Loved this! A Greek tip: You can soak your lentils overnight and they’ll cook faster and give you less “side effects”..But make sure to dump the water you soaked them in. Try adding some olive oil as well. You got me going on making a solar oven myself. Thank you!
WOW - am TOTALLY amazed by the simplicity of this beautiful project. Lovely daughters too! Thanks so much for sharing not only the "idea" but showing how and that it works. WONDERFUL!
I am so grateful for you sharing videos that you make. My family of four lives in a 1930's fixer upper with the original windows.We have one gas heater and 3 electric space heaters - I am so grateful! Thank you so much!
Excellent idea, but I would slope the top of the box away from the house. Rain and snow may be a problem in it's present configuration. You definitely deserve an "atta girl " for thinking "outside the box"!!!!!
Good point. For rain 1/4" (2%) per foot slope is all you need, for snow, you'll also need a steeper slope to shed snow and take into consideration the extra snow loads when it come to supports/fasteners, or the box will just rip free...
So great. Kudos! I’ve been using a sun oven for almost 20 years & finally have the opportunity to design & build one into my new home plan. Double duty as a space heater really increases the face value of this project. One of my faves is 12 scrambled eggs, some diced pre-cooked breakfast meat, dehydrated tomatoes & sharp cheddar in a round granite ware pot. Makes 4 huge servings suitable for breakfast, lunch or dinner! Add broccoli, chard, spinach, carrot, onion, and herbs for more variety. Deli Turkey ends are good chopped up in it if you don’t do pork
Glad that I ran into this video. I live in Minnesota and one of my worries is a long time power grid breakdown. I can deal with short term. I have a garden window in my kitchen (a sort of green house that extends a few feet out of the building). And that would be a perfect solution to add some warmth to the house in an emergency, by using something painted black. (It's a lot bigger than your window.) I can't even imagine why the thumbs down. Great idea. That could also work for heating water, using a black camping shower bag (not for drinking).
Not sure if you guys gives a shit but if you are stoned like me during the covid times then you can stream all of the latest series on InstaFlixxer. I've been streaming with my girlfriend for the last weeks xD
Genius heating method would never have thought of this . Also your video using a greenhouse to heat your home is fabulous. Sad your not publishing videos anymore
I love that, great for versatility. Cooking, heating water or rocks which you can use as passive radiant heat that you can place in different areas in the house at night for warmth.
Ok. THIS is my favorite video idea I have seen, ..... ever. Oh my word. Thank you! I have south facing windows and was trying to figure out how to harness the sun in the winter to offset heating costs. AND ITS A SOLAR OVEN. Ingenious!! BRAVO. 👏👏 What a blessing! And your girls are just adorable. ❤️
Great vid and fantastic idea, I will share it in the solar cooking community. Been reading some of the comments and am surprised by the amount of ignorance on solar cooking. Micro biologist have demonstrated that food, milk, water etc is pasteurized if it is exposed to 65oC for 15 minutes or longer or 71oC for 15 seconds - 165 degrees Fahrenheit = 73.89 degrees Celsius - so there is no problem with the food being safe. I have solar cooked since 1997 and have NEVER gotten sick from the food prepared in a solar box, panel or parabolic cooker or oven. Some folks like +S3thy offering opinions should really research before stating their opinions as facts. There is a wiki and several web pages devoted to solar cooking. We have build and sold several thousand here in Bolivia.
So proud of you young lady! I made heat grabbers years ago but to ad a oven box on top would make it more AWSOME! Mother Earth News had plans in one of my old magazine. God Bless! Uncle Jeff!
You should use a probe thermometer. The probe stays in the pot, but the display stays outside the oven. Thank you for the tutorial. You pretty much answered all my questions. Brilliant use of materials.
