PART 3 FINAL TROUGH MIRROR Parabolic Parabola Reflector Solar Water Heater

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This is Part 3 the final part of the series. Next we add pipe to heat water and expand air.

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25 Responses to PART 3 FINAL TROUGH MIRROR Parabolic Parabola Reflector Solar Water Heater

  1. They actually make servos and heliostats that you can use to have it follow the sun.

    pentupentropy
    February 18, 2013 at 3:43 pm
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  2. If you are busy outside making sure the sunbeam is focusing on a pipe,You really dont need hot water in the house do ya?Correct me if im wrong but wont the concentrated sunbeam be moving all day long?

    krowebmf76
    February 18, 2013 at 3:55 pm
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  3. if you made it from lots of layers of styrofoam it wouldn’t distort under its own weight and would be much easier to support & aim. Also could you just stick in the mirror with two beads of glue along the straight edges?

    davidvwilliamson
    February 18, 2013 at 4:31 pm
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  4. if you made some way of tracking a movie camera along the focus and also made some way of tracking altitude/azimuth (like one of those rockers you use to tip cars over?) you could create a movie of an enlarged image. You would need some way of combining all the movie into a single still image.

    davidvwilliamson
    February 18, 2013 at 4:59 pm
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  5. What about adhesive velcro on the back instead of screws?

    carp1844
    February 18, 2013 at 5:14 pm
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  6. that was incredibly awesome!

    vanderstelt00
    February 18, 2013 at 5:36 pm
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  7. how much hot water does this mirror generate?

    Ed Christopher
    February 18, 2013 at 6:19 pm
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  8. Hi Dan,

    Great job appreciate all your videos.
    Im guessing suppliers in the US supply you
    With product at a reduced rate which you then pass on.
    Pity Im in the UK as we tend to pay through the nose for stuff.

    That said I will be making one of these anyways.

    Keep up the good work.

    John.
    PS. Took your corrugated heat collector a stage further and build one out of
    Plastic UV laminated roofing sheet (Large type of 10mm coroplast) worked great
    No vids unfortunately.

    johnypc2008
    February 18, 2013 at 6:23 pm
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  9. Hi Dan. can be make it with home made fresnel mirrow for save space or needs a different plataform, more complicate to center the light

    tex1965able
    February 18, 2013 at 7:06 pm
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  10. Lowes sells it….if you order a 4×8 sheet they will charge you Motor Freight , since UPS or Fedx cannot ship that size.

    Kevin Chedivillie
    February 18, 2013 at 7:36 pm
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  11. or you can use an acrylic bit.

    warforlips
    February 18, 2013 at 8:24 pm
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  12. To bad you didn’t use treated wood. Now you have to treat it yourself, so it can be used outside for extended use…

    warforlips
    February 18, 2013 at 8:49 pm
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  13. I would recommend drilling the holes with the protective layer on it still that way you don’t mar the surface up

    dragoncracker
    February 18, 2013 at 9:41 pm
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  14. Drill your holes in the acrilic with the drill in reverse. I think a bit of PVA in all the wood joints would make it strong.

    Hamish121212
    February 18, 2013 at 10:14 pm
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  15. I would think that teh glue that you need to bond to acrylic actually melts it together. If you use that type of glue and it melts the reflecitve coating off the back of the mirror, you’re screwed!

    STARFIRESOLAR
    February 18, 2013 at 11:10 pm
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  16. how much water can a parabolic trough mirror like this heat?

    123gt
    February 18, 2013 at 11:36 pm
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  17. or get mrs green power to hold the camera ffs! i feel sea sick!

    leslie briddon
    February 18, 2013 at 11:59 pm
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  18. Love your stuff, but can you build a tripod? This video was a bit like the Blair witch project…

    amommamust
    February 19, 2013 at 12:22 am
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  19. Quetions:
    1) Where Do I buy that acrylic Mirror?
    2) How do you keep it clean?
    3) How will you track the sun with such a big rig?

    XSlayerALE
    February 19, 2013 at 12:45 am
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  20. put your glue down on the frame and then place trash bags full of water on the mirror to force contact

    patriotsundergod
    February 19, 2013 at 1:16 am
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  21. The device you need to determine electrical usage of a deep freezer for example…. Is called a “Kill – a watt”. You can find them on e-bay for around $20

    GoatHollow
    February 19, 2013 at 1:26 am
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  22. double sided tar tape could have took the place of the screws.

    crob227
    February 19, 2013 at 2:01 am
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  23. I would like to see more videos on how you can determine your everyday power usage so that you can start going off grid… I know how many kw I use each month, but I don’t know the pull our deep freezer has on the system when it kicks on etc…

    Is there an easy way to hook something up to the electrical system to monitor this?

    AcidRaZor
    February 19, 2013 at 2:24 am
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  24. a cordless soldering iron from radio shack would be perfect to melt little holes in mirro for you

    johnnecron
    February 19, 2013 at 2:38 am
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  25. What do you do with all these mirrors with no sunlight

    JokerTim76
    February 19, 2013 at 2:47 am
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