Comments on: Solar Cooker Can Cook Even Your Dinner http://www.blisstree.com/articles/solar-cooker-can-cook-even-your-dinner-71/ Family, Health, Home and Lifestyles Tue, 08 Dec 2009 11:16:14 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: RKRAO http://www.blisstree.com/articles/solar-cooker-can-cook-even-your-dinner-71/comment-page-1/#comment-48951 RKRAO Sun, 27 Jul 2008 13:43:26 +0000 http://www.unpluggedliving.com/solar-cooker-can-cook-even-your-dinner/#comment-48951 I have seen your interesting note on solar oven;it must be very efficient;but how much does it cost?; there are a number of interesting models like yours;their main disadvantage for use by the poor in countries like India and Africa is their cost; I designed a solar cooker with a semi- paraboloid shaped bamboo basket[available locally in most Indian rural and forest villages] for Rs.40[80 cents]; for the reflecting surface I used locally available ‘eating plates’-these are paper plates of 15′ diameter coated with a thin foil of Aluminum or a silver colored polythene film-;each cost Rs.1.25[2 cents!] ;five or six of them will be adequate;in all the cost does not exceed one dollar;it cooked rice in two hours;the cooking time can be brought down by fine tuning;the rice was put in a Aluminum vessel enclosed in a black polythene bag or in a glass vessel;the glass vessel was quicker in cooking. i wil send some photos from picasa 2. RKRAO I have seen your interesting note on solar oven;it must be very efficient;but how much does it cost?; there are a number of interesting models like yours;their main disadvantage for use by the poor in countries like India and Africa is their cost; I designed a solar cooker with a semi- paraboloid shaped bamboo basket[available locally in most Indian rural and forest villages] for Rs.40[80 cents]; for the reflecting surface I used locally available ‘eating plates’-these are paper plates of 15′ diameter coated with a thin foil of Aluminum or a silver colored polythene film-;each cost Rs.1.25[2 cents!] ;five or six of them will be adequate;in all the cost does not exceed one dollar;it cooked rice in two hours;the cooking time can be brought down by fine tuning;the rice was put in a Aluminum vessel enclosed in a black polythene bag or in a glass vessel;the glass vessel was quicker in cooking. i wil send some photos from picasa 2.
RKRAO

]]> By: SolReka http://www.blisstree.com/articles/solar-cooker-can-cook-even-your-dinner-71/comment-page-1/#comment-48944 SolReka Mon, 14 Jul 2008 23:44:06 +0000 http://www.unpluggedliving.com/solar-cooker-can-cook-even-your-dinner/#comment-48944 Great article, In order for solar cookers to have the capacity to cook your dinner, the simple answer is a parabolic style design solar cooker. Even a dish of 1.5metres diameter has the ability to melt metal. Here is a guide to building your own parabolic solar cooker http://solreka.com/blog/solar-cooking/how-to-build-parabolic-solar-cooker/ Regards <a href="http://solreka.com/blog" title="Solreka" rel="nofollow">SolReka</a> Brighter Energy Solutions Great article,
In order for solar cookers to have the capacity to cook your dinner, the simple answer is a parabolic style design solar cooker. Even a dish of 1.5metres diameter has the ability to melt metal.

Here is a guide to building your own parabolic solar cooker
http://solreka.com/blog/solar-cooking/how-to-build-parabolic-solar-cooker/

Regards
SolReka
Brighter Energy Solutions

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