I am a professional product developer and I would like your input for a new product idea.

Should I go forward with this idea or just buy the thermostat?

  • Love it! I will definitely buy one.

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • The design is interesting.

    Votes: 6 75.0%
  • Don't bother.

    Votes: 2 25.0%

  • Total voters
    8
@chickisoup
 Could you elaborate more on #4? I never had these issues before and I'm trying to relate. The way I understand it is you want a light fixture with 2 lamp sockets -- one for the heat lamp and one for a standard light bulb. The white light turns on when it gets dark out and the purpose is to extend daylight. To save energy, the white light turns off during the day. The red light turns on if it's too cold regardless if it's day or night. Did I get that right? 

Can anyone else add to this idea?


Oops,sorry. I realize I didn't properly express what I was thinking. I do not use heat " lamps" at all as I consider them far too dangerous. (Check out the chicken whisperer' s FB page. He posts all the coop fires started by heat lamps every year. He's already posted several for just this year) So my heat and light sources are separate. I think I mentioned before I have a radiant heater in my coop that can be set to automatically turn on at/near 32o and off at 45o with multiple other choices if needed. In the brooder I use a Brinsea heater now but am looking into a Sweeter Heater. I brood in the house and using a heat lamp inside is just not safe.

Currently for light in my coop I have a 4watt CFL (25watt) on a timer that goes on at 6am and off at 6pm. (Had 9watt CFL but it too bright for my light coop) . In the brooder I just use a clip on dimmable lamp with a soft daylight bulb. What I envisioned was possibly an. LED or LCD light unit that could be set to a high wattage output for a programmed time and then would automatically switch to a soft , very low watt "nightlite" and then back up again in the morning.. A built in GFI would be a nice addition for those who don't have another option.

Sorry for the confusion, I just don't think in terms of "standard" lightbulbs anymore.
 
 
@chickisoup


 Could you elaborate more on #4? I never had these issues before and I'm trying to relate. The way I understand it is you want a light fixture with 2 lamp sockets -- one for the heat lamp and one for a standard light bulb. The white light turns on when it gets dark out and the purpose is to extend daylight. To save energy, the white light turns off during the day. The red light turns on if it's too cold regardless if it's day or night. Did I get that right? 


Can anyone else add to this idea?



Oops,sorry. I realize I didn't properly express what I was thinking. I do not use heat " lamps" at all as I consider them far too dangerous. (Check out the chicken whisperer' s FB page. He posts all the coop fires started by heat lamps every year. He's already posted several for just this year) So my heat and light sources are separate. I think I mentioned before I have a radiant heater in my coop that can be set to automatically turn on at/near 32o and off at 45o with multiple other choices if needed. In the brooder I use a Brinsea heater now but am looking into a Sweeter Heater. I brood in the house and using a heat lamp inside is just not safe.


Currently for light in my coop I have a 4watt CFL (25watt) on a timer that goes on at 6am and off at 6pm. (Had 9watt CFL but it too bright for my light coop) . In the brooder I just use a clip on dimmable lamp with a soft daylight bulb. What I envisioned was possibly an. LED or LCD light unit that could be set to a high wattage output for a programmed time and then would automatically switch to a soft , very low watt "nightlite" and then back up again in the morning.. A built in GFI would be a nice addition for those who don't have another option.


Sorry for the confusion, I just don't think in terms of "standard" lightbulbs anymore.

I really like this idea.  It would be especially nice if it faded over to a red LED for the night light mode.



If this were made from LED I would think that wouldn't be a problem to have more than one color available in the same unit. I've seen it done with Christmas lights already.
 
Yeah, that was a definite "duh" moment on my part. I forgot about those nifty strip light kits with the electronic programmable controllers that can fade from one color to another with dozens of color variations. All that would need is a timer to start the ball rolling and then a designated interval to fade from white light to red. I think an 8ah battery will run a small set of them for about a month.
 

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