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Who made the first solar cooker?

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The first solar cooker we know of was invented by Horace de Saussure, a Swiss naturalist experimenting as early as 1767. See this article for more info.
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Can you use a solar box cooker for canning?

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Yes, but for fruits only! Do not can vegetables or meat in a solar box cooker, since these foods need to be canned under pressure! You'll find information on canning here.
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Can you cook pasta in a solar box cooker?

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To keep the pasta from getting pasty, use two pans. Heat the dry pasta with oil in one pan; heat the liquid with herbs in another. Fifteen to 20 minutes before eating, combine the two. If you are going to use a sauce, heat that in a third container.
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What is cooker?

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Cooker is the Mandrivalinux development distribution. It evolves constantly, thus being called an "unstable distribution", and is regulary forked to produce a stable distribution for release. Think of it as yet another version of Mandrivalinux that is not meant for everyday use. See the Mandrivalinux cooker page for more details.
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Do you have to turn the cooker to follow the sun?

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Box cookers with one back reflector don't need to be turned unless you are cooking beans which take up to 5 hours. Panel cookers need to be turned more often than box cookers, since they have side reflectors that can shade the pot. Parabolic cookers are the most difficult to keep in focus. These need to be turned every 10 to 30 minutes, depending on the focal length. Unless you need a cooker that can stay outside even in the rain, you'll do just fine with a cardboard cooker.
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What foods should I try first in my new Cooker?

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A good first food to try is a small quantity of rice, since it is fairly easy to cook and looks very different cooked than it does raw. Chicken or fish is also very easy to cook. See cooking hints or cooking times. A temperature of 250? F (121? C) is hot enough for all kinds of cooking. Remember that water cannot get hotter than 212? F (100? C). Thus if you are cooking food that contains water, it cannot get hotter than this either.
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When I cook Daal in pressure cooker or utensil, it overflows?

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When ever you boil daal in either pressure cooker or utensil, always add little oil. It will prevent the overflowing. Always store your dough in an airtight container or covered with wet muslin / cheese cloth to avoid the hard layer and keep it fresh for a longer period.
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What type cooker do you use and what do you eat at sea?

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Although most cruising boats today use propane stoves, they do have several drawbacks. There is risk of explosion - I know of several boats that have blown up. (If you can remember to always turn off the gas bottle after shutting off the stove, then there's little danger.) Second, I don't have room anywhere for a gas bottle locker, or something else would have to go.
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Can a pressure cooker be used to cook Idaho Potatoes?

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What happens when you add an Idaho potato to a pressure cooker? You get the fastest, easiest, healthiest potato dishes in no time. Imagine mashed potatoes in seven minutes or crunchy topped potatoes in four minutes. A pressure cooker is the ideal cookware for preparing flavorful and healthful foods in record time with little or no fat. By sealing in foods inside the pressure cooker, steam pressure builds inside the pot and the temperature rises.
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What is an AGA Cooker?

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Designed in 1922 by a renowned Swedish physicist and first introduced in the United Kingdom in 1929, an AGA Cooker is a cast-iron, gas-fueled, enamel-glazed cooking stove that uses non-drying radiant heat to gently cook food, often in less time than a traditional stove.
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What is a solar system?

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A simple solar system, for DC lights and appliances, consists of a solar module, a regulator (or charge controller), a battery and your load.
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A Regulator to control the amount of charge going into the Battery from the Solar Module and also to prevent the Battery Your Load - which is the typical electricity demand of all your lights, fans, etc. The load is measured in kilowatt hours per day or ampere hours per day Tata BP Solar helps you calculate this load. With this information and along with details of your average daily usage, No. Car batteries are not suitable.
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Because solar energy is clean and renewable. It not only lowers the cost of your electricity bills, but also reduces negative impact on the environment. What's more, photovoltaic (PV) modules have no moving or wearing parts, and require no maintenance other than an occasional cleaning.
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The solar system consists of a central star, the Sun, and all of the smaller celestial bodies that continuously travel around it. The smaller bodies include nine planets: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune and Pluto, which are themselves orbited by more than 60 moons. (Only Mercury and Venus have no moons.) In addition, the solar system contains millions of rocky asteroids and billions of icy comets.
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What are the basic kinds of solar cookers?

