Parabolic Satellite Dish Conversion - Solar Cooker
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- Опубліковано 26 лют 2018
- Two proven DIY methods for converting an old offset parabolic satellite dish into a solar cooker! These are two different satellite dishes I converted for solar cooking...one satellite dish was sanded and polished, and the other satellite dish is made using reflective vinyl strips. Please note, this experiment wasn't about cooking speed, but how to utilize free solar energy. This design was made to slow cook food like a sous vide cooker, or crockpot...not to create a full boil...as slow-cooked foods can taste better! Sanding and polishing a parabolic dish takes much longer but is more permanent. For the first dish, I wanted to sand and polish to as close to a mirror finish as the metal would allow. For the second dish, I lightly sanded, then added a light coat of paint to smooth out the surface, and used vinyl strips. Using the reflective vinyl strips is faster but they require replacing over time. Some metals polish better than others, and some dishes benefit more from the strips. Hope this video helps to show you how! Solar cooking can help reduce deforestation, soil erosion, and even pasteurize water where there’s a limited supply. And it's FUN!
This is genius! Using readily available objects to solve common problems.
I've tried the same thing 6 years ago and found that you really do not need the paint striper and create all that hard work and used all dhoose chemicals and tool. All you really need is a reel of aluminium tape to cover the dish with. The results are identical and achievable in max 10 minutes. No polishing needed. No holes need covering as the tape will cover them anyway. After all not the look of the dish is important but the functionality.
It just depends on the dish. Some have more orange peel than others. Some need it, some don't. I wanted to show how to deal with the ones that do have orange peel. I used the bolt holes to mount to the dish stand, then covered the bolt heads with reflective tape.
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You hurt innocent animals for a 5 minute burger etc ??.
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Your level of nuance and double entendre is off the charts. Well played.
Maalala ko ang module na ito nung High School (1984) pa kami. Ito yung dream project ng aking High School Science Teacher Mr. Leongson. Di man namin nagawa pero ngayon naging realidad na na nagawa ng mga mapagsaliksik na iba. Congrats!
5:03 Hey.. yyou! So cute. Must have smelled the food and knew what was coming. Yum yum.
Perfect!... Now I know what to do with the 2 satellite dishes left on my house from the previous owners! After we bought the house I called the satellite company to see if they wanted to come and take them back they declined and I was like "whatever"! But I have had these two eyesores sitting on my roof for more than 2 yrs and didn't know what to do with them... now I do!
Thanks man!
..Oh. .lucky you!...So, three years have passed...Did you really make 2 parabolic solar cookers by yourself or they're still sitting on your roof just as before?...Let us know... . 😊
The internet satellite dishes were all fiberglass both regular and commercial from after 2000 - so the only option is coating them with aluminum. Heavy duty freezer foil is available in 18 inch widths and also can be put on.
Mine are 3 foot and steel new and free with mounts
Just a couple of suggestions, and I totally agree that protective eye wear be used..First suggestion is to have the parabolic angled so that the refraction and collection points up to the underside of the cooking vessel.. like a burner contact point with any pot of pan.. Most of your better quality cookwear have that thick plate to act as a buffer..The second which goes towards eye safety.. You can protect your eye sight by simply slipping a cardboard or other firm surfaced object over the lens before you do any cooking activity like stirring, serving, or adding ingredients..I do agree with the more extreme light filtering eye wear... but stumbling around blinded or nearly blind has its hazards as well. This was one of the reasons I suggest pointing the refraction and collection points up and using a light blocking material covering the lens
Kevin Rehberg - I was thinking the same thing. These “Offset” parabolic dishes can be turned upside down, placed UNDER an elevated pan/pot, so they bounce light upward. Diagram here (not my page): watkin-online.com/openpage.html
A great idea, I have been thinking of trying this for some time. A friend of mine was in the Himalayas a while back and noticed that many of the locals used folding solar cookers as the rhododendron forests that used to be their firewood source were depleted years ago. Even when traveling they take a cooker with them to brew up tea and cook on the trail.
Yeah you're right brother as I'm from India and here these kind of things are used on large scale.
@@devraj3730 why not in AFRICA.
Even here in Africa we use them.
@@mutalekapekele4248 not in KENYA. No SOLAR POWER IDEAS in KENYA EQUATOR for pumping water.
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I've honestly never thought of this genius idea. I've used the bottom of an aluminum pop can to light a fire before but never thought of using a larger version to cook with
Polished soda cans make good solar cigaret lighters. Solar dishes you can easily cook with or use to light your bbq. But trust me get a mylar emergency blanket and some spray adhesive. And smoothe on that mirror like mylar and you got a wicked hot solar blazer!!!!
