> Thermoelectrics have terrible efficiency I agree with what you're saying, but the point is that the woodstove is running 24x7 in the winter, and the solar is

> Thermoelectrics have terrible efficiency I agree with what you're saying, but the point is that the woodstove is running 24x7 in the winter, and the solar is very pool. Whatever energy I can get from the TECs is an order of magnitude more than I'll be making without them - i.e. zero.