I agree with the thinking outside the box comments below, brilliant. I have some flexible solar panels on my porch to power a 12v kettle and 12v cooker, but I need 2 more panels to get the power. I have made a portable sun oven, but it can be improved as it is a first attempt. Your design is brilliant and I am going to give is a go. Thank you for sharing your outside the box thinking :) x
Thanks for the video, this is awesome. However I have a few suggestions. Maybe you could put a mirrored tint on your window with a little unmirrored or dark tinted viewing hole. This would allow you to view your food like a window on an oven and possibly make your design better. Another thought is to cover the entire window by putting the top piece at maybe a 45 degree angle. This will allow you to open the top portion of the window and let even more heat into the house and possibly put a window fan in the bottom to blow air from the house into the box to be heated and come out through the top. Also in summer maybe it would be possible to secure the reflective floor pad on the top so that it blocks heat from entering when it is not wanted.
This video deserves an award! Never underestimate the power of a woman -- your creativity is an inspiration and the best passive solar heating and cooking concept I've ever seen in over 8 years here. Thanks! Doing this - Sharon Habitat Homestead YT Channel
Why no one using water and vacume tubes than with the heat you make aircon and reverse to heat I'm summer think of wot made.me.come.to tjis 2005 I appliad for Patten under Christopher leeds I though of gas power fridge solar water heaters steam make pressure or ammonia 33oc depends your climate china already done it but if on roof be better to condenser evaporate hope this anouth info chrisleeds85@gmail.com clean water energy to in one.unit should have paten ripped of even though last i heard it was I won bk from usa live panel asked were I wanted it I picked uk ro ni heard nothing since.so make. It send your business to were needed hot countrys africa etc needs clean drinking water this has so many uses
"Chance favors the prepared mind." Louis Pasteur ... Great flow of thought FrugalGreenGirl 🙂 Thank you for your videos ... Informative and enjoyable ASMR ... lovely combination ...
This has to be the best video I have seen on UA-cam in a long time. The fact alone that you are taken the gas & electric company out is crazy. This can save people so much money even if you only use it for 1 meal a day your ytd return on your savings has to be in the $1,000. Is there a way you could make a how to video on how you made your box. Step by step it would really help a lot of people out. Again I wish I could give you more then a thumbs up I have already shared this on social media. Also a new Subscriber I have to see what else you have done. Dozer
This is so cool! I have been wondering if I could cook in my little greenhouse outside and now you answered my question! I am new to solar Cooking so there’s definitely a learning curve! I think if you lived next-door we could be besties! 😎
I have watched this video before , saved it then lost it because the phone went for a "swim" at the lake . Since this works so well for you in Colorado I know it will work well here in Oklahoma where I live . I accidentally found a free custom made aquarium made with tempered glass . I flipped it on to its side made a "door" for the "top opening" & I am going to see just how well that works . I am always recycling diff things , if it doesn't work for my original idea I keep trying other ideas. The plain breakable glass aquariums I use in the house as mini greenhouses to grow lettuce , radishes , etc yr round & start seeds for the garden in the early cool spring instead of buying started plants .
This has to be one of the best ideals I have seen in a long time, Of course I will be making me one of these. I also will be making a (like a short 20 Feet long green house) attached to my house where I have 2 windows side by side. The green house will have black plastic over p.v.c. hoops that will encompass the outside of both windows (up from the ground around the top of both windows and back to the ground) at the same time. I will divide the green house in half on the inside except the last 2 feet. I will have 2 fans, one for each window. one blowing in and the other blowing out. Free heat.......
Brilliant video thank you. I have been watching the solar ovens and wondered if what your doing would work to, the idea of the green house sheets is brilliant.
Brilliant, genius! Thank you 'Sister from another Mr' :-) And, I just happen to have some greenhouse panels left over; can't wait to try. Grateful also for some of the extra tips added by other viewers.
I found your videos just today , I have enjoyed them so much that I have already subscribed..Lots of cool info and usable ideas, I really like all the solar applications. I am interested in DIY projects of all kinds so I am looking forward to your future videos, Remember Kermit says its not easy being green!!!!!!!!!!!!! S. C. Rich....southern Illinois....
the camera does not record in one continuous image, but in frames. that is why it does not pick up the speed of the fans. i love this idea. great work!