Damn it man, great video. Will do this my self. Thank you for your time and infinite wisdom.
Such a simple Diy idea for outdoor living
Thus was a quarantine view. Love the music Funky!!!
i did a satellite dish conversion years ago, my first vid on youtube actually. I've recently got a new dish to play with. I like the way you did this, and will be incorporating at least some of your techniques on my next one. I find it funnier that you posted your vid on my last birthday, lol. the gift that took a while to find :)
I like it. Environmentally friendly way of cooking. Need more videos like these to take people away from using fossil fuels.
I wholeheartedly agree!
This is very awesome! Can't wait to build my own solar cooker!
How long does it take to cook food?
5:05 that dog smile.
So many practical uses for this...Well DONE..energy applications too🤗
hands and feet 20 digit salute. great options, plus hat off on theme music especially giving names of the songs. i Like, OLE!
The glass table is a good idea, thanks.
Nice ... I'm planning to do the same thing... The stripper I used had been around a while, but still got the job done. It took several light applications to keep it wet enough to finally strip to the naked surface.
I don't think it will really cook foods.
Lol I need to go wash my mind.
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@Lito Flores It does indeed cook foods and this video is just one of many on UA-cam that proves it can be done. It's simply a slow cooker process instead of a fast process. This design was not about cooking speed...its about using free energy. However, if you want speed...simply use a large fresnel lens.
i wonder why the governmentss do not have programs set out using this tech to heat houses . i am on disability and heat the house using electricity and know for a fact that using the suns power would save tax money that could be used in better ways . same goes for people that heat the house using natural gas . my thoughts on this is that the governmentss own all the power stations and would not get to keep the majority of money for themselves so that they can have the easy life . same goes for the banks , its my belief that the governmentss are the main share holders , people that save money in the banks are getting jipped , they borrow your money with high interest out to others and keep the majority of it for themselves . if you ask to borrow money from them you have to pay high interest and yet most people are willing to just give the banks money with basically no return investment .
Very nice inventiveness. Got an unused one on the side of the house.
came here for making parabolic mirror, left with a parabolic mirror and a stripper. Thanks Alan! I dont quite know how the second one is needed for the construction, but im not complaining.
Music is so good, product is perfect :) Very good project !!! And the meal is looking fantastic :) :)
You are a GENIUS!!! You have increased the chances for survival.
Это потому что его Папа - Студебеккер!
Wow... My best friend, Nice video... Beautiful place Enjoy watching this video... Have a nice day.
Hilarious captions, and great accompanying music!
THANK YOU AND GOD BLESS YOU. KEEP GOOD WORK FOR EVER. KEEP YOURSELF AWAY FROM GREEDY AND SELFISH PEOPLE. AGAIN GOD BLESS YOU.
I thought you were converting a cooker to a satellite dish because I always look at my wok and wonder if it would work. The way you focussed the sun to the pot is also a good method of LNB positioning for best signal on your dish.
Very interesting idea. A hug from Itaperuna, RJ, Brazil
Ok fair play..we sell a new unit for about 100 Dollar's..often the stand and all the hours worked add up to the same amount of time/cash..I have a co specialised in South Africa in this technology..it's wonderful that you are showing people how to make it themselves and really does work..it's better to have a dish over 1 meter if at all possible.. keep up the good work
Yes, this is true. Its difficult to find those large dishes and they are much more powerful and can have a much larger focal point, which is very important. So buying those styles of cookers is going to produce much more reliable results. I'm all for companies that make a good solar product, especially marketed towards third world or poverty-stricken areas, or places that do not have adequate or legal access to firewood or other resources. But, as you are probably aware, it gets old hearing from the climate change deniers or oil and power company shills that attack alternative cooking or power sources simply to gain more profit. So, as well...keep up the good work!
As a side note, I'm hoping to do a video soon on a box style oven made from old house windows. I just need to settle on the design.
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Nice video and channel man. I just found it. Subscribed.
Thanks for the Ingenious info can be applied to many uses
Awesome. Thank you so much for sharing.
Add a ring and locate it at the focus point. The ring will be suspend the casserole without contact of any surface. The result will be a fast heat transfer to the bottom of the casserole metal.
I saw a video where a guy made one of these and stored it in his dad's shop, and just the light through a crack in the wall was enough to burn the shop down.
👍I'll try that, when I get back to my little downtown👍💪
Thank you very much. Greetings from Mexico
The fresnel lenses just take light that would have shined on the pot, reflect a little bit of it, and concentrate the transmitted light to a small point. They don't actually increase the light shining on the pot.
