THE EXPANDING WORLD OF SOLAR BOX COOKERS, which was sold out, has now been reprinted. Copies are now $15. Can be ordered by email and shipped with an...
Barbara Kerr
bkerr@...
Jun 2, 1999 12:48 pm
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Hi all, The one thing of value left behind by former owners of my handy man special is a piece of tempered glass. (It is marked tempered, in one corner) It was...
ChrisM1111@...
Jun 2, 1999 2:09 pm
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Hello, my name is Miguel Ordoqez and i'm very interested in know how SBC's work. Maybe my English is not as good as i want, and i hope to understand the ...
Miguel Ordoņez Her...
miguel_angel@...
Jun 4, 1999 1:30 pm
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Hi Bruce I tried to have a look at your Solar Oven but the server refused my request to view your web site after about the first 4/5 pages. It was over loaded...
RickfordG@...
Jun 6, 1999 8:24 pm
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Hello Sun-harnessers : I got on this list last week and have just begun my experiments with harnessing the light and heat of our nearest star. My first step is...
Vijay Kundaji
kundaji@...
Jun 7, 1999 11:48 am
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Thursday, June 10, 1999 7:30 PM THE BASEA FORUM The Boston Area Solar Energy Association Renewable Energy Lecture Series Solar Cooking: A Lecture and Hands-on...
Renewable News Network
rnn@...
Jun 7, 1999 3:28 pm
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... This site has very useful information on solar power in general and disinfecting water in particular. It is under the topic "Solar Disinfection Studies...
Bob Culbertson
scialfresco@...
Jun 8, 1999 12:09 pm
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http://www.bigbrotherinside.org/...
ChrisM1111@...
Jun 8, 1999 2:50 pm
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TO all I do appologise. That was not set as a spam to all in the unviverse, but my friends. I accidentally picked up several people in my list, as well as the...
ChrisM1111@...
Jun 8, 1999 7:50 pm
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... Here's another source of good information on the Solarcooking site: http://www.accessone.com/~sbcn/fi/petri.htm Sincerely, Bob Culbertson...
Bob Culbertson
scialfresco@...
Jun 9, 1999 3:05 am
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Hi My name is Sheryl and I live in Ohio. I am new to solar cooking, but am enthusiastic about using it. I just built the "cookit" model but have not had much...
sheryl measel
measel@...
Jun 9, 1999 8:01 pm
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Hi, my name is Peggy. I have just joined your group. About a year ago I found instructions to make the Sun Star box cooker, and made it. I have had great...
amazgrac@...
Jun 10, 1999 1:13 pm
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Hello, Peggy, Questions are answered by a "reply to all", or "reply to author:" Anyone on the list that has anything to say is free to step in and give their...
Barbara Kerr
bkerr@...
Jun 10, 1999 6:24 pm
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Hi Peggy! As far as using plexiglass or clear plastic for the window of your SBC (solar box cooker) you don't want to use it unless it has a very high melting...
Bruce Taylor
bat@...
Jun 10, 1999 8:05 pm
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Hi Rick. Bruce Taylor here. The oven is now ready for sale at a price of only $299.00 and I have been building prototypes and studying solar convection cooking...
Bruce Taylor
bat@...
Jun 10, 1999 8:25 pm
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Peggy: Plastic windows allow heat to escape; glass windows trap heat. ... Triangle D Ranch, Tucson AZ...
OldSol@...
Jun 10, 1999 11:47 pm
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Bruce, I have never used plexiglass. Originally, when I built my Sun Star Cooker I used an old piece of glass I had laying around that used to fit in a framed...
amazgrac@...
Jun 11, 1999 12:34 am
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... In my experience the reflector is a real necessity. One day while I was cooking, my reflector blew off of my box cooker. When I went to check on it, the...
amazgrac@...
Jun 11, 1999 12:45 am
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In a message dated 6/10/99 5:43:22 PM Pacific Daylight Time, amazgrac@... writes: << It is called Mirror Roll. It is like a mirror that is...
RickfordG@...
Jun 11, 1999 1:20 pm
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Jerry, I am logging in to share with you and all the others a very neat product I found. It is called "Mirror Roll". I purchased it through mail order, and...
amazgrac@...
Jun 11, 1999 11:59 pm
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You have some interesting SBC info. Would you please describe the reflector? Shape and size. Is the object to direct the focal plane just inside the box or...
amazgrac@...
Jun 12, 1999 12:08 am
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In my previous post, I failed to give the cost of the mirror roll. I will repeat the ordering information, along with the cost. Taylor Gifts (800)829-7733 ...
amazgrac@...
Jun 12, 1999 12:20 am
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Hey guys, I am so sorry. I gave the wrong phone number for Taylor Gifts. Here is the correct information. (The numbers on my keyboard are upside down :-) )...
amazgrac@...
Jun 12, 1999 12:51 am
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Hi, I have been lurking on this list for a couple of months, too busy to work on my own solar cookers until now. I am interested in both cooking and water...
Ben Jones
ben@...
Jun 12, 1999 2:10 am
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Hi, ... I have been trying to use silver mylar on my cooker. Here in California I get it from plastic supply stores. It costs me 85 cents a foot for 24 ...
Ben Jones
ben@...
Jun 12, 1999 2:12 am
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Found Taylor Gifts on the web at http://www.taylorgifts.com/ Imagine that! If you go to the bottom of the page and click on search and input the product number...
Carlos Benjamin, Jr.
benj@...
Jun 12, 1999 2:29 am
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What are the dimensions of a roll when unfurled? This does not seem to be either in the discussion on this list or in the web site. DH...
Elfpermacl@...
Jun 12, 1999 5:24 pm
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We are two Maryknoll Sisters working in Rundu, Namibia (north, across the Kavango River from Angola). We are delighted with our first small efforts at solar...
MKSrs Rundu Namibia
mksnamibia@...
Jun 12, 1999 5:32 pm
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I hope this isn't too late in the discussion, or that this has been suggested already, but has anybody suggested putting mylar overtop of aluminum foil? Also,...
Eugene Wong
eugenewong@...
Jun 12, 1999 5:33 pm
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Greetings. With the discussion on reflectivity, I thought it might be a good time to bring up something I had brought up before. After reflecting on it, I...