Paint the cook vessels (if possible) a flat black or even a matte/textured surface. Something that has more surface area to collect all that infrared. Speaking of which I think that's why your camera doesn't like your oven its a lot of infrared light and your camera can see it while we can't. The fan rotation is wonky on the camera because of the rate at which the camera captures frames and it happens to have some harmonic effect with the speed at which the fans rotate. I love how effective your oven is for how simple of a design it is.
something you could try to bump up the heat gain is use an extra part of the car shade on the window side to reflect sun back on the back side of pot. a cople of hook and loop at the top for ez of testing pot of food and changing to heatlng.
You're awesome and I love these videos. The stew looks good and I was cracking up imagining you lining up all the ingredients so perfectly in that pot.
Frugalgreengirl Will do if he gets to it. My 95 Escort has had his hands full for the last two weeks. Lol. We live in a trailer, so any heating efficiency is a boon. 🌞🌼
You can also use it as a Solar Clothes Dryer!!!! I cant wait for the day my husband buys us a house, so i can do these sorts of things!! :) There is a video on UA-cam "TORTILLA SUNSHINE" that brings solar cooking indoors.
Didn't read all the comments, so someone else may have suggested trying this. If you place some cardboard which almost fits the window, except with a small space at bottom and top, then you may not even need the solar fans. Since hot air rises naturally, the theory is that cooler air would be pulled in at the bottom while the hot air comes out the top.
Great idea. Cant wait to try it. Your fans are moving at a certain speed but your camera it taking stills at a different speed, so its so many frames per second. All is good great video.
Great video, consider black mass block like black tiles supported away from the base & sides, like upright tiles with gaps between to allow air flow, Maybe consider cast iron crockpot that's been in the sun for a few hours before food is applied to it you could use it as a solar heat bank, Food looks great by the way, have to try that one for my family, Philip & family from England UK :)
A few years ago I had thought of something very similar from the kitchen window for cooking; just to make it more convenient to use. Never made it though. Glad to see someone doing it and I never thought of it doubling as a small window heater either. Nor did I think about solar fans. Great job and thanks for sharing! Edit 1: Have you thought about repositioning the fans during cooking to circulate the air inside? Edit 2: Also I wonder how well truck liner sprayed on pots and pans would work?
This has been such an inspiring post for me- thank you, thank you! I'm about to talk to my husband (resident builder) about making our own. Maybe several!
@@frugalgreengirl I LOVE TURKEYS AND CHICKENS. IF YOU EAT CHICKEN AND TURKEY THEN YOU LOVE KILLING BIRDS 😃. YOU DO HAVE A SEXY VOICE AND VERY BEAUTIFUL. I THANK YOU
thanks for the great idea! be sure to paint the black side with something ultra flat. i spray painted a outdoor wood stove black with camo black rustoleum,. it's only like 3 dollars and they have them pretty much anywhere you can buy spray paint with decent selection so walmart, rural king.. etc
Carefully you don't damage the house window or the frame . Keep window open when black and silver for cooking and when window is closed .Looks like you found a very convenient way to cook with solar ! Nice ! Smart !
You leave no choice, I have to subscribe. You are full of information and my oven is not working. Love this technique your using and I want some of those solar fans.
Welcome new friend! I'm sorry to hear your oven is broken, I hope that can be fixed soon! And if you build one of these I hope you like it as much as we did :)
Great for anyone with a house to try. Just wondering if you would get better results using clear glass and possibly a mirror in the bottom for cooking. And in winter perhaps use black sheets to absorb the sun for heating which you could just remove. Excellent work though.
Innovative idea! How high has the temp been when you use it as a solar oven? Have you ever checked the temperature of the window pane when using it as a solar oven? I have double pane windows and I'd be afraid of excessive heating of the air space between the two panes and maybe that causing the window to crack.
Thank you very much for sharing this information. Excellent presentation. It will definitely help a lot of people who want to heat their places in the winter. Thanks.
I love this concept, but have concerns about the temps possibly being high enough to release toxins from the vinyl windows or causing them to melt. What is the maximum temp you have recorded in your window heater/oven? Have you experienced any issues with this?
by just cracking the window about 1 " and setting the fans on the top of the window frame, should work great as a solar heater to supplement your house heating. Great Idea by the way .
