WHAT'S NEXT AT LED DYNAMICS.
REPORTER:
NOT EVERYBODY LOOKS AT
A WOODSTOVE THE SAME WAY.
IF YOU LOOK AT IT AS A GIANT
GENERATOR, IT'S GOT A LOT OF
POTENTIAL THERE'S A LOT OF POWER
THERE.
IT'S JUST A MATTER OF HARNESSING
IT.
REPORTER: IT'S NOT A NEW
CONCEPT, AND WHEN TEGPRO IRONED
IT OUT, THEY PUT IT TO WORK,
MAKING THE STOVE LITE, AN LED
LANTERN CHARGED BY HEAT.
THE HEART OF THE PROCESS IS THE
THERMOELECTRIC MODULE.
IT HAS A COLD SIDE, WHICH FOR
THIS DEMONSTRATION CAN REST ON
THE TABLE, AND A HOT SIDE WHICH
CAN RUN OFF SOMETHING LIKE THE
HEAT FROM MY HAND.
AS ONE SIDE HEATS UP, THE
ELECTRONS GET EXCITED, PASS
THROUGH THE DISSIMILAR METALS IN
THERE, AND THAT'S WHERE THE
ELECTRIC CURRENT COMES FROM.
IT'S ENOUGH TO CHARGE A LIGHT.
BUT THEY DIDN'T STOP THERE, AND
PUT A USB PORT ON IT.
SO NOW WE WOULD HAVE A LIGHT
THAT COULD CHARGE PHONES.
REPORTER: HE SAYS THAT'S HUGE IN
A POWER OUTAGE OR AT CAMP.
THEY MAKE STOVE LITES AT
LEDDYNAMICS IN RANDOLPH.
THE UNITS HAVE BATTERIES TO MAKE
THEM PORTABLE.
BEYOND THE STOVE LIGHT, THEY
ALSO MAKE GENERATORS, UP TO 100
WATTS.
IF WE'RE GENERATING 100 WATTS
AN HOUR OFF A WOODSTOVE, THAT'S
2400 WATT-HOURS A DAY.
REPORTER: WHICH IS MORE THAN
ENOUGH TO RUN YOUR AVERAGE
LIVING ROOM, IF YOU'RE RUNNING
OFF A BATTERY BANK.
HE COMPARES IT TO SOLAR POWER,
EXCEPT THAT YOU CAN GENERATE 24
HOURS DAY, WHENEVER YOUR STOVE
IS HOT.
THAT'S A GAME CHANGER.
AND THAT POWER COULD EASILY
SUBSIDIZE A SOLAR SYSTEM WHEN
IT'S IN ITS DIMINISHED CAPACITY
DURING THE WINTER MONTHS.
REPORTER: CLARKE SAYS THE STOVE
LITE WAS JUST THE BEGINNING.
AS THE TECHNOLEGY EVOLVES AND
BECOMES CHEAPER, HE EXPECTS TO
HOUSEHOLDS DEPEND MORE ON THE
POWER OF THEIR OWN STOVES.
WE'RE IN THE INFANCY OF THIS
TECHNOLOGY RIGHT NOW AND WE'RE
GOING TO CONTINUE TO DEVELOP
MORE PRODUCTS AND MORE
TECHNOLOGY WE'LL GET STOVES UP
TO HIGH-POWER GENERATION; I
DON'T KNOW HOW HIGH YET.
I'D LOVE TO SEE STOVES GETTING
