With a wood stove the problem is that the Peltier can easily be fried. There
is a unit made for this.

But the use of a Peltier for low cost, low efficiency power generation in a
backyard solar system is not something that I've explored as much as I would
like.

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James.
 
 

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> You might do better with direct peltier effect conversion.
> A small plate, about 1/2 sq foot, will give you 12V at about 
> 300mA with not much heat input. 
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