You are doing on a small scale, here in the UK we do it on a large scale ..=
..

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2410972/Walkie-Talkie-building-Walk=
ie-Scorchie-skyscraper-firm-scaffolding-protect-nearby-shops.html


Melted plastic wing mirrors on cars, bubbled paint work, and all sorts of o=
ther damage ...



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> Then there was my previously mention solar-satellite-dish-chair-burner [t=
m]
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> Large: http://g3.img-
> dpreview.com/3F7339A620EB4831BDD333E8DF455769.jpg
> Small:  http://g1.img-
> dpreview.com/25740F9934B4450CACE1DF2F6BCE0C63.jpg
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> Satellite dish was dual re-purposed.
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> - Trial solar concentrator with Al / Mylar foil
> - Cellphone range extender.
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> Was used in latter mode t night sitting in old chair on back porch. Used =
to get
> reliable coverage as phone coverage in our area was in a "shadow" from lo=
cal
> ridge.
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> Dish left sitting on chair arm.
> Sun rose. Low angle of morning sun produced result which seemed infeasibl=
e
> [tm] due to orientation.
> Could easily have burned house down! :-(.
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>     Russell
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> On 15 November 2013 04:14, YES NOPE9 <yes@nope9.com> wrote:
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> > I felt compelled to share what happened this week.........
> > In the interests of recycling everything , I used the front lens of a
> > projection TV to winterize a window.
> > The lens is a flat piece of plastic about 3mm thick.  I guess it is a
> > fresnel lens.
> > I cut it to fit the window and installed it as an additional
> > transparent layer.
> > I thought nothing of it until today when I happen to look at the
> > stereo receiver sitting near the window.
> > The top of the receiver and two of the knobs were partially melted.
> > So now I am removing the plastic.
> >
> >
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> > 9076234785857
> > Gus in Denver
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