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General Category => General Discussion => Topic started by: crudos on June 10, 2012, 09:45:47 AM

Title: Camp stove and USB charger
Post by: crudos on June 10, 2012, 09:45:47 AM

Pricey, but still could a useful item in a SHTF situation considering it can generate electricity from the stove's heat.
http://youtu.be/KnfV_3LM5l8 (http://youtu.be/KnfV_3LM5l8)
Found this in the latest issue of Popular Mechanics. Yeah, I still love my paper-based magazines.  :))

Title: Re: Camp stove and USB charger
Post by: mountainredneck2051 on June 10, 2012, 09:16:01 PM

oh thank god, what good is life if i aint got my ipod blastin tunes?

Title: Re: Camp stove and USB charger
Post by: special-k on June 10, 2012, 09:43:34 PM

Lame, all that technology and it can't charge anything useful like AA's or AAA's for a flashlight, 2-way radio or gps....But hey, at least we'll get to listen to our favorite tunes when lost and alone in the dark.

Title: Re: Camp stove and USB charger
Post by: Treaded on June 11, 2012, 11:13:13 AM

Pretty old tech actually.  They used to sell one in the American Survival Guide back in the early 80s that had a AAA/AA/C and D cell charging station attached to it. 

Title: Re: Camp stove and USB charger
Post by: thatGuy on June 11, 2012, 12:30:31 PM

Maybe a guy could make his own.. Couldn't be too rough..

Title: Re: Camp stove and USB charger
Post by: Treaded on June 11, 2012, 11:33:06 PM

http://hackaday.com/2010/01/05/generate-electricity-with-a-candle/ (http://hackaday.com/2010/01/05/generate-electricity-with-a-candle/)

might be workable