I am sooooo blown away by this! Questions...my bedroom window is where I would install this for heating my home. It faces the east. I live in Ohio so wonder how well this would work to heat my room since direct daylight would be unavailable in the midday to afternoon times. Also my home is brick so wonder how the panels attach to each other to make the box and how I would attach it to my house. Thanks sooooo much for this video! Fabulous!
I really like this whole ideal, I like anything solar and really like anything that works double duty! We use our solar cardboard box oven and love but, I like this even better. you could use this very easy year round to cook, and to heat in the colder months. Very smart, thank you for posting this video. And, the recipe looks good, we are going to try this out in our solar oven. If you have any other solar recipes would you please post them. We are always looking for good recipes to fix in our solar oven.
frugalgreengirl Just wondering if you have tried propping some of your shinny window shade material between the window and pot when in oven mode? This would keep some light out of the house, but direct it to the pot and should give you a little higher temp in the pot.
This is very brilliant concept and like it so much that I would love to make it and combine it with solar storage for other stuff such as shower, or to run appliances!!
Excellent video. Awemazing. Thank you for teaching. How did you seal edges of box? If this heats the house in winter, what do you do with box in summer, use it as an oven only? I want to have one constructed. Brilliant idea.
What the great video, I love the simplicity of it! What would happen if you took those fans and place them inside the box when you were cooking? What does turn it into a convection solar oven!!! 🤯
Loved this! A Greek tip: You can soak your lentils overnight and they’ll cook faster and give you less “side effects”..But make sure to dump the water you soaked them in. Try adding some olive oil as well. You got me going on making a solar oven myself. Thank you!
That slow fan illusion is caused by the frame rate of your camera. Great idea, thanks.
You're an intelligent lady, keep up the great videos.
You have done a great job in hearing your home alternative cooking source. A pizza stone could bump up the temp. You are Amazing.
I dont know why....but I find this beautifully simple. Love it.
WOW - am TOTALLY amazed by the simplicity of this beautiful project. Lovely daughters too! Thanks so much for sharing not only the "idea" but showing how and that it works. WONDERFUL!
I am so grateful for you sharing videos that you make. My family of four lives in a 1930's fixer upper with the original windows.We have one gas heater and 3 electric space heaters - I am so grateful! Thank you so much!
Wow! This is a really useful heater/stove. Off grid: the best part!
Excellent idea, but I would slope the top of the box away from the house. Rain and snow may be a problem in it's present configuration. You definitely deserve an "atta girl " for thinking "outside the box"!!!!!
Good point. For rain 1/4" (2%) per foot slope is all you need, for snow, you'll also need a steeper slope to shed snow and take into consideration the extra snow loads when it come to supports/fasteners, or the box will just rip free...
So great. Kudos! I’ve been using a sun oven for almost 20 years & finally have the opportunity to design & build one into my new home plan. Double duty as a space heater really increases the face value of this project. One of my faves is 12 scrambled eggs, some diced pre-cooked breakfast meat, dehydrated tomatoes & sharp cheddar in a round granite ware pot. Makes 4 huge servings suitable for breakfast, lunch or dinner!
Add broccoli, chard, spinach, carrot, onion, and herbs for more variety. Deli Turkey ends are good chopped up in it if you don’t do pork
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Glad that I ran into this video. I live in Minnesota and one of my worries is a long time power grid breakdown. I can deal with short term. I have a garden window in my kitchen (a sort of green house that extends a few feet out of the building). And that would be a perfect solution to add some warmth to the house in an emergency, by using something painted black. (It's a lot bigger than your window.) I can't even imagine why the thumbs down. Great idea. That could also work for heating water, using a black camping shower bag (not for drinking).
I bet this could be helpful for tiny house people.
Niki King I have a tiny house and am here for that very reason!
