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my new gig
« on: December 26, 2013, 07:31:32 PM »
I've been working for the last month on a solar energy project. I KNOW how some of you demand pictures, so without further ado...
 
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« Reply #1 on: December 26, 2013, 07:36:48 PM »
More pics...
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« Reply #2 on: December 26, 2013, 07:41:58 PM »
Hope you all had a good holiday, and are looking forward to a productive 2014 as I am!
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« Reply #3 on: December 26, 2013, 08:09:45 PM »
I hope your job is not to drill that disc..!! :o
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« Reply #4 on: December 26, 2013, 08:50:18 PM »
Very cool, Scott.  Can you tell us some mind boggling specs? (Height, weight, power?)
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« Reply #5 on: December 27, 2013, 12:34:21 AM »
I think I've seen something like that near (east) of sky harbor.

Yeah, what does it do?
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« Reply #6 on: December 27, 2013, 02:58:15 AM »
that's one of them astro laser blaster thingies, ain't it :P
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« Reply #7 on: December 27, 2013, 04:12:02 AM »
Water Cooled I presume.. who builds the backing structure
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« Reply #8 on: December 27, 2013, 05:18:42 AM »
Quote from: seanbarney41 on December 27, 2013, 02:58:15 AM
that's one of them astro laser blaster thingies, ain't it :P
It's about to go from suck to blow.

That's a pretty cool project. Must have been nerve wracking while it was being assembled!
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« Reply #9 on: December 27, 2013, 02:57:41 PM »
If you stood in the wrong spot during assembly you'd end up with a hell of a sun tan..... :o

Merry Christmas Scott.... ;)
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« Reply #10 on: December 27, 2013, 05:30:53 PM »
Steve, here are some specs: the dish is about 75 feet in diameter, and weighs about 71 tons. It has about 300-350 square meters of reflective area. The general rule-of-thumb for power radiated by the sun is 1 KW per square meter, but the mirrors are never perfect.
Our job is to disassemble the dish, then reassemble it at a new location, where it will be used to test Sterling hot air engines.
G'day Mick. We had to coat the mirrors with a secret "mud" recipe before anyone could work above the mirrors without getting fried. :o ;D   
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« Reply #11 on: December 27, 2013, 08:30:53 PM »
Cool!
Glad you are having fun and working.
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« Reply #12 on: December 27, 2013, 10:14:05 PM »
secret mud = bentonite?
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« Reply #13 on: December 27, 2013, 11:15:50 PM »
This was my first thought when I saw the dish. ;D

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« Reply #14 on: December 28, 2013, 12:46:39 AM »
 And who's paying for it ???  HUH ???   :o   ???   ;D
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« Reply #15 on: December 28, 2013, 01:20:46 AM »
Quote from: seanbarney41 on December 27, 2013, 02:58:15 AM
that's one of them astro laser blaster thingies, ain't it :P

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« Reply #16 on: December 28, 2013, 06:32:33 AM »
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« Reply #17 on: December 28, 2013, 09:49:13 AM »
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« Reply #18 on: December 28, 2013, 10:04:02 AM »
WOW, I bet your neighbors are PISSED!!
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« Reply #19 on: December 28, 2013, 05:13:04 PM »
Quote from: dave500 on December 27, 2013, 10:14:05 PM
secret mud = bentonite?
Actually, 25% bentonite. Have you spent time in the oil patch, Dave? ???
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« Reply #20 on: December 28, 2013, 05:15:41 PM »
Quote from: BLUE71TURBO on December 28, 2013, 12:46:39 AM
And who's paying for it ??? 
Not tax payers, if that's what you are worried about. ;D
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« Reply #21 on: December 28, 2013, 05:50:42 PM »
Quote from: Stev-o on December 28, 2013, 09:49:13 AM
Quote from: jtb on December 28, 2013, 06:32:33 AM
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« Reply #22 on: December 28, 2013, 05:53:34 PM »
Quote from: scottly on December 28, 2013, 05:13:04 PM
Quote from: dave500 on December 27, 2013, 10:14:05 PM
secret mud = bentonite?
Actually, 25% bentonite. Have you spent time in the oil patch, Dave? ???

drill mud.
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« Reply #23 on: December 29, 2013, 01:34:46 AM »
Quote from: dave500 on December 27, 2013, 10:14:05 PM
secret mud = bentonite?

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« Reply #24 on: December 29, 2013, 01:59:08 PM »
Quote from: dave500 on December 27, 2013, 10:14:05 PM
secret mud = bentonite?

Also used to seal dams.... 8) ;)
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