Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/09/04
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Eric, You can get it from most vendors of parts for classic cars. It's generally sold as heat reflectant or resistant shielding. It's used against the firewall of your car to reduce the flow of heat from the engine bay to the cockpit. Quite common. The following link is to a UK supplier but there are plenty in the US who sell it. http://www.holden.co.uk/viewProducts.asp?supergroup=&analysiscode=0335&groupname=Classic%20Rallying&group=007 they call it "aluminised heat barrier". Anyone dealing in classic cars in the 'States (especially British ones!) should stock it. Hope the link works, Peter Dzwig Eric Korenman wrote: > Gather all for an odd question: > > An amateur astronomer friend asked called me this morning to ask for > advice. > The street light on his corner is giving him problems observing the night > sky. > He tried to shield it from view with minimal improvement. > He has decided to temporarily cover the light head itself with opaque > material. > He was wondering what kind of material to use. > > I first suggested a pellet gun to 'whack' the light.. Too much civil > disobedience for him. > Then I suggested heat resistant metallic cloth. > The kind they use in fire rescue work. (?) > Anyone know where to get a metallic blanket to cover a streetlight? > Any other ideas? > > Eric > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > >