Solar Collector

[gyozza1]

simple to just place a pot of water in front to cook soups and stews. poach eggs and fish boil and steam vegetables. great camping alternative if you dont want to create emmisions

[kennethvanhorn]

if you really want to make something work here it is take a parabolic solar concentrator and send light into a mirrored cone shape focal point then send that light into mirrored glass tubing which will send the light into a mirrored box with solar panels in it the solar panels must be cooled by spinning or cooling system.now get to work

[amberjacksolar]

God work! That was really very interesting.

[jackelprince1988]

anyone have any ideas on how to harness that back towards usable energy? maybe causing a wheel to spin somehow

[Stratovariusrox]

put a stirling or steamengine on it :)

[1234Doc4321]

@jackelprince1988 it's called a stirling engine

[Snapshotok2000]

Very nice!

Have you been able to cook with it yet ?

[TheOmalb]

This is a solar concentrator not just a solar collector... very nice solar dish.

[callmeshane303]

Bigger dish = more power on small area. I used a 640mm diameter parabolic satellite dish covered it in REAL glass 25mm mirror tiles, direct sun - ignites cardboard in ~2 - 3 seconds.

[7188181]

Reflective tape film is a lot cheaper and easier to apply. Mirrors give the best reflectivity though.

[7188181]

Looks like a DirecTV dish. They do generate good heat but are rather small. You really need twice that size to make good heat at the focal point. This small dish would still boil water, it would just take a while.

[MrMexboy1]

orale ca...

[azpaulnow]

This takes way too long. Just an observation, that looks like an offset dish from DTV or The Dish Network. These are offset dishes so the focal point should be lower by that bracket. The bracket holds the LNB which comes in a few inches. So, in my observation, he is not at the proper focal point... Yes No? Nice attempt though.

[qsk2pc602]

depends on the angle of the sun.you can reflect son w/ a mirror across the street. dead on your right.

[j1crx]

wow i never would have thought

[jerryaltman]

The problem of using mirror to get more sun to the solar panels, is that it require the proper angle to the sun, to keep the focus in one small point. But the sun relativevly moves along the day, so the mirror must move along the sun aparent moviment. That's the problem.

[josephdupont]

maybe the idea is to make wood gas from solar

and end up with charcoal?

burn the wood gas in a motor.. and make electricity and heat the house with charcoal?

[chazebs]

I dunno. It seems like finding the focal point with your hand might not be the smartest action. If it will start wood smoking right away, wouldn't that burn skin. I made a 36" parabolic concentrator with 1" mirrors that would catch a 2"x4" on fire in 6 seconds. Folks wanted to put their hands in that too.

[gfabster]

Its all smoke and mirrors!

[id0069]

Maybe you could try making up a wire rack or find someplace to hang a tin cup or can with some water in it. It looks in the video, like you used flat mirrors on a sat dish. Can you tell if they are all focused on the same place? It looks pretty good for the north east. I'm in Canada, and just starting to look at some solar cooking.  Good luck!

[AstridA]

Well..... at least you guys HAVE sun! *sigh*

Take that camcorder and do something usefull with it.... I can think of something! *wink*

BuBye

[sundance51]

Get to work! quit goofing off. Matches are easier!