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Oh, I wouldn't do it out of cardboard. If it worked, I would want it to be 
well made, and fairly permanent. If it didn't, I would modify it to an 
electric one, with a fan. either way, my wife gets a new dehydrator...

Ray


-----Original Message-----
From: Lynda <lurine AT com-pair.net>
To: homestead AT lists.ibiblio.org
Sent: Mon, 19 Jan 2009 10:05 am
Subject: Re: [Homestead] Solar Food Dehydrator



I don't see the reasoning behind doing this.  Cardboard boxes don't hold up 
in the heat.  If you are going to use the sun and go to all the trouble of 
building a stand, why not just do it the old-fashioned way and do two sets 
of screens and set them out on sawhorses?  You can do a whole lot more at 
one time and they don't collect moisture at night if you have to dry for 
more than a day.  Cardboard collects moisture.

Most meats and fruits stick somewhat when you dehydrate IF you simply leave 
them in one place from start to finish.  I turn mine and effectively have no 
problems because I don't leave them long enough for them to glue themselves 
down.  Plus you get a better end product with more even drying.

Lynda
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Robert Walton" <waltonrp AT gmail.com>


> I'm thinking that this might be a worthwhile project. I'm looking at this 
> plan:
>
> http://www.i4at.org/surv/soldehyd.htm
>
> Has anyone made one of these? I remember a few attempts with an
> electric dryer and how much the food stuck to it.
>
>
> Rob - Va
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