{"id":43383,"date":"2020-05-26T13:10:07","date_gmt":"2020-05-26T17:10:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=43383"},"modified":"2020-05-26T13:12:55","modified_gmt":"2020-05-26T17:12:55","slug":"soviet-era-kerosene-lamp-generator-gives-new-meaning-to-lets-fire-up-the-radio","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2020\/05\/soviet-era-kerosene-lamp-generator-gives-new-meaning-to-lets-fire-up-the-radio\/","title":{"rendered":"Soviet era Kerosene Lamp Generator gives new meaning to “Let’s fire up the radio!”"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Many thanks to SWLing Post<\/em> contributor, David Day, who recently shares the newspaper clipping above.<\/p>\n

I was not aware of this Cold War era kerosene lamp generator, but it’s an ingenious use of the thermoelectric effect for power generation. I found yet another another clipping online:<\/p>\n

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Devices that work off of thermoelectric effect have been around many decades.<\/p>\n

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The original BioLite stove burns twigs\/sticks to recharge USB devices with 3 watts of power.<\/p><\/div>\n

I’ve often thought about purchasing a BioLite camp stove–the same one Anil Raj mentioned in our Radio Challenge II<\/a>–as a companion to charge devices while camping off-grid.<\/p>\n

BioLite now makes a more efficient (albeit pricier) stove<\/a> that produces more power with less fuel.<\/p>\n

At the end of the day, I find it so easy to use solar power to recharge larger LiFePo batteries, I’ve never invested in the BioLite.<\/p>\n

With one large LiFePo battery, I’m able to power multiple devices including an inverter if necessary.<\/p>\n

I’m very curious how many models of kerosene lamp generators were made back in the day and how useful they were for powering other low-drain devices.<\/p>\n

Please comment<\/a> if you’ve ever used a kerosene generator. We have readers from across the globe, so I imagine someone may have at least seen one of these in person and potentially used it to power a radio!<\/p>\n

Oh, and obviously I need to think up another SWLing Post Radio Challenge<\/a>–it’s been ages since our last!\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, David Day, who recently shares the newspaper clipping above. I was not aware of this Cold War era kerosene lamp generator, but it’s an ingenious use of the thermoelectric effect for power generation. I found yet another another clipping online: Devices that work off of thermoelectric effect have been […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3,305,4796],"tags":[8009,8539,8538,8537],"class_list":["post-43383","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","category-nostalgia","category-vintage-radio","tag-david-day-n1day","tag-kerosene-lamp-generator","tag-kerosene-radio","tag-thermoelectric-effect"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-bhJ","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":19217,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2016\/05\/tubes-and-valves-dans-research-uncovers-three-vintage-films\/","url_meta":{"origin":43383,"position":0},"title":"Tubes and Valves: Dan’s research uncovers three vintage films","author":"Thomas","date":"May 29, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, DanH, who writes: I have been working on my Hammarlund SP600-JX-21 for the last two weeks. 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