[Stoves] Foot powered Bellows

[Kevin Chisholm]

Dear Tom

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Tom Miles" <tmiles at trmiles.com>
To: "'Discussion of biomass cooking stoves'" <stoves at listserv.repp.org>
Sent: Monday, December 18, 2006 2:04 AM
Subject: Re: [Stoves] Foot powered Bellows


>A foot powered bellows that could be used to assist a natural draft stove
> for starting or boiling might be quite useful. But a TEG driven fan might 
> be
> cheaper.
>
Bellows are real, understandable, and can be made from indigenous materials.

How much would a TEG sufficient to run a stove fan cost?

With a TEG, how does one start the stove to make the heat to run the TEG?

Best wishes,

Kevin