Same.im thinking of making a foldable one for my bus
Not sure if you guys gives a shit but if you are stoned like me during the covid times then you can stream all of the latest series on InstaFlixxer. I've been streaming with my girlfriend for the last weeks xD
@Giovanni Gannon yea, been watching on instaflixxer for years myself =)
Genius heating method would never have thought of this . Also your video using a greenhouse to heat your home is fabulous. Sad your not publishing videos anymore
I love that, great for versatility. Cooking, heating water or rocks which you can use as passive radiant heat that you can place in different areas in the house at night for warmth.
Best presentation for ingredients ever. 11:20.
Ok.
THIS is my favorite video idea I have seen, ..... ever. Oh my word.
Thank you! I have south facing windows and was trying to figure out how to harness the sun in the winter to offset heating costs. AND ITS A SOLAR OVEN. Ingenious!!
BRAVO. 👏👏
What a blessing! And your girls are just adorable. ❤️
Good job. This was patented many years ago by a creative lady. I have wanted to make one for years. Yours is awesome.
You are brilliant!! What an awesome idea and your construction looks great too.
Great vid and fantastic idea, I will share it in the solar cooking community. Been reading some of the comments and am surprised by the amount of ignorance on solar cooking. Micro biologist have demonstrated that food, milk, water etc is pasteurized if it is exposed to 65oC for 15 minutes or longer or 71oC for 15 seconds - 165 degrees Fahrenheit = 73.89 degrees Celsius - so there is no problem with the food being safe. I have solar cooked since 1997 and have NEVER gotten sick from the food prepared in a solar box, panel or parabolic cooker or oven. Some folks like +S3thy offering opinions should really research before stating their opinions as facts. There is a wiki and several web pages devoted to solar cooking. We have build and sold several thousand here in Bolivia.
Everyone over cooks their food haha
So proud of you young lady! I made heat grabbers years ago but to ad a oven box on top would make it more AWSOME! Mother Earth News had plans in one of my old magazine. God Bless! Uncle Jeff!
In part of the video, you show the thermometer at 140 deg. What was the temp outside at the time?
You should use a probe thermometer. The probe stays in the pot, but the display stays outside the oven.
Thank you for the tutorial. You pretty much answered all my questions. Brilliant use of materials.
I agree with the thinking outside the box comments below, brilliant. I have some flexible solar panels on my porch to power a 12v kettle and 12v cooker, but I need 2 more panels to get the power. I have made a portable sun oven, but it can be improved as it is a first attempt. Your design is brilliant and I am going to give is a go. Thank you for sharing your outside the box thinking :) x
Thanks for the video, this is awesome. However I have a few suggestions. Maybe you could put a mirrored tint on your window with a little unmirrored or dark tinted viewing hole. This would allow you to view your food like a window on an oven and possibly make your design better.
Another thought is to cover the entire window by putting the top piece at maybe a 45 degree angle. This will allow you to open the top portion of the window and let even more heat into the house and possibly put a window fan in the bottom to blow air from the house into the box to be heated and come out through the top. Also in summer maybe it would be possible to secure the reflective floor pad on the top so that it blocks heat from entering when it is not wanted.
You are 2 steps ahead of everyone with tin cans. TY for sharing and God Bless
This video deserves an award! Never underestimate the power of a woman -- your creativity is an inspiration and the best passive solar heating and cooking concept I've ever seen in over 8 years here. Thanks! Doing this - Sharon Habitat Homestead YT Channel
Why no one using water and vacume tubes than with the heat you make aircon and reverse to heat I'm summer think of wot made.me.come.to tjis 2005 I appliad for Patten under Christopher leeds I though of gas power fridge solar water heaters steam make pressure or ammonia 33oc depends your climate china already done it but if on roof be better to condenser evaporate hope this anouth info chrisleeds85@gmail.com clean water energy to in one.unit should have paten ripped of even though last i heard it was I won bk from usa live panel asked were I wanted it I picked uk ro ni heard nothing since.so make. It send your business to were needed hot countrys africa etc needs clean drinking water this has so many uses
You are a very intelligent young lady. Now I have another idea for my off-grid log cabin. Thank you!
