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Article #17319Russian Thermoelectric Generator
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Date: Fri, 27 Feb 1987 20:44
Date: Fri, 27 Feb 1987 20:44
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During World War II, the Soviet Union manufactured a thermoelectric generator which was used to charge lead-acid batteries for radios. It replaced the chimney of a kerosene lamp, and looked like a radial array of fins. There was a sketch of one in an old (circa 1960) POPULAR ELECTRONICS article about radio jamming. Does anyone know details of this device? One might surmise that it was an array of high-current thermocouples, probably made of inexpensive materials, e.g., iron and copper, but it must have produced at least 2.2 volts. A device called the "Compact Silent Generator" now being marketed in the US generates 5 watts at 12 v., probably contains Peltier semiconductor refrigeration units operating in reverse. It's a nice gadget but $119 is too much! Frank Reid PO Box 5283 Bloomington IN 47402 reid@gold.bacs.indiana.edu
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