Re:I fixed my broken monitor with a hair dryer
by cestith on Friday May 13, 2022 @08:59AM
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"Hair dryer" is such an imprecise term in a use case like this. One can find 600 watt units all the way through about 2300 watts. A typical general-purpose heat gun one might use to strip paint or shrink some heat-shrink plastic is usually between 1500 watts and 1800 watts.
Re:I fixed my broken monitor with a hair dryer
by mannykannot on Friday May 13, 2022 @10:45AM
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While the power consumption may vary considerably, the maximum temperature is presumably constrained by what humans and their hair can tolerate.
Re:I fixed my broken monitor with a hair dryer
by londons_explore on Friday May 13, 2022 @01:13PM
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Put a thermocouple in some hairdriers and you'll find some get well over 400 Celcius (750F!).
They just rely on the fact air has a low thermal mass, and it's easy to just keep it slightly further from your skin if necessary - the air quickly cools with distance as more room air mixes in.
Re:I fixed my broken monitor with a hair dryer
by cestith on Friday May 13, 2022 @12:59PM
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There is a huge difference in whether one can actually reach that temperature, how quickly, and how much airflow it provides across the heating element and on target. A heat gun is a much more consistent tool for the uses for which it's designed.
Re:I fixed my broken monitor with a hair dryer
by bombcar on Friday May 13, 2022 @01:10PM
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A heat gun is also designed to put pretty consistent heat an inch or so away from the nozzle, whereas hair dryers often have what appear to be left-over jet engines for fans, for when you need to dry someone's hair from ten feet away.
Did kind-of the same with my Philips TV a while back. Still going strong.
https://www.devroom.io/projects/repair-philips-42pfl6057h-12...