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− | ==<span style="font-size:18pt">Selected |
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===<span style="font-size:16pt;font-weight:normal">[[Panel cookers|Panel-style cookers]]</span>=== |
===<span style="font-size:16pt;font-weight:normal">[[Panel cookers|Panel-style cookers]]</span>=== |
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| width="45%" align="center" style="background-color:#cef2e0" | <span style="font-size:12pt">'''Advantages'''</span> |
| width="45%" align="center" style="background-color:#cef2e0" | <span style="font-size:12pt">'''Advantages'''</span> |
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| align="center" style="background-color:#fcfcfc" | <span style="font-size:12pt">'''General characteristics'''</span> |
| align="center" style="background-color:#fcfcfc" | <span style="font-size:12pt">'''General characteristics'''</span> |
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* Easy and cheap to make |
* Easy and cheap to make |
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* Can be collapsed for storage or transport |
* Can be collapsed for storage or transport |
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* Lower temperatures. |
* Lower temperatures. |
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− | * Can't fry foods. |
+ | * Can't fry foods. |
* Cooks only 1-2 pots of food. |
* Cooks only 1-2 pots of food. |
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− | '''[[Fun-Panel]]'''<br |
+ | '''[[Fun-Panel]]''' <br> |
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default [[Fun-Panel]] |
default [[Fun-Panel]] |
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* Built in about an hour from one large cardboard box or from two medium-size sheets of cardboard |
* Built in about an hour from one large cardboard box or from two medium-size sheets of cardboard |
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* Might be difficult to use in equatorial climates where sun rises to straight overhead. |
* Might be difficult to use in equatorial climates where sun rises to straight overhead. |
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− | | align="center" style="background-color:#fcfcfc" | '''[[Windshield Shade Solar Cooker|Windshield Shade]]'''<br |
+ | | align="center" style="background-color:#fcfcfc" | '''[[Windshield Shade Solar Cooker|Windshield Shade]]''' <br> <imagemap> |
Image:Windshield_shade.jpg|150px |
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default [[Windshield Shade Solar Cooker|Windshield Shade]] |
default [[Windshield Shade Solar Cooker|Windshield Shade]] |
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* Fastest cooker to make. |
* Fastest cooker to make. |
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* Only feasible where windshield shades are sold |
* Only feasible where windshield shades are sold |
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− | | align="center" style="background-color:#fcfcfc" | '''[[CooKit|Cookit]]'''<br |
+ | | align="center" style="background-color:#fcfcfc" | '''[[CooKit|Cookit]]''' <br> <imagemap> |
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default [[CooKit|CooKit]] |
default [[CooKit|CooKit]] |
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* Folds to the size of a large notebook for storage or transport |
* Folds to the size of a large notebook for storage or transport |
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* Cooks best when the sun is high in the sky. |
* Cooks best when the sun is high in the sky. |
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− | | align="center" style="background-color:#fcfcfc" | '''[[Sunny Cooker]]'''<br |
+ | | align="center" style="background-color:#fcfcfc" | '''[[Sunny Cooker]]''' <br> |
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* Might be more difficult to use at mid-day in equatorial climates where sun rises to straight overhead. |
* Might be more difficult to use at mid-day in equatorial climates where sun rises to straight overhead. |
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See all [[:Category:Panel cooker plans|Panel cooker plans]]. |
See all [[:Category:Panel cooker plans|Panel cooker plans]]. |
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| width="45%" align="center" style="background-color:#cef2e0" | <span style="font-size:12pt">'''Advantages'''</span> |
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| align="center" style="background-color:#fcfcfc" | <span style="font-size:12pt">'''General characteristics'''</span> |
| align="center" style="background-color:#fcfcfc" | <span style="font-size:12pt">'''General characteristics'''</span> |
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* Can cook in multiple pots simultaneously |
* Can cook in multiple pots simultaneously |
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* Can be built from many different materials |
* Can be built from many different materials |
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* Can be built any size to cook large quantities of food |
* Can be built any size to cook large quantities of food |
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* Don't have to be turned to follow the sun while cooking |
* Don't have to be turned to follow the sun while cooking |
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− | * Construction time longer than panel. |
+ | * Construction time longer than panel. |
− | * Can't fry foods. |
+ | * Can't fry foods. |
