DIY Solar Shade for Laptop.

[Craney]

Well, I thought I would post this here as well as on my original thread since it constitutes some DIY astronomy,    although it is embarrassingly crude and rough edged as compared to the projects people list on here.

The novel design feature which might promote ideas is the use of A4 lever arch files.     We all have them and they tend to collect dust in the spare room and then get thrown out.  I noticed that they are about the same width as a mini laptop  ( Panasonic Toughbook in my case)  and have that articulation that lends itself to an adjustment before you commit to the final shape.

Here are some pics.

 

I don't think NASA will be bothering me soon over the design, but they would appreciate the high thermal reflectivity characteristics of that cheap silver sided duct tape.

Cost.    (No new materials bought outright.)  ....... about 30p of tape.

Hope this might be of use to any frustrated Solar imagers.

 

Sean.

 

 

[MoonNut]

Wow, I do like that!

With your permission, I will shamelessly copy it.

I will post a pic when I have finished it.

Thanks for sharing Sean!