Recent content by William Moore

Just returned from an Avalon river boat cruise....seems that steel is the primary type reflector in the Netherlands as well.

No, I have put that on the back burner, will do the big one I do have as a demo, then see if one of the rich guys in the area has any contacts in China. I know the chinese will make whatever you want, if you buy $10,000 worth.:(:(

Had a musician friend over here in USA for 2 years, when we lived in Arizona. He was on a church mission. Once the green mold flaked off, I was able to determine his true skin color.... He really wanted to stay, but apparently was not able to. Why is it so hard for honest english speaking...

They emailed me, they say no reps in USA, and apparently no interest in solar....

Right....the hard part is getting a clean, un-scattered light pattern about the same size as the bottom of the pot....and polished AL is a lot better than foil tape. The SS canisters I use for the pots are tall relative to diameter and aiming at the lower half does a decent job without...

High efficiency lets you build smaller, otherwise portability is out the window. So yes, I am trying to be efficient. Parabola cookers can cook food, or melt cookware. It is important to place cookware above or below the melting effect of the tight focus. Stray reflections are an issue to...

Based on the high prices for poorly designed and built solar cookers on eBay, the shipping will probably be worth it... thanks, I will research Gibertini. Are they used in Italy only? I will be in Amsterdam next week.

I am in USA and like to mess with solar cookers, might say it is an obsession. The best reflectors are as stated in the heading. Seems that over here they rarely use aluminium so I have done all my design work with powder coated steel reflectors using foil tape for good reflection. It is...