Camp Stove Boils Water And Charges Phone

Camp Stove Boils Water And Charges Phone FARM HOME Miscellaneous You can boil a quart of water in about 2 min with the innovative wood burning BioLite CampStove Fed with twigs chips pellets or other materials the CampStove also makes electricity to charge a built-in battery The battery can then be used to power a fan to super-charge the fire making it burn hotter and cleaner Or it can be used to charge cell phones LED lights and other devices A “Direct Conduction Thermoelectric Technology” power pack attaches to the side of the stove It produces up to 5 5 kW when its metal layers differ in temperature Electrons move from the warmer layer to the cooler layer and back producing electricity that’s stored in a lithium ion battery The stove is only 8 1/2 in high and 5 in wide The 2-lb 1-oz BioLite CampStove is available for $129 direct from the company website The company is also developing a home-sized version called the BioLite HomeStove It’s initially targeted at India sub Saharan Africa and other regions where open fire cooking is common Rosen says it has gained a lot of attention and interest in North American markets but will not be introduced here at least in the short term Target populations are also often off-grid yet rely on cell phones Like the CampStove the HomeStove has an accompanying power pack Contact: FARM SHOW Followup BioLite Inc P O Box 21905 Brooklyn N Y 11201 www biolitestove com

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