Satellite dish death ray

[Conky]

Look what I made, mum! Teenager builds 'death-ray' which can burn through almost anything

YouTube - Solar Death Ray: Power of 5000 suns!

 

[Dishman Dan]

It looks like a Primestar!!!...

He probably got all those mirrors from the girls at his high school!

(It must be one big school or he is the only guy there! )

((Maybe the guys have mirrors too nowadays! ))

(((California??? )))

 

[HIFI]

super cool!

 

[FaT Air]

Done that, and then cooked an egg.

 

[Lak7]

too bad nobody figured a way to heat and cool a home with those

 

[Dee_Ann]

too bad nobody figured a way to heat and cool a home with those

My ex had some kookie plans to do exactly that. That's what he collected all those old dishes for (that got crushed and/or stolen).
He was going to start out heating a spa with one then try to move up from there.

I think that's pretty cool too, IMO. That kid with the mirrored primestar though, that's scary!
There must be a way to use that for your house for some good other than setting sticks and dirt on fire.

 

[Tron]

A friend of mine did that with an old 36" prime focus dish I had. He stripped the paint off of it completely, and polished the metal so it was mirror-like. It would set fire to anything in its focal point almost instantly, very dangerous IMO. Made a good demonstration of why we shouldn't paint our dishes with anything other than flat paint ...

 

[Conky]

once you get past the Beavis & Butthead phase(ie burning stuff) there are some practical applications
YouTube - STEAM ENGINE 12KW GENERATOR Solar Mirror Array
Plumbing Up Mother' s Solar Furnace
or if you're rich and need to light up our neighbourhood
YouTube - Stirling Dish 500MW solar power plant

 

[Dishman Dan]

once you get past the Beavis & Butthead phase(ie burning stuff) there are some practical applications

Yeah eh heh heh! Eh heh heh eh! Fire! Fire! Eh heh heh he!

Those two buttheads are returning this summer!!!...

They will be back on that channel that used to show music videos!