DIY: How to Make a Solar Oven: Do It Yourself Solar Cooker Science Fair Ideas for Kids, Cheap and Easy Projects for Adults, Campers, the Survivalist, Frugal Living, and Just About Anyone
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This book teaches how to make several types of solar cookers. The exact topics are shown below in the table of contents (chapters and sections, and page #'s). TABLE OF CONTENTS (chapters/sections, page numbers): DEDICATION vi; AUTHOR BIOGRAPHY viii; INTRODUCTION 1; WHAT IS A SOLAR OVEN? 3; THE BOX DESIGN 5; BOX MATERIALS 9; EXTERIOR BOX MATERIALS 9; INSIDE THE COOKER 13; INTERIOR BOX MATERIALS 15; TYPES OF SOLAR OVENS 18; BOX COOKERS 18; PANEL COOKERS 19; PARABOLIC & PARABOLOID COOKERS 19; HYBRID OVENS 20; CARDBOARD SOLAR OVENS 25; THE SIMPLE BOX COOKER 25; PANEL-BOX COOKER 41; SOLAR COOKERS FOR KIDS 51; PIZZA BOX COOKER 51; PRINGLES CAN COOKER 53; BERNARD SOLAR PANEL COOKER 58; PARABOLIC/PARABOLOID COOKERS 62; THE PARABOLIC COOKER 62; TIPS FOR YOUR SOLAR OVEN 67; TIPS FOR COOKING 73; SOLAR WATER PASTEURIZATION 76; RECIPE IDEAS 77; Sharon Buydens first served on the Board of Directors as Secretary and newsletter editor for the El Paso Solar Energy Association (www.espea.org) starting in 1989 (under her previous name). After learning about passive solar home design, and teaching workshops, attending events, promoting solar on Earth Day committees, she designed and built a passive solar straw bale house in Nebraska. Upon returning to El Paso in 1999 she became EPSEA's Project Manager for three bi-national and EPA grants to install solar water distillers in border colonias; she was first female EPSEA President in 2001. Today Sharon writes books and teaches others about the many practical aspects of solar energy. Review: Well written with caveats.. - Ms. Burdens draws on years of personal experience to share solar cooking with the novice. Her inclusive and genial style invites the tinker to build, cook and taste. The caveats are with hasty editing. The volume should be gone through again for syntax errors, incomplete sentences, and captions with missing illustrations. With streamlined text and improved photos and diagrams, I would heartily recommend this book. The author is an intelligent, gifted and friendly teacher. Ctw Review: good instructions - good instructions, easy to follow
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| Customer Reviews | 4.4 out of 5 stars 70 Reviews |
C**W
Well written with caveats..
Ms. Burdens draws on years of personal experience to share solar cooking with the novice. Her inclusive and genial style invites the tinker to build, cook and taste. The caveats are with hasty editing. The volume should be gone through again for syntax errors, incomplete sentences, and captions with missing illustrations. With streamlined text and improved photos and diagrams, I would heartily recommend this book. The author is an intelligent, gifted and friendly teacher. Ctw
G**H
good instructions
good instructions, easy to follow
G**.
Informative!
2022 was the year I first learned about solar cooking. I have concerns and was glad to stumble upon this. Great info in this book and a wonderful resource to fall back on...just in case.....
E**M
loved it
Very practical! Good for kids. Going to try it with aluminum sheeting. Going to try 3 different types of solar stoves.
B**S
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have barely opened the book looking forward to trying one out
T**.
Easy to use instructions
Clear, concise instructions. Haven't made one yet but plan to use this book to create a solar oven in late spring.
B**E
Very Interesting Concept
I have heard about solar ovens in passing. Usually it was discussions about hiking and backpacking. When I saw this book I immediately downloaded it to learn more. This is an interesting subject. Living as I do in a desert area, solar anything is the way to go. I may well begin one of these as my next project.
M**T
Easiest way to cook without fuel
Cooking in Venezuala without fuel
W**F
Instructive
This book helped me to design my own solar oven, also picked up the one on solar distilling.
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