Group 6

Concept Paper for Circuits I

“How many 1.5V AA Battery can make a 4W Portable Electric Fan work for 12 hrs?”
When there is an infant part of the family, we know that all of the parents don’t want to
get them uncomfortable due to humid environment. What if, on a summer night, a sudden
interruption of power happen, instead of ruining your night rest and swaying an improvised fan
to your baby, our group will make a solution for that kind of problem.
A portable electric fan have a given battery, usually can only stand for 2-6 hrs.,
depending on what fan speed did you set it up. So our group will use 1.5V AA battery to supply
a power to the 4W Portable Electric Fan that can last 12 hrs.

The capacity of the AA battery is 1,100 mAh. the given battery of the fan has a capacity
of 2000 mAh, and can run the load for 1.5-6 hrs. depending on what fan speed you’re going to
set it. For this research, we’re going to find how many batteries were going to use to operate the
fan for 12 straight hours at Fan Speed 1, at Fan Speed 2 and Fan Speed 3.

To find a solution for this kind of problem, we’re going to make an actual test on how
many hours, can a single battery operate the fan at a given fan speed so that we can make a
theory on how many batteries are we going to use. After we made a theory about that, we’re
going to test if our theory was right and how accurate was it.
Many people, especially the parents, will benefit on this research, because during summer
they can use our findings to set the device and relief their baby from the uncomfortable felling
brought by the hot season.