Tow Itch
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Not sure of the fan power of the units but lets think about this you have been thinking about installing a 1.5Kw inverter or carrying a generator just provide hair drying. This is serious kit so it's not so untoward to suggest some original (Heath Robinson) engineering.
If the gas straighteners work then great but taking from the above.
Fit hose to an outlet. There are whole hose vacuum cleaners that have a central suction fan and ports in every room. What you want is a blowing port. Carver ends look a bit more friendly than Propex ones to stick a tube into:
Though Propex also do these.
If your mind goes back to the 60s and70s hair dryers weren't generally handheld devices they were banks of "helmets" in salons. Some early hand driers had ducting with bags to recreate this because a sizeable number of customers didn't think handheld driers were proper.
Why not use the idea and take some lightweight ducting, like tumble drier ducting from the outlet to the back of a low wattage hair dryer and it then blows hot air.
Why use a hairdryer though. Difficult to connect to why not just add an additional boost fan in the underseat trunking or use the blown air heater fan if powerful enough.
Then it's just a matter of creating a suitable blowing end to act as a drier. You could form something yourself but there is one off the peg item that comes to mind.
Now remember the lightweight flexible ducting you wanted. What if someone had already engineered this for you and they also allowed it to vent off air if there was too much blowing power. Well they have.
Some hose actually have push on ends that might mate with a Carver end.
All you need now is a 90[SUP]0[/SUP] handle to hold the end. You could craft it yourself or you could use a clamping handle from a drill. Generally in 43mm but 60mm and 70mm also available.
At this point you may be thinking "you piss taking *******" on one level I might be but it could seriously work. I'd suggest you play around with bits of tube and duct tape before you try to sell the idea to SWMBO.
This could be the real stumbling block. The idea could work perfectly but it all depends on whether you are then admired for thinking out of the box to give her what she wanted or you get the "what the kin eck do you think that is response".
If the latter I'd respectfully suggest buying the biggest most beautiful and comprehensive hairdryer available. When you set off I'd just accidentally forget to take it. Well actually I'd forget to take that and the wife!
