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[Tom Olenio <tolenio@sentex.net>]

Hello,

Can a standard oven be used as a dehydrator (lowest setting)?  Or would any 
foil lined, vented box
with wire trays and a light bulb (40W, 60W, or better) work?

I have seen kid's projects for making solar dehydrators that are simply 
cardboard boxes, cut on the
bias, lined with foil, covered with cheesecloth and faced towards the sun.  
The same could be
accomplished with a 50W light bulb.  No?

Solar Example:
http://www.kidwizard.com/images/objects/box2.gif

Anyone have a link to a good light bulb powered dehydrator?

Later,
tom

Mike Levine wrote:

> I ended up with a DeLonghi toaster oven with a convection fan and dehydrate
> setting.  You can special order their dehydrating trays if you want to use
> it for that.  I went with it primarily because the trays are stainless
> steel, the cost was low, and because I needed a toaster oven too.  I'm
> pretty happy with it, but I am a little worried about what will happen when
> I really need to dry a large amount of fruit at once and it won't fit in the
> oven.  Any larger stainless steel dehydrators were just too much money.
>
> Mike Levine
> Ann Arbor, MI
> zone 5b
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Lucky Pittman" <lucky.pittman@murraystate.edu>
> To: <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
> Sent: December 04, 2003 3:01 PM
> Subject: [NAFEX] dehydrator recommendations
>
> > I seem to recall this subject being discussed at some point in the past,
> > but would anyone care to make recommendations on a make or model for a
> good
> > all-purpose dehdrator?
> > Will be using it to dehydrate pears, persimmons, etc., and to make jerky.
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Lucky
> >
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Thomas Olenio
Ontario, Canada
Hardiness Zone 5b