Kerosine  Lamp  Thermal Piles
In the 1950s The Old Soviet Union used to have thermal piles that sat on top of kerosine  lamps, and powered old 5 tube radios.
They looked like a big round heat sink. Does anyone known of a (fair cost) source for these? Or how they we made, plans et, I assume they were low tech.

George King
geogeking@cosmicsalamander.com

I remember reading and seeing pictures of them in a electronics magazine when I was kid

http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2005/11/18/kerosene-radio/
and
http://oldradio.onego.ru/ARTICLES/RADIO/tgk_real_l.htm
and
http://www.dself.dsl.pipex.com/MUSEUM/POWER/thermoelectric/thermoelectric.htm

free energy at its finest!

Great Links, thanks, I still wonder if someone still makes them?
George King
georgeking@cosmicsalamander.com

http://www.crazypc.com/products/5912.html


This is the device in its more efficient (modern) form.

this model here cools a computer CPU with a 12v input

but also doubles as a thermoelectric generator, you can create electricity by placing a heat source on one side, and even more by cooling the opposite side.

They make a circular version for use in the exhaust stacks of 18-wheeler trucks, to generate electricity from the waste heat.