DIY solar thermal collectors

Solar thermal collectors^W are apparatus designed to collect the thermal energy of the sun.

Galleries of various uses of constructed solar thermal collectors.

Solar thermal collectors functioning as food cookers

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  Earthen Solar CookersA low cost and low environmental impact design envisioned by Bart Orlando.
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  Catch and CookA solar oven capable of reaching 160°F in 20 minutes
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  Solar Bowling OvenSolar oven kids can build and use on their own
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  The Solar SwingSolar oven for a school reaching 200°F in 30 minutes
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  Aleiha's parabolic solar cookerParabolic Solar Cooker
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  Papasan Chair Solar CookerA solar cooker and chair when not in use
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  Parabolic basket and tin can solar cookerSolar cooker out of local invasive species and waste materials
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  SunbrellaAn umbrella in the rain, a solar cooker in the Sun
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  Umbrella solar cookerA multi-use solar cooker

Solar thermal collectors functioning as food dehydrators

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  Window Shopper and Back Me UpFlock House solar dehydrator and backpack solar dehydrator
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  Tear the Roof offDry sliced apples in 18 hours of sunlight with this legless solar dehydrator
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  Sodhoppers' Solar DehydratorDurable food dehydrator for a school from a waste kitchen cabinet
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  Chris's ENGR305 Solar Food DehydratorA hybrid, solar food dehydrator

Solar thermal collectors functioning as hot water heaters

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  Thermosyphon Solar Shower SystemAn outdoor shower that utilizes solar energy to heat the water
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  HBCSL solar showerA solar shower for the Humboldt Bay Center for Sustainable Living

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  Solar heating boxA passive solar heating box

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  The solar thermal collector T1 draft drawing
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  The finished 3D model of the T1 and T2 solar thermal collector

• The solar thermal collector T1 draft drawing: an idea for a special mount for the batch heater for using it in temperate climates
• Solar thermal collector T1: draft of solar orientation platform
• The solar thermal collector T2: first draft of evacuated tube collector

• AEF solar water heater
• Combined photovoltaic solar thermal systems (PVT) - literature review
• Solar thermal panels
• Solar cooking
• Solar hot water
• Instructables
• The Sietch
• YouTube video