A small electric stove, powered by diesel glow plugs, will help quickly heat water in nature during a camping trip or fishing. Using this device you can fry eggs or cook a small portion of soup. The stove is powered by a 12V battery, and the structure is assembled from scrap materials.
To make tiles you will need:
- 3 glow plugs 12V -
- 12V battery;
- aluminum corner;
- screws with nuts;
- aluminum plate;
- wires;
- cable ties;
- 4 long bolts with nuts;
- thermopipes.
Making a 12 V mini electric stove
The dishes that will be placed on the stove must be thin-walled and have a lid. Thus, heating will proceed faster. A large stainless steel mug with a lid was used. The bottom diameter is approximately 9 cm.
First we make a frame for the tiles from an aluminum corner. To do this, mark 4 segments of 11.3 cm each. We make markings on both sides of the corner. These are the places where the frame for the slab will be folded. In the middle of the three markings on one side of the corner, draw a 90 degree angle with a marker.
Cut out the resulting corners. We do the last marking a little differently.We mark the corner only on one side of the marking. On the other side, along the length of the aluminum corner, mark a length equal to the width of the side. We cut the rest of the part according to the markings.
At the beginning of the frame, draw a line at an angle of 90° and also cut out the corner.
We bend the structure along the resulting lines.
We bend the end of the frame inward.
Holding the two edges at the junction with pliers, drill a hole with a drill.
Insert the rivet. We take a rivet gun and fix the frame.
Let's start attaching the legs. Drill 4 holes in the corners of the frame.
Insert the long nuts and tighten the bolts using wrenches.
The base of the structure is ready.
Now we move on to installing the heating part of the tile. To do this, we disassemble the glow plugs. Using pliers and a hammer, remove the housing and pull out the heating element. For further work on the candle design, you will need heating elements and insulating washers.
To install candles on the stove, we drill three holes on one side of the frame according to the size of the insulator washers.
We cut pieces of thermotube to size and put them on the heating elements.
We cut the aluminum plate. The length of the plate should be equal to the distance between the walls of the plate frame plus allowances for bends.
We make marks on the plate at the same distance as in the frame.
Drill holes in the plate.
We bend the plate and fix it inside the frame with rivets.
We install the candles on the stove and secure them on the outside with insulating washers. When connecting current, the minus goes to the frame, and the plus goes to the contacts of the heating elements. We drill a hole in the frame and screw in a bolt and nut. This will be the negative connection point.
We insulate the wires with heat pipes and connect them to the stove. We connect the wires with cable ties.
We connect the ends of the wires to the battery.
Place a glass of water on the stove and check the operation of the device. To turn it off, disconnect the wires from the battery.
Using this diagram, you can make different types of electric stoves. For example, add heating power or improve the body of the structure.
