http://elecraft.85.s1.nabble.com/Bio-Lite-Stove-Charger-tp7559211p7559255.html
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).
> 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 <
[hidden email]>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" <
[hidden email]> 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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