"Chance favors the prepared mind." Louis Pasteur ... Great flow of thought FrugalGreenGirl 🙂 Thank you for your videos ... Informative and enjoyable ASMR ... lovely combination ...
This has to be the best video I have seen on UA-cam in a long time. The fact alone that you are taken the gas & electric company out is crazy. This can save people so much money even if you only use it for 1 meal a day your ytd return on your savings has to be in the $1,000.
Is there a way you could make a how to video on how you made your box. Step by step it would really help a lot of people out. Again I wish I could give you more then a thumbs up I have already shared this on social media. Also a new Subscriber I have to see what else you have done.
Dozer
Smart lady! Plus your kids are learning so much from their Mom! ✌🏻🇺🇸
Fabulous! Thanks for sharing- every home should have one- I hope commercial builders and house builder /flippers/remodelers see this video!
This is very cool! I was thinking you could try using it as a solar dehydrator as well. Thanks for this.
This is so cool! I have been wondering if I could cook in my little greenhouse outside and now you answered my question! I am new to solar Cooking so there’s definitely a learning curve! I think if you lived next-door we could be besties! 😎
good job u did better than other guys making these they dont show how to put it on the window
Did you seal the seams with silicone or anything? Also curious if this works during winter.
A great idea for energy conservation and keeping left over building materials out of the dump. Thank you for sharing.
This is a really clever idea. Would love to see if it works in winter as well. Very glad I stumbled on this video. Well done. 😊👍
I’d put one facing in the window box to bring in house air into mix with the 140 degree temp in the window box! Great vid young lady.
Very cool.I like your idea the best
For people in wheelchairs or recent amputee they can enjoy the experience
I have watched this video before , saved it then lost it because the phone went for a "swim" at the lake . Since this works so well for you in Colorado I know it will work well here in Oklahoma where I live . I accidentally found a free custom made aquarium made with tempered glass . I flipped it on to its side made a "door" for the "top opening" & I am going to see just how well that works . I am always recycling diff things , if it doesn't work for my original idea I keep trying other ideas. The plain breakable glass aquariums I use in the house as mini greenhouses to grow lettuce , radishes , etc yr round & start seeds for the garden in the early cool spring instead of buying started plants .
You are very creative. I think this is an excellent idea and you follow through with it by showing exactly what you can do with a window oven.
Like your work. It's an elegant simple and practical design.
brilliant idea! Thank you for posting. And your two taste testers are both very professional. A big thumbs up for them! :)
This has to be one of the best ideals I have seen in a long time, Of course I will be making me one of these. I also will be making a (like a short 20 Feet long green house) attached to my house where I have 2 windows side by side. The green house will have black plastic over p.v.c. hoops that will encompass the outside of both windows (up from the ground around the top of both windows and back to the ground) at the same time. I will divide the green house in half on the inside except the last 2 feet. I will have 2 fans, one for each window. one blowing in and the other blowing out. Free heat.......
Brilliant video thank you. I have been watching the solar ovens and wondered if what your doing would work to, the idea of the green house sheets is brilliant.
Brilliant, genius! Thank you 'Sister from another Mr' :-) And, I just happen to have some greenhouse panels left over; can't wait to try. Grateful also for some of the extra tips added by other viewers.
So cool. Taste testers even cooler.
This was a great video, your a very good teacher, you made me believe that I can do this. Bless you for sharing.
Awesome, thinking of doing this for all my south facing windows to maximize solar heat and cut the gas bill.
Ingenious, love the power of the sun, thanks for sharing 👍
I found your videos just today , I have enjoyed them so much that I have already subscribed..Lots of cool info and usable ideas, I really like all the solar applications. I am interested in DIY projects of all kinds so I am looking forward to your future videos, Remember Kermit says its not easy being green!!!!!!!!!!!!! S. C. Rich....southern Illinois....
Steve Rich Welcome new friend! Nice to have you join our frugal community 😄
the camera does not record in one continuous image, but in frames. that is why it does not pick up the speed of the fans. i love this idea. great work!
search FPS or Frames per second.
