Re: [HoE] Heat Loss (was The Junker mistake?)

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In a message dated 3/1/99 7:58:31 PM Eastern Standard Time,
khudner@Earthlink.net writes:

> Cold Stones Gregg Gargano wrote:
>  
>  > > Okay...it's not a REAL superconductor, but the heat generated by the
>  > > recharging can do MORE than just be lost to entropy, right?
>  >
>  > Theoretically.  I suppose you might be able to devise something that uses
>  > a thermocouple setup to generate work from the heat loss.  Sorry, but I
>  > just did some physical chemistry and I might actually be able to work
this
>  > out.  If I come up with something, I'll post it.  By the way, what kind
of
>  > heat loss are we to assume from the recharging battery?
>  >
>  > -GG
>  >
>  
>                  I don't know enough to give it to you in kcal or anything, 
> but
>  apparently if there's no water for cooling, it isn't safe to approach
within 
> 5
>  or 10 feet of the g-ray collector when it's burning ghost rock, so it must 
> get
>  pretty hot...
>  

As in...you take 1d6 wind for being near it...

-Alex