Portable charging options for electronics, phones, and battery banks are becoming more and more useful, as more devices permeate our lives even out in the rural backcountry wilderness. In this video, I take a look at thermoelectric generators specifically--using TEG chips combined with water and air cooling to charge electronics with your campfire, wood stove, twig stove, or other heat source, using waste heat!

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If you want to charge something with a higher voltage than your charger's output, you'll need a boost-style charge controller:
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Thermoelectric Generator (TEG) chips with max 4.8v at 0.669A with a 100 degree temperature difference
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100mm x 40mm aluminum heatsink used for two-chip air-cooled design
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Cheap heatsink I used for aircooling - Gammaxx 300
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Thermal adhesive
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