Bruce Farquhar wrote
A thermocouple produces enough to power a spacecraft?!?
It isnt a single thermocouple, it's a thermopile.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thermopile
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_power_in_space
Or just for some small electronics?
Not small at all.
On Sat, 08 Dec 2018 21:04:59 -0000, Brian Gaff
wrote:
I'm sure you know this but the Voyager spacecraft are using thermocouples
using the heat from decaying plutonium for power all the way out in the
cosmos. it may be reducing now but its been one heck of a long time.