Title: What The Electric Company Doesn't Want You To Know Source:
The Presurfer URL Source:[None] Published:Feb 11, 2007 Author:unknown Post Date:2007-02-11 23:41:14 by Indrid Cold Keywords:None Views:263 Comments:5
It's called a thermocouple. Heat two dissimilar metals (like iron in the nails and copper in the wires) and a current is induced. Most gas funaces have one that keeps the pilot light going. A fancy version of that is used in space probes, with the heat coming from low grade nuclear fission. It's a horribly inefficient means of producing electricity.
It's called a thermocouple. Heat two dissimilar metals (like iron in the nails and copper in the wires) and a current is induced.
But the heat from the flame can't possibly have travelled down an insulator like "wick" that quickly--the bulb turns on instantaneously. Ditto when the flame is burned out--if the wick was heated up, it would take awhile for that heat to dissipate.
Argh! This is what I get for trying to over-analyze a video at midnight. I did a little Googling and found that this one has been ripped to shreds on several sites. LINK