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Started by mad murdock, August 14, 2012, 03:37:54 PM

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Reading the link on the biostove that Jeff posted reminded me of something I stumbled across several years ago online.  I have built several of these solar cookers, and am amazed every time I use one to cook food while camping. http://solarcooking.org/plans/funnel.htm
I have built them from cardboard and aluminum foil, I have also made them from that "bubble" mylar material that you can get at a hardware store, similar to the stuff used as sun deflectors that people put in the windshields of parked cars.  You can boil water rather quickly and you can also cool things at night as it works in reverse of a solar cooker in the daytime.  They have an update of it here, with some added techniques that can really enhance the off-grid or survival skills of anyone  http://solarcooking.org/saveheat.htm
Pretty neat stuff!  Anyone else dabbled in direct solar cooking?
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I fooled around with them when I was a teenager. I even made a 36" diameter parabolic reflector. That thing was scary :o.
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