rice cookers. Because a magnet will fail once it reaches a certain temp you can pair it so it fails at 101 degrees. Because water boils off at 100 degrees it will only turn off once all water in the pot is gone (absorbed/evaporated).

  • @prakashsolanki2485
    @prakashsolanki24854 жыл бұрын

    very informative ,very clear pronunciation .i request to make more videos like these .thanks

  • @RicardoOliveira-oj5cj
    @RicardoOliveira-oj5cj5 жыл бұрын

    Great videos. Subscribed!

  • @KaspersMC
    @KaspersMC2 жыл бұрын

    7:14 it will short circuit : ) move it in front of heating element : ) Thanks for your Videos : )

  • @OktoPutsch
    @OktoPutsch Жыл бұрын

    Peaceful video, quite relaxing.

  • @CarlPaulsen
    @CarlPaulsen4 жыл бұрын

    Your videos are amazing, please keep doing what you're doing...

  • @philbox4566
    @philbox45664 жыл бұрын

    Just one thing about those flasher units for motor vehicle turn signals. Where do you put the blinker fluid? Also, are these flasher units optional extras for BMW owners? :)

  • @mattheweburns
    @mattheweburns Жыл бұрын

    People with Jeep Cherokee is often have problem with overheating, the solution I finally found is to use a higher temperature thermostat like 195°F, that allows coolant to remain in the radiator until it is cooled further before flowing in and out of the engine and vice versa that means that temperature transfer is greater than if you use a colder thermostat. Before I thought, maybe using a colder thermostat would help but it’s the exact opposite. Many people have these issues. Here’s the solution.

  • @karehaqt
    @karehaqt5 жыл бұрын

    Very good video although a 2 minute intro seems excessive for such a short video.

  • @FenderLeader
    @FenderLeader3 жыл бұрын

    A Nice Revision of what I learned In my engineering 🤘

  • @grovermatic
    @grovermatic4 жыл бұрын

    Definitely digging your channel. Keep it up!

  • @hesperant5380
    @hesperant53802 жыл бұрын

    Hey @New Mind, You have a great video with one glaring exception. The background music laid with dialog is too loud and is distracting from the pace of the piece. The voice of the narrator is good enough to stand on its own.

  • @fmartinez
    @fmartinez2 жыл бұрын

    Very informative videos you have! Can you do another about CVT transmissions?

  • @CalebGibbsAvenue
    @CalebGibbsAvenue4 жыл бұрын

    Just subscribed after watching 2 of your videos! So much to learn thanks for sharing!

  • @steveneames9067
    @steveneames90674 жыл бұрын

    The first electrical diagram of the bi-metal switch controlling the resistive element is drawn wrong. It was drawn in parallel. It would need to be in series. The switch would only control the power in .

  • @dreggory82

    @dreggory82

    4 жыл бұрын

    I should have read the comments before commenting, I said the same thing.

  • @yobgodababua1862
    @yobgodababua18622 жыл бұрын

    Flasher Holiday bulbs are my favorite! As a safety bonus, thermoflashers shut off individual bulbs that become too hot, reducing the risk of Holiday fires. As an aesthetic bonus, the unpredictable period of each bulb creates a complex dance of seldom-repeating light.