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This type of cooker has been the advantage of slow, even cooking of large quantities of food. Variations include slanting the face toward the sun and the number of reflectors. You'll find an article discussing solar box cooker designs here. This recent development was sparked by Roger Bernard in France. In this design, various flat panels concentrate the sun's rays onto a pot inside a plastic bag or under a glass bowl.
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Where are solar ovens being used the most?

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There are reliable reports that there are over 100,000 cookers in use in both India and China. We are aware of solar cooking projects in most of the countries of the world. Solar Cookers International has recently had a breakthrough in Kenya using the CooKit panel cooker. More than 5000 families are now solar cooking there.
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How hot do solar ovens get?

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Place an oven thermometer in the sunny part of the oven to get a reading similar to what the cooking pot is "feeling". The temperature reached by box cookers and panel cookers depends primarily on the number and size of the reflectors used. A single-reflector box cooker usually tops out at around 150? C (300? F) as the food approaches being done. High temperatures, however, are not needed for cooking. Your oven will cook just fine as long as it gets up to about 90? C (200? F) or so.
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Can you sterilize water in a solar oven?

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Yes. In all three types, water can be brought to a boil. A little-known fact, however, is that to make water safe to drink, it only has to be pasteurized, not sterilized. Pasteurization takes place at 65? C (150? F) in only 20 minutes. This treatment kills all human disease pathogens, but doesn't waste the energy needed to bring the water to a boil.
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A) What is a solar cell?

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A Solar Cell is one piece of photovoltaic material suitable for incorporation in a larger module. Depending upon the material used, it is liable to be quite fragile. Typically it looks like a piece of blue plastic/stone with leads for connection in an electric circuit. Note that the easy phrase 'photovoltaic material' covers a messy reality. Typically the solar cell is built in several layers. There needs to be at least two semiconductor layers.
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A) What is the Solar Constant?

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The rate at which energy is received from the sun just outside the earth's atmosphere on a surface perpendicular to the sun's rays. Measured to be ~1365 W/m^2 by several satellites.
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A) What about solar pumps?

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Solar has been used for pumps by several groups. Farmers who need electrical power in regions far from the power grid have found PV pumps convenient for many years. There are also small decorative water pumps available for urban gardens.
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Is solar heating feasible in my area?

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If you live in a region that has long cloudy spells, a backup heater will be needed. The system could still be economically practical if it is reasonable in price. A quality solar heating system will pay for itself many times in energy savings and tax credits may apply. A solar system must not detract from the architecture of the building or it will lower real estate value. Click here for more information.
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What is a solar chimney / solar tower?

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A solar chimney (also known as a solar tower) is a solar thermal power plant wherein heated air rises in a tall chimney. The inflowing air is heated in a greenhouse with an open rim surrounding the base of the chimney and a turbine at the base of the chimney turns a generator to produce electrical power. Additional information on solar chimneys can be found on the AVE - Links page, "Solar Chimney" section.
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How do I clean my DUROMATIC pressure cooker?

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Immediately after use, remove the gasket and wash the lid by hand thoroughly inside and out. The exposed inside edge of the lid should be given special attention. The gasket should be cleaned, dried and returned to the lid. If the pressure cooker lid is hard to turn when closing, the gasket has become dried out and should be lightly rubbed with cooking oil. The bottom of the pan is dishwasher safe.
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How do you clean an AGA Cooker?

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In general, you don't need to. The hotplates and ovens are virtually self-cleaning, since food deposits or spills soon burn away to a fine carbon powder. An occasional sweep with the wire brush provided is suggested. In addition, the ovens are ventilated into the flue so all smells are released outside. A damp cloth will bring a shine to the vitreous enamel and chrome surfaces with a daily wipe.
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