Trymer Update

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Some years back in this forum we had some discussion of the "Trymer 5000", 5kW electric power generator based on a new thermoelectric (or thermionic, depending on the reference) technology then being developed by Jon Schroeder's Trymer Company of Leander, Texas. The 5 kW product was then represented as being nearly ready for commercial release for under $1000. Oh yes, that was supposed to be 5 kW AC power, which is a bit unusual for thermoelectrics.

Quite a bargain, if true. I hadn't heard anything more of Trymer for some time until a recent email suggested they had run out of money and closed their doors. I can't confirm this one way or the other.

But I did do a web search which turned up the following bits:

According a 1998 US BMDO (Ballistic Missile Defence Organization) website this technology was funded by them and would enable a 5 kW generator costing $500, about the size of a bundt cake.

http://www.acq.osd.mil/mda/mdalink/html/3_tech.htm

And sure enough, BMDO funded Phase I and Phase II SBIRs with Trymer in 1991, which ran into 1995.

http://www.winmda.com/scripts/asp/firm.asp?firm_id=2321

Not to be left out, both NSF and Darpa award Trymer Phase I SBIRs in 1996.

http://www.sba.gov/gopher/Innovation-And-Research/Awd96/awdtx.txt

The most recent web reference I can find is from a 2002 "Energy Venture Fair" announcement indicating Trymer would participate and was still very optimistic about the market potential for their products. They expected their "killer application" to be a residential "heat-to-electric" converter with a market of 200 million in the US alone.

http://www.energyventurefair.com/evf2_participating.htm

Well, there you are. That's all I know. If anyone has sighted Trymer more recently, let us know (preferably by posting here).

- Cronin

Re:Trymer Update

Here are some things I found for your membership,regarding
Trymer-Jon M Schroeder.
Sorry don't belong to any forum tho I read them- try the following
plans,descriptions & patent #
Have a chemical backgrnd not electrics will have to learn. Tho very feasable this thermopile unit.
www.bandwidthmarket.com/resources/speeches.html
www.butlerlabs.com/patentlinks.htm
smithsonianchips.si.edu/patents/patents.htm

Warning to all investors interested in Trymer or UT Systems

We invested in UT Systems formerly Trymer and Trusted Jon Schroeder to deliver a


working 5KW demo for us. We have invested over $150K into the venture and have been listening to excuses for the last 1 1/2 years until we finally hired an attorney to go after Jon. We think this is a Ponzi Scheme and Jon can not be trusted with money of any kind. He was actually taking money from other investors at the same time and will be sued by them as well..We are going to expose this farce to the Attorney General of Austin asap.

Fraud was discovered

Jon Schroeder had wired his four plex with a copper wire through the wood of his table and out to his house. When he gave his demonstration he would give you the illusion that the heat was making the electricity. We sent the pictures and the list of other companies that he has committed fraud against.