Paint the cook vessels (if possible) a flat black or even a matte/textured surface. Something that has more surface area to collect all that infrared. Speaking of which I think that's why your camera doesn't like your oven its a lot of infrared light and your camera can see it while we can't. The fan rotation is wonky on the camera because of the rate at which the camera captures frames and it happens to have some harmonic effect with the speed at which the fans rotate. I love how effective your oven is for how simple of a design it is.
something you could try to bump up the heat gain is use an extra part of the car shade on the window side to reflect sun back on the back side of pot. a cople of hook and loop at the top for ez of testing pot of food and changing to heatlng.
You're awesome and I love these videos. The stew looks good and I was cracking up imagining you lining up all the ingredients so perfectly in that pot.
Im more blown away about how well behaved those kids were
Such an amazing idea. I have a south facing window in my kitchen!!! So I am making one of these!!
Awwww...I love it...the food looks tasty and the girls love it...I can tell by looking at it that you didn't have to bribe them to say it was good!!!
Really good idea for heating and cooking. I'll be trying that myself this winter. Give those taste testers a hug for good work. Buck
Love this - A1. You could also use it as a solar dehydrator for surplus harvests.
I'd love to see that in practice!
I sent this to my hubby. It's our next project! Yayyy!! Thanks for the video. Btw... adorable taste testers.
Sandi Morreale Wow, thats great! Let me know how it turns out, if you can.
Frugalgreengirl Will do if he gets to it. My 95 Escort has had his hands full for the last two weeks. Lol. We live in a trailer, so any heating efficiency is a boon. 🌞🌼
Saw this 3 years ago and I still love it!
This is brilliant! I’ve been overthinking how to diy a sun oven.
You can also use it as a Solar Clothes Dryer!!!! I cant wait for the day my husband buys us a house, so i can do these sorts of things!! :) There is a video on UA-cam "TORTILLA SUNSHINE" that brings solar cooking indoors.
Didn't read all the comments, so someone else may have suggested trying this. If you place some cardboard which almost fits the window, except with a small space at bottom and top, then you may not even need the solar fans. Since hot air rises naturally, the theory is that cooler air would be pulled in at the bottom while the hot air comes out the top.
Great idea. Cant wait to try it. Your fans are moving at a certain speed but your camera it taking stills at a different speed, so its so many frames per second. All is good great video.
Great video, consider black mass block like black tiles supported away from the base & sides, like upright tiles with gaps between to allow air flow,
Maybe consider cast iron crockpot that's been in the sun for a few hours before food is applied to it you could use it as a solar heat bank,
Food looks great by the way, have to try that one for my family,
Philip & family from England UK :)
I love lentil stew too with lots of vegetables
A few years ago I had thought of something very similar from the kitchen window for cooking; just to make it more convenient to use. Never made it though. Glad to see someone doing it and I never thought of it doubling as a small window heater either. Nor did I think about solar fans. Great job and thanks for sharing!
Edit 1: Have you thought about repositioning the fans during cooking to circulate the air inside?
Edit 2: Also I wonder how well truck liner sprayed on pots and pans would work?
I love this I think it's a must have in every house
Wow... That's awesome.... I would love to have a window solar oven!!! Love your videos!!
brilliant. looks like an air conditioner from outside. Best one I've seen. thanks for posting,
This has been such an inspiring post for me- thank you, thank you! I'm about to talk to my husband (resident builder) about making our own. Maybe several!
Awesome project! Nice job. Kudos for material use and self-reliance and thanks for sharing this!
What a brilliant concept,you know in England we call that killing two birds with one stone
Haha! That's what they say here too but I didn't like the killing birds version so I made up a nicer sounding saying to use. ;)
@@frugalgreengirl I LOVE TURKEYS AND CHICKENS. IF YOU EAT CHICKEN AND TURKEY THEN YOU LOVE KILLING BIRDS 😃. YOU DO HAVE A SEXY VOICE AND VERY BEAUTIFUL. I THANK YOU
thanks for the great idea! be sure to paint the black side with something ultra flat. i spray painted a outdoor wood stove black with camo black rustoleum,. it's only like 3 dollars and they have them pretty much anywhere you can buy spray paint with decent selection so walmart, rural king.. etc
Carefully you don't damage the house window or the frame . Keep window open when black and silver for cooking and when window is closed .Looks like you found a very convenient way to cook with solar ! Nice ! Smart !
