tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8939666320943790100.post2757647834420678361..comments2024-02-11T01:14:21.904-08:00Comments on SURVIVING IN ARGENTINA: Thermoelectric Gear for Off-Grid SituationsFerFALhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07578136334334588454noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8939666320943790100.post-79155522051056655232014-09-21T09:20:25.513-07:002014-09-21T09:20:25.513-07:00FerFal, thanks for writing. Your perspective has ...FerFal, thanks for writing. Your perspective has shaped my own views and plans.<br /><br /><br />The devices that use heat to generate electricity are generally called "thermo-electric" and use the Peltier Principle. Which as I understand it is that there are certain types of semi-conductor junctions (similar to transistors) that will generate heat on one side when electricity is applied with a certain polarity, and the other side gets cold. When the polarity is reversed, the sides change function - hot to cool.<br /><br /> Also, when you apply heat, the opposite happens in that electricity is generated.<br /><br />This is commonly used in high end computer CPU coolers, and most commonly in 12v "refrigerators" or coolers designed for camping and car use. Electricity is applied, one side gets cool, and the other gets hot, moving heat out of the cooler.<br /><br />You can find "pelts" or "peltier coolers" available surplus on the web, and they are fun to play with. Or look for the coolers at yard sales/etc and scavenge the parts.<br /><br />Building a small generator from salvage parts is on my prep list, but very low priority.<br /><br />Please keep up the hard work of writing, and stay safe.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8939666320943790100.post-35544797349353040142014-09-19T21:39:59.130-07:002014-09-19T21:39:59.130-07:00I’m writing to ask for you and the ppl help, for 3...I’m writing to ask for you and the ppl help, for 3 years me and 55 familys have been raising chickens in a small town in up state ny. now the village where we live wants us to kill our chickens cause they don’t think we should have them. what is going on is not right to us and our familys. I ask that you and the ppl are able to help us to stand up for were rigths. thank you for your timeAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com