Saturday, March 25, 2017

this might just work...

Had to re-jig the mechanism that holds the hot plate level (as the dish tilts) with the bigger solar fryer today.  Once I got the new parts situated, I did a preliminary test while I wait on my extra mirrors to arrive next week.  Maxed out at 678° after sitting in the sun for an hour.  Pretty windy today which really sucks the heat off the gizmo.  I reckon on a calm day I will be able to top the 700° mark.  Note: with the smaller dish I was only able to get the hot plate up to 275°.  79,83,45,0,W

7 comments:

  1. Wow, that's an impressive difference in temp from the small dish. Tortilla time!
    Very cool reflection art, too.

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  2. The mirrors make your Stetson look funny.
    ;-)

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  3. That's no Stetson...that is my traditional tshirt head wrap.

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  4. looking at your self portrait reminded me of this little tune…
    Fly's Eyes!

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  5. Funny Sam. :-) I saw a survival show about wrapping a t-shirt wet with water wrapped around the head to protect and cool from the sun and heat. Now you could broil ribs covered with sauce.

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