[Elecraft] Bio-Lite Stove & Charger

[Willis]

You do not get five volts from a thermocouple.  Usually about 0.1 volts depending on the type and temperature but you can connect many in series to make a thermopile.  If you are creative you can home brew your own stove, blower and thermopile and be the first with DXCCWB (wood burning).

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On Jul 16, 2012, at 16:11, Rick Tavan N6XI <rtavan at gmail.com> wrote:

> Love it - the KX3/W Wood-Powered all-band radio! Alas, with only 2W (and at
> 5V) out of the thermocouple, I think that idea will have to wait for
> Bio-Lite Version 2.
> 
> /Rick
> 
> On Mon, Jul 16, 2012 at 9:53 AM, Gregory Beat <gregory.beat at comcast.net>wrote:
> 
>> Give Wayne 2 weeks with a Bio-Lite and he would likely have an Elecraft
>> upgrade --
>> AKA MythBusters style.  :-)
>> 
>> w9gb
>> 
>> On Jul 16, 2012, at 11:49 AM, "Ron D'Eau Claire" <ron at cobi.biz> wrote:
>> 
>>> Interesting! The Russians had something like that back in the 1960's for
>>> their rural populations but I never saw one for sale here in the 'west'.
>>> 
>>> The Soviet version was a mass of thermocouples (which Biolite seems to
>> be as
>>> well) that sat above a kerosene lamp and generated enough electricity to
>> run
>>> a small radio.
>>> 
>>> 73. Ron AC7AC
>>> 
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> Looking for a power source for those QRP hiking and backpacking weekend
>>> trips?
>>> 
>>> Bio-Lite CampStove ( and charger)
>>> http://biolitestove.com/
>>> 
>>> w9gb
>>> Sent from the new iPad
>>> 
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> Rick Tavan N6XI
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