[Greenbuilding] Solar cooker

[Corwyn]

On 8/2/2011 6:46 PM, Lynelle Hamilton wrote:
> Thanks. Cate. I hadn't thought of using it in the sunroom (I have one
> here also). How warm is the ambient air in the sunroom when you use the
> cooker? My sunroom is unheated, and not used November to March, although
> it's the main entrance, so we go in and out through it all the time.

If the sunroom is not appreciably warmer than the outside air, I would 
put the solar stove outdoors rather than in the sunroom.  If the room is 
50°F, and the outside is 0°F, a solar oven at 335°F is losing about 15% 
more heat outside, than inside.  The glass in the sunroom could easily 
be blocking or absorbing at least that fraction of the sunlight.

Thank You Kindly,

Corwyn

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