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[chauncey williams <chaunceyfree@yahoo.com>]

Check out this article

http://www.motherearthnews.com/DIY/2006_August_September/Build_a_Solar_Food_Dehydrator

Another plan for solar food dehydrator

Forest Garden <forestgarden@gvtc.com> wrote: Hello Everyone,

I am interested in building a homesteading-scale solar food dehydrator.  I 
read on the web a 1980 article from Mother Earth News about a 'solar survival 
dehydrator' built from a 55 gallon drum and wood.  The article discussed how 
the designers had figured out how to get airflows such that the food inside 
would stay at a nearly constant 115-120 degrees regardless of the outside 
temperature.  The materials to build it were simple and inexpensive to 
obtain.  The plans were available from a Canadian address.

Does anyone know much about this dehydrator?  Anyone built one?  Where can I 
get the plans?  Are there better ones that have been designed and available?

Any help greatly appreciated.  

Sincerely,

Marjory



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