Too bad we in uk don’t have that amount of sunshine, let alone for cooking 😂
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It looks like you need an argument to start a conversation.
Brother take your religious thoughts elsewhere.
Here it’s not about religion, but common sense.🤨
WOW! This Sucker Cooks Great...I am going to make this Solar Cookers!
Great video !! Excellent work!!
Lol those puns you used in this video 😂😂😂👍👍
Good job! I am doing mine with chrome paint. Will give me a chrome finish that will rival the polished metal and not get overheated as the vinyl will.
Good luck! Show us how it went.
The dish itself shouldn't ever overheat. It's the parabolic focus point concentrating the sun's energy from whatever size reflector that gets hot (just like with a fresnel). A larger parabola only makes more heat at focal point because it's size collects more of the sun. How did your painted dish do? I'm tinkering with a few designs, and foil tape, sanded/polished bare metal, chrome paint are all I'm considering for a recycled television dish cooker.
Very well done. Thanks for sharing.
I like the video. I made a similar dish years ago and got a mirror finish by hand and then it rusted so I had to put a coating on it. Very nice. My dish is under greenenergyconcepts .
An easier way to find the focal point is to measure the distance from the center of the dish to the lnb before removing the lnb and support arm. This will always be the focal point.
when you by nifgt take a laser light tthnen you can easely find the centrheat point
My calculator nearly caught fire through reflective sun ray. Our fish bowl which is was placed on our dining table near our french doors reflected the sun ray to our calculator which was placed on our console table across the room.The sun was shining right on to our fish bowl through our full glass back doors. We could smell a plastic burning smell in the room. After chasing the smell , it was our calculator slowly burning. If we weren't at home that day, no doubt we would have come back to a burning house. The crazy thing is, no one would have know what had caused it.
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I love educational videos like this!
My nephew glued little mosaic mirror tiles for the surface on his.Worked great and easy.
If you have the time and patience, that makes a pretty strong reflector indeed!
Actually Alan the tiles glued on rather quickly,he used about 1 inch squares.TBH though unsure what he used as the adhesive.Myself I just use a commercial sunoven brand solar box cooker.Agree,that slow cooking makes some tasty tasty food.Im a solar power nut here too,only nuclear power I want is the sun.
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Wife:-Soup is tasty but why I am not getting any signal on tv?
This man:-😰
Práctica, sencilla y muy funcional! Gracias por compartir 👍
Also, contrary to popular misconception, it doesn't need to be perfectly smooth. Mirror-like, yes. But the tape doesn't need to overlap. In fact, I've use aluminum foil just mashed into a dish sprayed with 3M adhesive. It's smooth enough for cooking and took all of 3 minutes.
Foil works fine for reflectivity but it often needs replacement as its not as durable. Cutting into strips helps reduce wrinkles, which does indeed raise the reflectivity ratio. This is why a mirror is so much more reflective than tape, because of the perfect smoothness/polish.
If we add multiple magnifying glass around and a total internal reflective Ruby rod at the focus point then we may get a solar power laser
The HVAC tape I used for various projects like unto this, I found can be further polished with metal polish like Mother's or MacGuire's to add another level of luster and reflectivity...we Harley riders know about polish...!
We Harley riders know about polish, you said?......hahaha....come on oldtimer, are you 5 years old or what? that comment was just stupid.....the video is about using solar energy...so, nobody is interested in your gay Harley gang of old people in their mid life crisis, trying to be rebels without a cause now that you are retired.
@@Nayo68 Totally unnecessary comment. As my momma used to say, if you can't say anything nice, don't say anything at all.
@@arweninnj ...Ooops! Sorry then
Well done brother and thanks for letting us know about your wonderful work🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏God bless you and your family
Hey Fatima
The innuendo is strong with this one
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No need to strip it too much work! Spray some adhesive on it then rub on some mylar/ emergency blanket! In 5 minutes your done and getting temps up to 750 degrees!
Good work. Well done!!
excellent job; thanks for sharing :)
this would be a powerful cooker when connected with a converging lens, we use it in Africa to make thermopile for electricity generation
adebayo abdulraf how to get that lens
No tengo respuestas sólo preguntas por ejemplo que tipo de cinta? Por favor en español
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Great video my friend
Awesome invention
great video man .in the first clip you need a biger satellite to get more heat .
Or even better . . . a smaller pot.
Hii Alan, awesome video and very good Idea !!
Have you tried keeping the dish just beneath the soup pot? I think it will be more efficient way to heat the soup from the bottom instead of from a side.
Thanks Allan.
Yum great cooking channel.
Its easier to glue Mylar to the dish and its much brighter than polished metal.
