A Solar Dehydrator That Actually Works!

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[@Rio-by1eh]

Amazing - TOTALLY ADDICTED TO YOUR KNOWLEDGE and willingness to QUESTION ION + EXPERIMENT AND MEASURE -LEARN…blown away

[@Andee1688]

Thank-you. Practical and effective funtionality.

[@TakotaCoen]

Glad it was helpful!

[@CairnOfDunnCroftPermaculture]

An excellent design! That's another project on the list.

[@longarmsupplies]

Thanks Takota!

[@TakotaCoen]

Here is the link to detailed designs for this solar dehydrator. I didn't make them. But I did make a few tweaks that I think are better. www.geopathfinder.com/Solar-Food-Drying.html

[@8971felix]

The link doesn't work

[@natashaj.layton3603]

Would this work in areas of higher humidity? We live in Virginia where the humidity is 60-80% during the summer months.

[@mattallen9546]

could you dry duckweed with these?

[@iteerrex8166]

I was thinking of making some of these, once I get to where I'm going lol. Thanks for the design. What do you think of a slit (or holes) at the top of the high side, to remove humid air out of the chamber faster? Of course not too fast to lose a lot of heat.

[@TakotaCoen]

I think it would let insects in!

[@iteerrex8166]

@@TakotaCoen lol Are you joking? Of course put a screen over it.

[@iteerrex8166]

@@TakotaCoen I just thought that inside the chamber it would get very humid, which well reduce the rate of dehydration.

[@sidsshanti7023]

Hi there, Does this dehydrator have a fan to pull out the moisture? Also I clicked the link to see the spec of how you built it but it's expired. Currently desperately trying to find a drying solution for a lot of chili in Spain in a very humid climate. Any help or advice would be amazing. Many thanks

[@Greenr0]

It does not look like it has a fan. Hot air rises, so I think it uses natural convection to ventilate. It is really simple. 1/2" thick plywood sheet, corrugated metal panel painted black screw to the top of the plywood sheet, box frame with mesh screen screwed to the bottom to hold the harvest to be dried (the box is removable from the plywood assembly, the ridge pattern of the corrugated metal panel makes great air circulation, if you want to prevent it from sliding down the plywood assembly, you can screw 90 degree anchors to the plywood to hold the box frame), then a thin frame covered with screw on clear plastic sheet which is removable from the box frame. The length and width dimensions are up to you. You can build as big or as small as you want.

[@TheRainHarvester]

Do you leave out outside overnight?

[@TheMoeShun]

Looks sick! Have ya tried beef jerky with em yet?

[@jeannetteellis2034]

Can you do jerky in this dehydrator?

[@8971felix]

What i like the most is that the food is not exposed to UV light

[@MsCaterific]

❤️

[@rubygray7749]

Write a script for yourself and leave out the constant ahh - umms. The Larisa Walk - Bob Dahse solar dehydrator is a great design but it's painful to watch bad handheld videography and listen to poor narration.

[@hameedmunshi4750]

Demo is not understandable