Running circuits and electrochemical reactions generates heat!

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To mitigate this risk we created a housing that would manage that heat in the most effective way. In the simulation to the right the power supply (the rectangular prism) is outputting all of its power (120 watts as heat). This is a catastrophic failure. Even with this level of failure our components are still safe.

Our final printed design! We printed the housing at 50% infill to make it sturdy and well insulated.

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Features:

• Space for LCD screen and keypad

• Room for power source

• Room for circuitry

• Room to insert an electrochemical cell

To test an extreme case, we took a blow torch to our design!

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No seriously, we torched the inside of the housing to around 1,000 Fahrenheit. As you can see, there's some melting. However, we were able to hold the housing while doing this without the heat transferring to our hands and burning us. After the testing one of our team members stood on the housing and it held their weight. Now that's insulation!