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Generating Electricity with a Magnifying Glass?

06/25/2009 12:54 PM

hi,

i've been thinking whether it's possible to generate electricity by the of magnifying glass
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Re: electricity through magnifying glass

06/25/2009 12:58 PM

You can certainly use a magnifying glass to focus the energy of the light onto a solar cell, or the heat energy of the light on to a steam pipe. This is commonly done, but by using mirrors rather than lenses.
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Re: Generating Electricity with a Magnifying Glass?

06/28/2009 4:00 AM

You can do a lot of things with a Fresnel lens - but be careful and dont leave the lens lying around. This is a demo of motive power using the Fresnel.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Qn2u5m0o1Y
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