Power pot charger, powered by fire

gtojohn · 09-15-14, 09:41 PM

Saw this in the camping isle:
The PowerPot V | Power Practical
Its a pot, as you cook or boil water it uses the heat to generate enough electricity to speed charge a usb device. It brings to mind a thermocouple or thermopile generator, but I think it might be more like a peltier or seebeck transistor. Wondering at what minimum temperature it would take to recycle some heat, albeit dryer, attic, solar, flue gas, to generate a little power to replace our vampire wallworts.

gtojohn · 09-15-14, 09:50 PM

peltier hack
Thermoelectric USB charger - off grid electricity.

09-15-14, 09:41 PM	#1
gtojohn Journeyman EcoRenovator Join Date: Jul 2014 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 314 Thanks: 39 Thanked 50 Times in 45 Posts	Power pot charger, powered by fire Saw this in the camping isle: The PowerPot V \| Power Practical Its a pot, as you cook or boil water it uses the heat to generate enough electricity to speed charge a usb device. It brings to mind a thermocouple or thermopile generator, but I think it might be more like a peltier or seebeck transistor. Wondering at what minimum temperature it would take to recycle some heat, albeit dryer, attic, solar, flue gas, to generate a little power to replace our vampire wallworts.

09-15-14, 09:50 PM	#2
gtojohn Journeyman EcoRenovator Join Date: Jul 2014 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 314 Thanks: 39 Thanked 50 Times in 45 Posts	peltier hack Thermoelectric USB charger - off grid electricity.