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org/firesidescience/2013/10/14/electricity-from-heat-thermoelectric-
generators-2/
If you don’t have time to watch the video, here’s the key info:
Hopefully soon you will start seeing TEGs on your car or hear about them being used in your
local power plant, but in the meantime, you can actually buy (or build!) your own thermoelectric
generator. For example, they’re pretty useful when camping; the video below of a TEG being
used on a small stove to power a USB connection which of course can then power a flashlight,
IPhone, or any other USB device.