Sunday, December 5, 2010

Vesta Solar Cooker assembly


We've successfully built and tested the first of several Vestas we're going to make. We got excellent results based on our first tests but are going to gather more data and provide some sexy graphs to really make the point. Construction vids to follow, cooking vids to follow and a cost breakdown too. The machine costs less than $200 and I can build one in three days.

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

Question, are are you doing in puerto penasco? if is for vacations purposes it is ok, but if you WANT sun, that is on mexicali, baja california. In summer this gets fucking hot.

Brian White said...

Very interesting work and video

Unknown said...

Banning Symington here, this looks awesome. I'm Fraser's great-nephew. I am interested in this solar project and my wife and I might spend the summer near Cabo San Lucas and would be interested in lending a hand. Send me an email at fatbanning@yahoo.com so we can begin correspondence.

Brian White said...

Just a note that I made something called the solar design t-square that can use a laser level on a frame above your model to adjust the mirrors. So you can adjust the mirrors indoors without having to rush as the sun moves. And it is probably cooler indoors too.
Also, the tracking solar accumulator project is going well. Please take a look. I think you can mount your device like the accumulator for easier turning.
Brian