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1254	In developing countries, many more people have email access than have access to the World Wide Web. A way has been worked out, however, to allow people who...	Tom Sponheim tomsp@...	Mar 1, 1999 11:23 pm
1255	Dear Group, Has anyone used the Solar CooKIT? It is a relatively inexpensive device (sold by Kerr Enterprises for $18). It is an open aired, three sided piece...	Dan Chin DanChin6@...	Mar 2, 1999 5:28 am
1256	Hi Dan, The CookIt was one of the first solar cooker that I built ( from the published plans). It really works. I have recorded temps of 150 degrees C. with an...	awalker@...	Mar 2, 1999 1:49 pm
1257	... Yes Dan, I have constructed many "Quicky Panel Cookers" (as pictured on page 8 of Solar Cookers Internationals book "Solar Cookers: How to make, use and...	Dave "Sunny" Miller d_miller@...	Mar 3, 1999 5:08 am
1258	Hi "Sunny", The reason that the corrugated cardboard curves is the water based glues drying and shrinking the top layer of the board. While I tend to induce...	awalker@...	Mar 3, 1999 12:39 pm
1259	Dave, I believe that warping in cardboard is caused by a difference in moisture between the front and back sides, which causes the fibers on one side to...	Bruce Broweleit BBROWEL@...	Mar 3, 1999 5:30 pm
1260	Bruce, ... My original question concerned the CooKIT. Am I to understand, then, that the CooKIT will warp over time? Also -- while in the store today I saw an...	Dan Chin DanChin6@...	Mar 4, 1999 3:06 am
1261	Would a satellite TV dish make a good solar reflector? Also, if the parabol gets flatter, does the focal point get further away from the dish? If is is more...	sol bright solarchow@...	Mar 6, 1999 12:31 am
1262	I know that optical lenses make a smaller hotter concentration of sunlight than the longer focal length lenses. From that I imagine that the more curved...	Huttinger Huttinger@...	Mar 6, 1999 1:52 am
1263	At the request of Mike Huttinger, here is how I focus any parabolic cookers I design. Since the "correct" focus gives a very hot spot, leaving the rest of...	Barbara Kerr bkerr@...	Mar 7, 1999 12:58 am
1264	Dear Group, Has anyone tried putting a pressure cooker inside a solar cooker (either CooKIT, solar box, parabolic, etc)? Since pressure cookers (with their...	Dan Chin DanChin6@...	Mar 8, 1999 12:22 am
1265	Since I'm a newbie, I should probably keep my mouth shut... but... (grimace) Pressure cookers are GREAT energy savers, however, once they are up to speed (the...	Renee Hendry Greene hendry@...	Mar 9, 1999 4:06 am
1266	Not to worry, no one is too new to ask questions and to present their questions. We all learn by sharing. The larger mass of a pressure cooker relative to a...	Barbara Kerr bkerr@...	Mar 10, 1999 12:02 am
1267	... What a great use for Y2K. The Sun doesn't know much about our arbitrary years. ... Seems a bit small to me. Especially the depth dimension. You may want to...	Dave "Sunny" Miller d_miller@...	Mar 10, 1999 4:13 am
1268	I have a heavy cast-iron dutch oven which was designed to be used over coals. If I found a way to hang it and focus the sun from a parabolic reflector...	sol bright solarchow@...	Mar 10, 1999 3:33 pm
1269	We do our solar cooking demonstrations using heavy weight vessels - a la "dutch oven" and they work extremely well using any of the simple design cookers....	Colin Stevenson vk2cs@...	Mar 12, 1999 11:28 pm
1270		David Berger dberger@...	Mar 15, 1999 10:53 pm
1271	Former Cape activist returns to boost solar energy cooking MEN don't like simplicity, that's why they are negative about solar power, says Anna Pearce,...	Tom Sponheim tomsp@...	Mar 17, 1999 8:06 pm
1272	Solar power on credit in Tanzania By Lucy Tesha Dar es Salaam A non-governmental organisation in Tanzania has set up a $1 million credit scheme to make solar...	Tom Sponheim tomsp@...	Mar 17, 1999 8:20 pm
1273	Sun is about to shine on retired submariner WAYNE JUDD A 70-year-old Kloof man looks set to make a fortune from a solar cooker 20 years after he patented his...	Tom Sponheim tomsp@...	Mar 17, 1999 8:49 pm
1274	Poor people can harvest nourishment from the sun Harare An African woman cooking for her family on a wood fire inhales smoke equivalent to dozens of cigarettes...	Tom Sponheim tomsp@...	Mar 17, 1999 8:51 pm
1275	Tom, Thank you for sharing the information about Wonder Box of Pearce of Kupugani. I would like to share my experience in research work in designing energy...	Sshrestha@...	Mar 19, 1999 4:38 am
1276	In a message dated 3/19/99 5:00:22 AM, Sshrestha@... writes: << 1. Energy Efficiency Boxes - this is a modified design of old hay box system in...	Bagelhole1@...	Mar 19, 1999 6:55 am
1277	Have you tried the Florida Solar Energy Center? They are quite generous with their data and printouts, as well as plans for VERY simple solar cookers, ovens,...	Renee Hendry Greene hendry@...	Mar 19, 1999 5:55 pm
1278	Thank you for the information! I'd love to put some pictures of your devices in the Solar Cooking Archive. If you could send me one of each via email or postal...	Tom Sponheim tomsp@...	Mar 19, 1999 6:19 pm
1279	The Florida Solar Energy Center's web site can be found at www.fsec.ucf.edu I don't think our plans are on-line but check the "Publications" on the left hand ...	Janet McIlvaine Janet@...	Mar 19, 1999 8:57 pm
1280	PROJECT EXPLANATION This projest has a scope so grand, that most individuals have a hard time comprehending it. It is based around the simple, prosaic idea of...	Bagelhole1@...	Mar 25, 1999 11:34 pm
1281	I cooked a soup that contained lentils, slip peas, barley, and dried corn, rice, and a pasta. The temperature of the box was above 200 degrees for several...	Earl Brunner ebrunner@...	Mar 26, 1999 5:04 am
1282	When cooking today my Solar Box got a lot of condensation on the inside of the glazing material. Is this normal? Does it cut down on the efffect of the oven? I...	Earl Brunner ebrunner@...	Mar 26, 1999 5:07 am
1283	There is already a world wide movement that has identified the principles for doing this and been working on it for 20 years. However the deadline is ...	Elfpermacl@...	Mar 26, 1999 3:20 pm

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