Sunday, August 31, 2008

Solar Cooking Links- Mega Lists

http://www.knowledgehound.com/topics/solarcoo.htm

http://www.builditsolar.com/Projects/Cooking/cooking.htm

http://www.she-inc.org/index.php

Experiments & Simple cookers for Kids or Classes

http://davidmdelaney.com/solar-cooking.html
David Delaney's improved soda 2 liter bottle water pasturizer

http://solarcooking.org/soda-bottle-pasteurizer.htm
Original Soda Bottle pasturizer

http://www.reachoutmichigan.org/funexperiments/agesubject/lessons/handouts/solarbake.html
Super easy cooker for baking apple slices

How Solar Cooking Works- MUST READS

http://mickiesplace.com/solarcooking.htm
This is an excellent overview of Solar Cooking principles and methods

http://davidmdelaney.com/solar-cooking.html
Several experitments and articles on improving Solar Cooking pots, glazers, and methods for creating the greenhouse effect.

Solar Cookers, not ovens

http://www.outdoorcook.com/article1051.php
Modified Funnel Cooker

http://ecobites.com/component/content/815?task=view
Unique Parabola Cooker

http://www.sunspot.org.uk/Solar1000/solar1000.htm
using Satelite dish for a cooker, and wonderful explanations of how it works

http://mysite.verizon.net/vzeeka5a/earthboundtek/index.html
Plans for making your own parabola/parvati style cookers

http://solarcooking.org/plans/
This has numerous plans for Funnel and Prabola style cookers.

Solar Oven Plans & Articles

http://www.re-energy.ca/t-i_solarheatbuild-1.shtml
Interesting Box Oven made from an aluminum roasting pan

http://www.backwoodshome.com/articles/radabaugh30.html
An awesome article on building and usind a Box Oven with flared reflectors

http://www.ethicurean.com/2007/08/14/solar-oven-1/
Basic Box oven, but larger than most

http://www.uberpest.com/cooker.html
another Box Oven, but uses freezer bags for glazer

Misc. Solar Energy Links

http://www.builditsolar.com/
Build It Solar-All things Solar Energy

http://www.macslab.com/optsolar.html
Optimum orientation for Solar Panels

http://wiki.answers.com/Q/At_what_angle_should_a_solar_panel_pool_heater_be_set
Angle of Solar Panels equals your Latitude

http://www.youtube.com/user/GREENPOWERSCIENCE?ob=1
Green Power Science at YouTube

http://www.motherearthnews.com/Renewable-Energy/2006-02-01/Do-It-Yourself-Solar-Heat-Collectors.aspx

Friday, August 22, 2008

New Equipment!




I purchased a Wear Ever anodized non-stick cake pan... standard round cake pan 9 inches across.
It almost suspends inside a 4qt Anchor Hocking mixing bowl, so I placed the 2 cup Anchor Hocking bowl in the bottom of the larger bowl to act as a support.
Add a glass lid for a skillet, and this works very well.
I cooked a small tv dinner in this today. It took only 2 hours-from freezer to hot enough to eat- in my twin bowl cooker.