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DIY Fresnel Lens

There are a lot of uses for Fresnel lenses in DIY solar. The key issue is to be very careful, because the concentrated solar energy generated by Fresnel lenses can, and will, burn, melt or destroy most things... Please Be Careful!

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Concentrating solar energy for photovoltaics
Purifying water with Fresnel lens Flash cooking with Fresnel lens Slow cooking with Fresnel lens and mirror Solar Powered Steam Engine using Fresnel Lens Breaking and melting glass with Fresnel Lens

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Fresnel Lens experiments and practical use

Started by Douglas Arrison May 18, 2009.

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Comment by David Kemp on May 9, 2013 at 12:04pm

What would be the smallest Fresnel needed to boil water please?  I want to make a still to desalinate water from the Gulf of Mexico.

 

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