In general mirrors are fragile and make a solar cooker a bit top heavy. Polished metal or foil reflectors are lighter and more resistant to damage. If you use...
Barbara Kerr
bkerr@...
Apr 2, 2000 3:34 pm
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... Hi Barbara, Thanks for the encouragement. I tried most of the designs again yesterday under more "controlled" (read "less chaotic") conditions, and here...
Ben Jones
ben@...
Apr 11, 2000 8:04 pm
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Hello All: I got tired of sliding my box cooker around to keep it lined up with the sun and made a large, cheap, "Lazy-Susan" from scrap materials. Materials...
Bob Culbertson
solarmed@...
Apr 12, 2000 2:00 am
2651
Re: Barbara Kerr's suggestion for a matchstick under the glass for ventilation- I sell and use a Sun Oven that has a latch to keep the glass in close contact...
Kerry Branch
kerry@...
Apr 12, 2000 2:21 am
2652
Hi, Sometimes it is what is being cooked. Consider wrapping potates and apples in foil, and leaving the corn in the husk when cooking. Also consider covering...
tasfloyd@...
Apr 12, 2000 2:22 am
2653
Hello again Nancy: The Lazy-Susan works fine but my reflector acts like a sail so I have to stuff a towel between the cooker and table-top. This is off the...
Bob Culbertson
solarmed@...
Apr 12, 2000 2:26 am
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... The description of the PAX World Service pasteurizer does not mention two critical pieces of information: 1) the temperature at which the automotive ...
Will Hartzell
will@...
Apr 12, 2000 2:32 am
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Dear Bob, I like your 'lazy Susan' rotator. Crazy! Nice! Cheers, Keith. To remove yourself from this list, send a blank message to...
Keith Warren
wallis@...
Apr 12, 2000 2:41 am
2656
... I was able to look at this site earlier in the day but have the same problem now. ISP maintance? Sincerely, Bob Culbertson ...
Bob Culbertson
solarmed@...
Apr 12, 2000 2:55 am
2657
In a message dated 04/02/2000 2:35:24 PM Mid-Atlantic Daylight Time, bkerr@... writes: << Reflectors that sparkle in various directions are simply...
RickfordG@...
Apr 12, 2000 2:56 am
2658
Tried new website - http://home.germany.net/100-441770/amsi.html Connection Refused - several times - about 10pm CST - USA. [ just before this message ] ...
PRES9909@...
Apr 12, 2000 3:31 am
2659
The Arba Minch Solar Cooking Initiative website has moved to a new location: http://home.germany.net/100-441770/amsi.html The site presents information on a...
Ernst Willand
Ernst.Willand@...
Apr 12, 2000 3:40 am
2660
... and ... Brilliant! I'd been looking for something like this for mine and was (almost) resigned to buying some overpriced furniture casters, as I'd had no...
Nancy Braswell
merit_ra@...
Apr 12, 2000 3:42 am
2661
The Arba Minch Solar Cooking Initiative website has moved to a new location: http://home.germany.net/100-441770/amsi.html The site presents information on a...
Ernst Willand
Ernst.Willand@...
Apr 12, 2000 3:46 am
2662
... If you have a chance ask a young student to stand on it and try to turn around without touching anything or lifting their feet. It's possible and they'll...
Bob Culbertson
solarmed@...
Apr 12, 2000 6:25 am
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Hi, Ernst - Got a 404 error when trying this address. ... <snip> Could you check it and re-post, please? Thanks, Michael Cooke sunwind@... ...
Michael
sunwind@...
Apr 12, 2000 7:14 am
2664
Address a message to this address: www4mail@... In the body of the message, place the URL of the page you want to retrieve. For example: ...
Tom Sponheim
tomsp@...
Apr 12, 2000 8:16 am
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... This link in definitely right. But until til the 4th of April there will be major changes on the germany.net server. I did not know that. I'm sorry that I...
Ernst Willand
Ernst.Willand@...
Apr 12, 2000 9:32 am
2666
Thanks, Will - from Sol Saver . Can wax, then, be the second most useful component in the solar kit ? After reflectors ? For use in actuators. Wax actuated...
PRES9909@...
Apr 12, 2000 11:19 am
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Hi All, A few months ago someone asked about a simple solar cooker he could make with his son as a science project. I've been dabbling with ideas ever since,...
Ben Jones
ben@...
Apr 12, 2000 12:32 pm
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Hi All, A few months ago someone asked about a simple solar cooker he could make with his son as a science project. The URL for that Pringles Can Cooker is: ...
Lian Thomas
kycumberland@...
Apr 12, 2000 12:51 pm
2669
... Any shape of line would be fine as long as everyone reflects sunlight on the target. I've been thinking of using one of those large cheap outdoor ...
Bob Culbertson
solarmed@...
Apr 12, 2000 12:51 pm
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"to talk about solar cooking again tomorrow or about something else and there was a great deal of enthusiasm for the solar cooking. I suspect that most of the...
Lian Thomas
kycumberland@...
Apr 12, 2000 12:52 pm
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Dear Lian, ... Thanks for the pointer to the Pringles Can cooker. That is simpler than mine. Mine uses an Arizona Iced tea bottle in a box and a sheet of...
Ben Jones
ben@...
Apr 12, 2000 12:55 pm
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Hi Bob, ... Yes, I've been thinking about lining them all up in a straight line and reflecting the sun onto the a pan tilted up to make a good target. The ...
Ben Jones
ben@...
Apr 12, 2000 12:59 pm
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... You might need a pretty big cone to collect enough energy to cook it, worth a try. I have enough reflective mylar to make a trash can sized cone and am ...
Bob Culbertson
solarmed@...
Apr 12, 2000 1:35 pm
2674
Solarcookers, Concentrated solar light as a poor-person's "laser" surgery. www.newscientist.com/ns/19990227/newsstory8.html Kenn To remove yourself from this...
K.H. von Kaufmann
kenn@...
Apr 12, 2000 5:09 pm
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Ben, for my box solar cooker, I removed the reflector entirely and let mine be free-standing. By doing so, (and I know this is not good for people in ...
Lian Thomas
kycumberland@...
Apr 12, 2000 5:20 pm
2676
... This reminds me of my first experiments with a solar cooker years ago. I took a huge sheet of cardboard about 7 feet tall and 5 feet wide, bent it down...
Ben Jones
ben@...
Apr 12, 2000 5:58 pm
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Can anyone tell me what kind of natural reflective materials can be found near some of the communities where there is a demand for solar cooking? It occurs to...
