Building a Solar Parabolic

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13-10-2009, 21:58

gburlison

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Re: Building a Solar Parabolic

I agree that this could be dangerous. Take a look at this website to see that you could generate enough heat to melt aluminum.

http://www.cockeyed.com/incredible/s...h/dish01.shtml.

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