Half way there and a slight change of direction

elantan

according to the solar panel saleman ( take it with a pinch of salt) apparently even with cloud coverage we still get the rays that would work ... now maybe thats true and maybe its not ... the price is £25.50 so not too bad to try it out ... we have the fire to heat the water so that would do in the case of a power cut ... but it wouldnt do whilst camping or travelling

Hows you doing honey ?

Karmacat

Definitely! Sorry to tempt you, El My haybox (I mentioned it on my thread just now) has a wooden frame, the sides are unused vinyl flooring, nailed to the wood, sealed with tape, insulated with a variety of things - old sound insulation I had hanging around, celotex I skipdived, polystyrene packaging might be used, cushion stuffing that's been through the washing machine, you name it, even shredded newspaper for right next to the pot, so it can be composted when/if it gets dirty. The whole thing is lined with the behind-the-radiator stuff. As well as acting as a haybox, it can be a dehydrator (I've got flyscreen ready to put in the vents I've positionsed) and I've collected enough tin cans to act as a solar heat collector. That could be used to aid its situation as a solar oven too.

I'm not very physically strong, but I just love faffing about with this stuff :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl: but I should tell you the haybox is barely half built as yet. Oven, haybox and dehydrator all in one

Karmacat

I'm absolutely sure it won't heat water to brew tea in 30 minutes, not at this time of year. It was steaming after two hours over the weekend, but it still had to be finished off in the electric kettle. I *do* think its useful - if you've got a power cut, alternative fuels are expensive, unless you forage for wood. It won't pay back quickly, tho.

elantan

sounds exciting Kc I do love my home made ( by Memory girl) wonder bag do you have one ?

Karmacat

No, I don't - thats when I started making my haybox, I figured I wanted something more substantial to be honest, and I wanted it for free too - mine's totally recycled

elantan

Karmacat wrote: »

No, I don't - thats when I started making my haybox, I figured I wanted something more substantial to be honest, and I wanted it for free too - mine's totally recycled

Perfect

skint_spice

I'm fine thanks, miserable and avoiding studying that needs done but nothing new there eh?

I have a gas hob so boiled water on that, there's a camping stove in garage too so could keep going a while but jeez it was cold!

elantan

skint_spice wrote: »

I'm fine thanks, miserable and avoiding studying that needs done but nothing new there eh?

I have a gas hob so boiled water on that, there's a camping stove in garage too so could keep going a while but jeez it was cold!

I can imagine ... yep i'm avoiding the studying as well I would start a procrastination group ... but just cant be bothered

skint_spice

elantan wrote: »

I can imagine ... yep i'm avoiding the studying as well I would start a procrastination group ... but just cant be bothered

lol:rotfl::rotfl: I am going to do another 300 words minimum today but see tomorrow? I shall be soooo productive!

elantan

Well thats 300 more than me ... but like you ... see me ... see tomorrow ... ahm gonna finish one of my books ... honest guv