I tried to Power my Home with Heat Generators! (Worth it?)

2024-12-01

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In this video we will be having a closer look at generating electrical energy with heat. Directly converting heat into electricity is possible to do with so-called Peltier Modules. That is why we will test a few of them in this video and then build a hopefully functional heat generator with them that will turn the heat of my fireplace into electricity. Will this be enough to power my home? phone? TV? We will see ;-) Let's get started!

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0:00 My Winter Energy Problem

1:18 Intro

2:11 Basics of Peltier Modules

3:14 Best Peltier Module?

5:01 Theory of my Heat Generator

5:52 Building the Heat Generator

7:47 Preparing the Test Setup

8:54 First Test

9:43 Building/Testing V2 Heat Generator

10:37 Verdict