You leave no choice, I have to subscribe. You are full of information and my oven is not working. Love this technique your using and I want some of those solar fans.
Welcome new friend! I'm sorry to hear your oven is broken, I hope that can be fixed soon! And if you build one of these I hope you like it as much as we did :)
Great for anyone with a house to try.
Just wondering if you would get better results using clear glass and possibly a mirror in the bottom for cooking.
And in winter perhaps use black sheets to absorb the sun for heating which you could just remove.
Excellent work though.
Hi a small satellite dish covered in aluminium foil or painted in bottom would double heat the parabolic dish magnifies good build have a great day
Innovative idea! How high has the temp been when you use it as a solar oven? Have you ever checked the temperature of the window pane when using it as a solar oven? I have double pane windows and I'd be afraid of excessive heating of the air space between the two panes and maybe that causing the window to crack.
Smart. I was pondering a flat window heat collector.
Hi just saw your little window solar oven. Well done!
Clever lady😁
Thankyou for sharing and inspiring me.
The fan blade issue is Frames Per Second of the Video Camera.
Excellent idea, well executed and nicely told! Impressive stuff!
Thank you very much for sharing this information. Excellent presentation. It will definitely help a lot of people who want to heat their places in the winter. Thanks.
I love this concept, but have concerns about the temps possibly being high enough to release toxins from the vinyl windows or causing them to melt. What is the maximum temp you have recorded in your window heater/oven? Have you experienced any issues with this?
Just use wood and glas instead?
by just cracking the window about 1 " and setting the fans on the top of the window frame, should work great as a solar heater to supplement your house heating. Great Idea by the way .
I am sooooo blown away by this! Questions...my bedroom window is where I would install this for heating my home. It faces the east. I live in Ohio so wonder how well this would work to heat my room since direct daylight would be unavailable in the midday to afternoon times. Also my home is brick so wonder how the panels attach to each other to make the box and how I would attach it to my house. Thanks sooooo much for this video! Fabulous!
I really like this whole ideal, I like anything solar and really like anything that works double duty! We use our solar cardboard box oven and love but, I like this even better. you could use this very easy year round to cook, and to heat in the colder months. Very smart, thank you for posting this video. And, the recipe looks good, we are going to try this out in our solar oven. If you have any other solar recipes would you please post them. We are always looking for good recipes to fix in our solar oven.
Good stuff. Im curious about the little round black pot. Is that collapsible?
I'd like to know also...and where to get one.
Wonderful idea! I sew so I would skip the paint and make it black material. Thank you!
What a great idea! I have been looking for how to take advantage of my south facing windows with having to cut a hole in the side of my house.
Great woman and mom, good food, beautiful girls! Thanks for sharing!
I like it a lot. You explained things very nicely, the recipe looked good, and the little girls are cute.
Thanks!
frugalgreengirl Just wondering if you have tried propping some of your shinny window shade material between the window and pot when in oven mode? This would keep some light out of the house, but direct it to the pot and should give you a little higher temp in the pot.
Thanks for the video. What a great idea utilising all round solar input. It's given me a good idea for my camp at Angledool NSW. Best wishes.
This is very brilliant concept and like it so much that I would love to make it and combine it with solar storage for other stuff such as shower, or to run appliances!!
+Shannaw Martin Nice! I like you thinking on the applications of it!
Excellent video. Awemazing. Thank you for teaching. How did you seal edges of box? If this heats the house in winter, what do you do with box in summer, use it as an oven only? I want to have one constructed. Brilliant idea.
Very clever, very innovative, well done.
What the great video, I love the simplicity of it! What would happen if you took those fans and place them inside the box when you were cooking? What does turn it into a convection solar oven!!! 🤯
Excellent job! Good video. Greetings from Argentina