Hi All-

My idea Re:  - thermocouples on the zorst - was to provide enough power to
feed an emergency battery for Radios , Avionics and ( especially with the
CMOS version of the 555 ) EFI. Any  takers ? I understand some rockets use
these to power the electronics , IIRC by charging up a lithium battery. The
arming circuits in nuclear warheads have also been cited using the above
method :^/

Fly & build good - Bryan


Bryan, what is your budget? I can make a system for about $20K, maybe $15K.
That's probably 10% what the aero-space/military weapons procurement pays
for these kinds of TEG's. Considering your mission requirement as an
emergency back-up power source, absolute engineering reliability in
design/testing would be in order.
I worked for electro-optical industries for 4 years testing and calibrating
the temperature controllers for Peltier effect black bodies. These
instruments were used for research and to calibrate a wide variety military
I.R. sensors.
C. Smith