Tinkernut - Weekend Hacker: Candle Powered Phone Charger

Learn how to make a cell phone charger using excess heat from an open flame. This also explains the concept of thermodynamics and the process of converting heat to energy.

Project Page: http://www.tinkernut.com/wiki/page/Ep...

Parts List:

USB Drink Chiller - http://goo.gl/cNfEc
Sterno cooking fuel - http://goo.gl/hSYWs
Emergency Cell Phone Charger - http://goo.gl/TvdY0

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[followTHEchicken]

But you clearly said you need a quite strong hit for create enough energy. But maybe It would be appliable Inside a laptop for save energy... Since sometime with long period usage laptops but also cases can overhit can get pretty hot, you can convert part of the hit in free power and make the battery last longer.. Not sure it make much sense... But anyway i believe there are reasons why this kind of energy convertion isnt much in use.

[gigafide]

now you're getting the idea :-) yeah, using a peltier for energy isn't really practical, so i don't see it ever being a viable means to create sustainable energy. a better use for it is using it in reverse: if you feed it a current, once side of it gets hot while the other gets cold, so it'd be perfect for making a solar powered iceless cooler. that'll most likely be a future Tinkernut project :-)

[Pems Tripp]

where is the power of heat sink came from?

[gigafide]

the heat sink isn't using power...

[followTHEchicken]

Its ok if you put it on the "hacker spirit", nothing against it, but dont talk about energy resourches as burning a fuel candle is better than plugging the charger in a normal plug, and anyway nowdays is not that hard to find dinamo chargers or solar chargers for phone. I even heard about a sintetic jacket that can store a little ammount of static electricity for recharge a battery thanks normal daily routine movements.

I remember my sister got a flashlight that have some dinamo inside, where

[gigafide]

a phone charger is just the example i used because it relates this old technology to a newer generation, so forget the end product of the video because that's not the point. and the point has nothing to do with burning fuels, the point is converting excess heat into energy. i just used candles for this project, but any heat source will do. you can use body heat, you can use the sun, you can go the opposite route and use extreme cold and letting the contrast heat up the other side.

[gigafide]

since when did heat only come from candles?

[gigafide]

i enjoy trolling the trolls. it's a good means of entertainment. it's like watching gladiators in ancient Rome :-)

[rEsTnPeAcEz]

People are asking why pay 55 dollars instead of 5 - 10 dollars for a regular phone charger. I'll give you a why to do this: Because electricity costs money. You have to taker the phone charger then put it in the power outlet, right?

This method uses a electricity source, and outlets use a electricity source.

[Xoan Cosmed]

It is possible to power a Raspberry Pi with a Peltier Cell ? I have both things, and I think that will be very cool do that !!! Please, can you make a video explaining that ?

[MsPepijn]

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[andy gardner]

put ebay dot co dot uk before that

[andy gardner]

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[andy gardner]

could i use this instend of buying the drink could i use a peitler device of ebay

[Avery Miller]

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[MiniPlanet Moosn]

why pay 55 dollars for that when regular chargers only cost 5-10 dollars

[kieranmcc123]

hey gigafield would you like a new challange? ever heard of a game called runescape ? well try hack that onley a coupple of people have ever done it and if u are as good as i have heard about you you will be abel to do it so message me on youtube if you accept the challange ;-)?

[cyrusrom]

Dear Gigafide

what android phone are you using?