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Kisu:
I'd like to have some hints to make a portable fursuit dryer which would look like a hanger. I thought I saw someone having one of those made out of 12" pipe and 12voltage 12" fan if I recall correct. I got loads of cell batteries and large fans at home but was just wondering how the whole system was made. How much does those pipes cost, does the normal case fan have enough power to dry the suit ect?

Tioh:
That's my fursuit dryer:
http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y144/Tioh/DSC01659_small.jpg

I use a 12V power supply.

Kisu:

--- Quote from: Tioh on 07.09.2008, 00:07:26 ---That's my fursuit dryer:
http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y144/Tioh/DSC01659_small.jpg

I use a 12V power supply.

--- End quote ---

Nifty mew :3

Tekumseh:
The one you saw this year in the fursuit lounge was probably mine. Construction was done after what I've seen from Wolffire - just a bit rearranged to what parts were available. I can make some pictures of it for you in the evening.

As for drying effect: Wolffire uses an 8 cm fan in his construction - even a silent one - which has considerably less air flow. Still it drys the suit quite well (according to him and Bengges, who afaik has a similar thing).
I used a 12 x3,5 cm fan operating on 12 V - enough power. You could use a 230 V fan as well - they don't typically have more air flow - they are just able to keep it up even if there is some counter-pressure (the 12 V blowers go down in airflow then). 230 V fans are quite cheap (less than 10 Euros at Reichelt) - but I had the 12 V ones at hand... and 12 V ist perfectly safe to give to anybody *g* or let it hang in the lounge without supervision

Suran:
I just purchased a "HangAir" here.
It has a 12V@8.4W(0.7A, 36,6m^3/min) ventilator and I am currently changing it to use
one 220V@20W main-ventilator and 2x 220V@15W -tube ventilators for the arms.
The original fan has 2 settings "high" and "low" and an incredibly long (5m)cable.
It's well build and looks much better then the home-made ones.
It is rated to hold 5Kg.
Size: 576x361x180mm and 2.45Kg.

I used Tiohs selfmade hang-dryer and it worked well but with the paddings the arms and legs
of the fursuit where too heavy to permit any air-flow with the small 12V-ventilator is used.
So I am getting some more power and try again.

The 115W-fans from the local home-improvement-store worked VERY well.
I found myself using the hang-dryer from Tioh and temporarily hold the legs of the fursuit
open in the air-flow of the large fan standing on the ground. I simply used a piece of yarn
to tie the openings of the legs to the grill of the fan.


...using 220V I may even have the space to add a power-socket, so I don't occupy one
socket in the wall without offering a new one. (There are never enough sockets.)

a 220V@20W one for 5.25eur 10x15cm
a 220V@14W one for 5.40eur 8x8cm
cable

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