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Forty
Mon Aug 20 2012, 04:12PM
Forty Registered Member #3888 Joined: Sun May 15 2011, 09:50PM
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If you're strong enough it could be a frisbee.
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Bjørn
Mon Aug 20 2012, 04:24PM
Bjørn Registered Member #27 Joined: Fri Feb 03 2006, 02:20AM
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quick solar oven with alu foil
For experiments you can make the dish wet and the foil will stick to it. You can use it to overdrive a small solar panel, like the one in garden lamps. I got 4.5W from one, keep it under water for extended run time and you get hot water at the same time.
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Marko
Mon Aug 20 2012, 04:38PM
Marko Registered Member #89 Joined: Thu Feb 09 2006, 02:40PM
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Murder a disco ball and glue the mirrorlets onto the dish. Point towards the sun and power a stirling engine, peltiers or solar cells..

Marko
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HV Enthusiast
Mon Aug 20 2012, 05:02PM
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Could make a good sled too!
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Conundrum
Mon Aug 20 2012, 06:08PM
Conundrum Registered Member #96 Joined: Thu Feb 09 2006, 05:37PM
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4.5W?!?!?! Seriously?

Thats insane.
I might try that little trick on a hot summer's day but pump the soon-to-be-boiling water through a heat exchanger and extract the energy using a Peltier.

Wonder why some company hasn't make a vacuum thermoelectric and solar combo?
Even cheap and nasty 12% efficient cells should work well under this level of radiation methinks.
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Ben Solon
Mon Aug 20 2012, 07:04PM
Ben Solon Registered Member #3900 Joined: Thu May 19 2011, 08:28PM
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Dr. Dark Current wrote ...

Yes, you can put a magnetron in the focal point and transfer power... mad

microwave death beam! sounds like fun.

I have a few magnetrons you could have if you want. I removed the heatsink though, so just for lower powers.
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ConKbot of Doom
Mon Aug 20 2012, 10:14PM
ConKbot of Doom Registered Member #509 Joined: Sat Feb 10 2007, 07:02AM
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Link2 build your own synthetic aperture radar, nothing fancy.

((not sure if that'd actually counts as an SAR or not, im not super sharp on radar terms :p ))
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BigBad
Mon Aug 20 2012, 10:25PM
BigBad Registered Member #2529 Joined: Thu Dec 10 2009, 02:43AM
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Pinky's Brain wrote ...

ZakWolf wrote ...

Can I use it for wireless power transmission ??
Yes but not for efficient power transfer ... or very much power. The problem is rectifying an ac voltage at a couple ghz.
Fair amount of power, and fairly efficient, with William Brown patent:

Link2

1N82 or another type of diode works apparently.
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ZakWolf
Mon Aug 20 2012, 11:38PM
ZakWolf Registered Member #3114 Joined: Sat Aug 14 2010, 08:33AM
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Awesome thanks guys (and girls) for the ideas, I will try one out post some stuff sometime
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brandon3055
Tue Aug 21 2012, 01:30PM
brandon3055 Registered Member #4548 Joined: Mon Apr 23 2012, 03:52AM
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A cople of you mentioned using a pelter module to generate power from heat I was just wondering how much power a pelter module can generate given enough heat
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