Mylar is not as durable and can decay fairly quickly so repeated mylar applications are necessary, therefore extra labor time and material cost is the issue. Lots of ways to accomplish the end result, but people have to decide which fits their application best. Since mylar doesn't last as long as the sanding and polishing, in my experience, it is actually much, much more expensive and time-consuming over the long term.
I'm wondering about the amount of innuendo necessary to get full value from the professional stripper?
It would be much more interesting if there was a professional stripper strutting her stuff around a shiny dish instead of a shiny pole for a change! Not that I visit strip joints you understand, I just heard that this sort of thing happens in some places apparently!
Yes. For best results with the stripper, definitely push hard with your tool.
At first I thought it was a Polish stripper, but when I saw the polished finish, I realized she must have been Finnish
Good man, and music fantastic!
Bravo Alan 👏
Why don't we use this method for power plant by producing steam
Through sea water.
Method is used extensively to produce power. Just search and you shall find.
The United states government, people in the gov. and corporations, people in the Corp, still believe the economy and their wealth depends on petroleum. And it's going to be some real serious earth changes and natural destruction before good ideas to harness energy become mainstream. You can run hundreds of miles per gallon on gasoline vapors. You can run like I did for thousands and thousands of miles on used cooking oil or used motor or transmission oil in a diesel engine vehicle. Tesla had many free energy ideas the us Gov. Through FBI agents locked away upon his death. Stanley Meyers discovered the resonance of water and someone killed him over it. Water molecules have more energy locked in them than any substance known to man between the strength of the bond to the expansion of the gas to the energy of combustion in hydrogen and oxygen.
Here is a similar idea being used in SE California to turn water to steam. However, I don't think it's seawater.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivanpah_Solar_Power_Facility
simply because it’s not efficient.
@@dmitrystaravoitau3205 As supplementary power that is FREE, is not efficient?
here before it gets viral
Looks so tasty!
Wow this is so cool! The next time you make one, I would try to just go over the holes in the dish with a skim coat of spackle, let dry then sand. Should give you that perfect mirror finish.
If I didn't use the bolt holes to attach to the base I certainly would.
Use long, hard, fast strokes... Again, that's what she said.
I love the idea that you used a piece of glass to set your cooking pot on. I never would have thought of that but this way it doesn't obstruct any of the light or heat.
Can you tell us how long it took you to finally go from satellite dish to your finished product? Thanks
5 hours for the polished dish, and about 4 hours for the second dish because I had to wait for the undercoat paint to dry. But the strips go down in only about 30 minutes at most.
Very impressive
Nice vídeo! Thanks man, since México
Lol professional strippers avoid the cheap ones. Sorry couldn't help it, but wow that cool.
just push hard with your tool
"Use long, hard, fast strokes"
I dont get it
@@Defrap22 You need to get hard 😝
fantastic!!!!chicken soup for dinner .........but get some KFC for lunch ........good idea buddy!!
Pues si, defintivamente tuvieron que comprar algo para comer, porque esa pinche sopa pura madre se cocino con esa chingadera solar......apenas y medio la entibio! nomas que el bato no lo quiere aceptar....o no?
Hasta el perro se desesperó
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Nice product
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mr safety says "cover when not in use" you could inadvertently start a fire
@@Nayo68 did you use the mirror tape or have you polished the disc?
I have done that, covered one with mylar (chip packets) and then left it in the shed and when the sun angle came down in winter all of a sudden it was catching some and set an old leather couch on fire. These are dangerous, and exactly why BYU came up with the solar funnel concept to replace parabolic dishes - these had been given as aid to displace dung burning and setting houses alight when stored poorly.
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Nice job 👍
DO I HAVE A DIRRTY MIND ?? or AM I JUST ANOTHER CONSPIRACY THEORIST ? "STRIPPERS" ? "PROFESSIONAL STRIPPERS" ? … "LONG HARD STROKES OF YOUR TOOL" ? …..anyway, am looking for one of these so I can get some Solar Satisfaction !! Useful vid, overall....
So much innuendo at the start.
Nice, I did it with chrome spray paint , two coat was good. Keep it up :)
Thanks! Would love to see your results.
Weldone Man So Nice.....!!!!!
I always push hard with my tool when I have a stripper...!!! Lmao
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Алюмини отражает 97% инфракрасных лучей , а железо НЕТ видимый свет да, но не тепловые лучи (ифрокрасные ), так что зря ты железо шлифовал.
Correct. Tried the same with simple aluminium foil coated tape. Had way more efficiency without any form of polishing - just stick it carefully. (What he did in the end).
I like the insinuations.
Excellent