- Jan 2, 2006
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My mom gets cold feet frequently and I want to get her a pair of heated socks. 99% of the heated socks on the market are battery-powered, and since she's elderly and would want to wear the socks overnight, I don't think a battery powered one is a good fit for her.
Gerbing makes some heated socks for motorcycle riders that run on 12V at 2A max:
https://www.amazon.com/Gerbings-Soc...d=1494630658&sr=8-1&keywords=gerbing+12v+sock
They make other accessories like temperature controllers and stuff for it, but I'm thinking that this should be rather easy to DIY, right? The heat is generated by running a current through a resistance wire. With voltage remaining the same, less current means less heat gets generated, so I can control heat output by controlling current.
The 12V socks would require me to buy a 12V 2A AC/DC adapter for like $8 so that it can be plugged into the wall.
I then hook it up to a $10 12V 2A PWM motor speed controller with a dial knob.
Solder everything together, put it in an $8 enclosure box.... and that's it?
Gerbing makes some heated socks for motorcycle riders that run on 12V at 2A max:
https://www.amazon.com/Gerbings-Soc...d=1494630658&sr=8-1&keywords=gerbing+12v+sock
They make other accessories like temperature controllers and stuff for it, but I'm thinking that this should be rather easy to DIY, right? The heat is generated by running a current through a resistance wire. With voltage remaining the same, less current means less heat gets generated, so I can control heat output by controlling current.
The 12V socks would require me to buy a 12V 2A AC/DC adapter for like $8 so that it can be plugged into the wall.
I then hook it up to a $10 12V 2A PWM motor speed controller with a dial knob.
Solder everything together, put it in an $8 enclosure box.... and that's it?