Hello everybody, im new here! Does someone have a guide/tutorial/diy for a solar food dehydrator? through navigating the web, i only collect this one, made by Victor Paiam, but i want more infographies or resources so i can made my own thank you for all!!
searching for solar food dehydrator resources
Submitted 16 hours ago by masparfad@slrpnk.net to diy@slrpnk.net
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eestileib@sh.itjust.works 9 hours ago
Gladaed@feddit.org 15 hours ago
I don’t think this principle would work all too well. You usually don’t want to place this outdoors and a regular drying cabinet(?) should be good enough. If you want to utilize solar power using solar panels is much easier and more efficient.
The harvestable power is about the area in sqr meters in kw. (Peak) This means you would get about Watts of heating. That’s not a lot. If you actually need the extra heating, just use resistive heating.
HerbGrower@slrpnk.net 9 hours ago
Depends if you want something you can build yourself or if you want to buy premade electrical things. Both options are probably worth considering tbh.
aberrate_junior_beatnik@midwest.social 9 hours ago
Have you considered that “the white colour on the inside makes the warm air bounce”?
schmorpel@slrpnk.net 14 hours ago
You can build stackable wooden frames, staple a net curtain to them and put them in the sun, or use those plastic fruit boxes, always covered with a net on top against insects. Placing your frames or boxes on or between rocks provides extra heat after sunset. Or the extra lazy method: place your drying net under a fruit tree, wait for fruit to drop, drag into sun or halfshade as is convenient.
When energy is low and overwhelm is much the simplest solutions are often the best.
And for indoor drying in winter a repurposed shoe shelf (or yet more stackable boxes) placed near your radiator might do the trick.
livligkinkajou@slrpnk.net 14 hours ago
stackable wooden frames
Keep in mind that, at least in my experience, if you are in a high humidity area, only stacking them might not be enough to prevent mold on high water content fruit like tomato, so it needs to look more like the one pictured by OP to have enough air flow in the system
Seems to be based on this design: motherearthnews.com/…/solar-food-dehydrator-plans…
Wow! Nailed it.(heh)