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Solar
Heating DIY
submitted Aug. 31, 2009
by Taylor Bowden
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Using the sun to heat our water
and cook our food is a great idea. Thankfully it is really easy to
accomplish with simple solar devices that you can build. We have
included some of the best how to and do it yourself solar videos
from Youtube.
In some countries, it is a
necessity to use solar devices just to stay alive. There are many
efforts by people to get inexpensive solar cookers in large
quantities to people in countries that have no fuel for cooking.
Whether you live in the suburbs of a large
city, or a desert town, solar power can give you free energy for
many years.
How It Works: For passive solar cookers,
temperatures can easily reach 400 degrees! They are made of common
and easy to get materials, such as aluminum foil, cardboard, glass
or plastic clear panels, etc.
The principle
is very simple, you create a box (oven) where you can let the suns
rays shine directly on the box, where it collects and the
temperature increases.
Solar Cookers are very
useful, and the first time you cook a loaf of bread, or a delicious
soup, using the suns rays, you will be
hooked!
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