Todays Parabolic cooker on the Cheap. Cooks good.

[USAFGopherMike]

I've been doing research on this too. Did you apply a mirror coating to the dish? I'm also looking at Fersnel lenses.

[Wulf202]

Chrome? I say we go with gold!

[gnihcraes]

I used the HVAC foil tape, already had a roll of it. got a suntan while applying it to the dish. The first couple of strips, and things were heating up. haha

I'll mess more with it this weekend if time permits.

[hghclsswhitetrsh]

Thats pretty neat. I got rid of one not too long ago.

[JM Ver. 2.0]

Thats pretty neat. I got rid of one not too long ago.

I think I have two on my house... Lemme know if you want one.

[Rust_shackleford]

The previous people who lived here at satellite. They left the dish. I pulled it off today, applied HVAC tape to the surface. I then mounted it to a couple pieces of plywood.

Dish = Free.
HVAC Tape = $3.25.
Thanks

I see the dishes on craigslist everyday for free. And as much as $20-30.

They sell much better reflective adhesive material you can apply. But, this was my first attempt. And I allready had the HVAC tape and the dish. It heats water quick. I cooked the kids stew for lunch.

[Inconel710]

HBAR - did you have to repoint the dish during your data collection? Just wondering how direction sensitive these dishes are.

[HBARleatherneck]

yes, I did move the dish to follow the sun. Barely had to move it. But, since I dont have the really shiny film, I decided to move it. Every ten minutes or so.

this experiment with 32 ounces of water

12:15------65 degrees out of the tap
12:25------115.3 degrees
12:35------155.3 degrees
12:45------175.5 degrees
12:55------184.4 degrees
13:05------181.7 degrees.

obviously it didnt reach boiling, and its losing temperature as the sun drops in the west.

[ChunkyMonkey]

Not bad.. at least you can cook meat w/ that thing going above 160 F.

[Wulf202]

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