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− | | align="center" style="background-color:#fcfcfc;align:center" | '''[["Minimum" Solar Box Cooker|The "Minimum"]]'''<br |
+ | | align="center" style="background-color:#fcfcfc;align:center" | '''[["Minimum" Solar Box Cooker|The "Minimum"]]''' <br> |
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default [["Minimum" Solar Box Cooker|The "Minimum"]] |
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* Not waterproof |
* Not waterproof |
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− | | align="center" style="background-color:#fcfcfc;align:center" | '''[[Easy Lid]]'''<br |
+ | | align="center" style="background-color:#fcfcfc;align:center" | '''[[Easy Lid]]''' <br> |
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Image:Happy_Sunshine_Cooker.JPG|150px |
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default [[Easy Lid]] |
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* Same as [["Minimum" Solar Box Cooker|"Minimum" Cooker]] but there is no need to construct a lid since the top of larger box becomes the lid |
* Same as [["Minimum" Solar Box Cooker|"Minimum" Cooker]] but there is no need to construct a lid since the top of larger box becomes the lid |
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− | * Not waterproof |
+ | * Not waterproof |
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− | | align="center" style="background-color:#fcfcfc" | '''[[Heaven's Flame]]'''<br |
+ | | align="center" style="background-color:#fcfcfc" | '''[[Heaven's Flame]]''' <br> |
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See all [[:Category:Box cooker plans|Box cooker plans]]. |
See all [[:Category:Box cooker plans|Box cooker plans]]. |
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| width="45%" align="center" style="background-color:#cef2e0" | <span style="font-size:12pt">'''Advantages'''</span> |
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| align="center" style="background-color:#fcfcfc" | <span style="font-size:12pt">'''General characteristics'''</span> |
| align="center" style="background-color:#fcfcfc" | <span style="font-size:12pt">'''General characteristics'''</span> |
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− | * Cook as fast as a conventional electric burner. |
+ | * Cook as fast as a conventional electric burner. |
− | * Can fry foods. |
+ | * Can fry foods. |
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* More expensive than other models |
* More expensive than other models |
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− | * Tricky to make without imported materials. |
+ | * Tricky to make without imported materials. |
* Requires periodic realignment to the sun. |
* Requires periodic realignment to the sun. |
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* Can't bake bread |
* Can't bake bread |
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− | * Can damage eyes. |
+ | * Can damage eyes. |
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− | | align="center" style="background-color:#fcfcfc" | '''[[Double-Angled-Twelve-Sided cooker|DATS]]'''<br |
+ | | align="center" style="background-color:#fcfcfc" | '''[[Double-Angled-Twelve-Sided cooker|DATS]]''' <br> <imagemap> |
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See all [[:Category:Parabolic cooker plans|Parabolic cooker plans]]. |
See all [[:Category:Parabolic cooker plans|Parabolic cooker plans]]. |
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Revision as of 18:09, 16 May 2011
Build a solar cooker
There is a wide variety of solar cooker designs, many of them very simple to build from inexpensive, easy-to-obtain materials. Some can be built in as little as an hour for less than US$5. Start by choosing a cooker design type based on your requirements. The table below lists strengths and weaknesses of the most common types, and shows some popular cookers of each type. Below each table is a all cooker plans of that cooker type. You can also buy a solar cooker from a variety of companies.
Selected designs
Panel-style cookers
Advantages | Disadvantages | |
General characteristics |
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Windshield Shade |
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Cookit |
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Sunny Cooker |
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See all Panel cooker plans.
Box-style cookers
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General characteristics |
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The "Minimum" |
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Easy Lid |
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Heaven's Flame |
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See all Box cooker plans.
Parabolic cookers
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General characteristics |
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DATS |
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See all Parabolic cooker plans.
All cookers
Below you will find links to all of the different plans for solar cookers found on this wiki.
See also
- For a discussion of all major cooker types, see the Compendium of solar cooker designs.
- All solar cooker designs found on this wiki
- Plans in Arabic
External links
- The original "Plans page" in the Solar Cooking Archive
- Evaluation of Several Original and Commonly Used Solar Cooker Designs - Dane Dormio and Steven Jones
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