Best Solar Oven

Step 5 Reflectors

By now, the oven sould be almost be complete.

The next step is to make the reflectors.  One person said that unless you live near the equator, you must need these, or the solar oven wont work.  Hopefully, you kept the tops of the boxes that fold over the top to close the box.  You will then cover them with tinfoil.  It is best to be kept at a 45* angle, although if anyone has any thoughts on how to keep it up, please tell me.

Remember to use the shiny side of the tinfoil, and the see-through tape. 

Comments

[penasagra]

To keep the flaps in the right position you could join the flaps using either pastic tape (ideally duck tape) or a string set to the right distance.

When the flaps try to fall down, they'll be stopped by the string and will remain at 45 degree angle.

Not very useful if there's wind but...

I hope it helps.

[javajunkie1976]

Duct tape will release if made to sit in the sun for a long time. The stuff, in my opinion, is useless. The tape you should use is called Gaff tape. Theater set construction crews swear by it as do I. It can be applied and reapplied many times.

[Lawst]

To position the reflectors and hold them in place use sticks. Either tape them into position or stick them into the ground at the height you need.