This has always fascinating me. Living in Northern Sweden with with the heater on for the bigger part of the year: Could a stirling engine be used to drive an electric generator? Anyone tried that? /Ake -----Ursprungligt meddelande----- Fr=E5n: pic microcontroller discussion list [mailto:PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU]F=F6r Russell McMahon Skickat: den 6 april 2004 01:22 Till: PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU =C4mne: [OT:] Superb low temperature differential Stirling Engine Superb low temperature differential Stirling Engine. As nice as I've seen. http://users.moscow.com/oiseming/lc_ant_p/Pic_Prj2.htm Can run on the warmth of a hand. Runs for hours from the heat in a cup of coffee (or hot beverage of your choice). _________________________ I made the mistake while looking for something else of looking in a mailbox that I don't look at often - archived "against the day" - it had 1397 unread entries. Only looked at a few. This entry caught my eye. Getting started on looking at Stirling Engines is a bad way to get any work done :-). -- http://www.piclist.com hint: To leave the PICList mailto:piclist-unsubscribe-request@mitvma.mit.edu -- http://www.piclist.com hint: PICList Posts must start with ONE topic: [PIC]:,[SX]:,[AVR]: ->uP ONLY! [EE]:,[OT]: ->Other [BUY]:,[AD]: ->Ads