



I took an old snackmaster dehydrator whose element burned out and rewired it so I could use the fan. Not sure how that is going to help.



I don't have any building plans for this as it is just something I cobbled together from scrap wood. Total cost $0.00 it's all recycled.



The next one will be a downdraft dehydrator in hopes of getting more airflow without using a fan.



For now it will be used for vegetables with little water content. If I can't get the temps up to at least 120 then tomatoes are probably out. I still have to fix the heat chamber and line it with aluminum cans. As of right know it just has a piece of corrugated aluminum roofing painted black I may just add another piece about 2 inches on top of the other one instead of the aluminum cans.



The trays are just some cheap dehydrator trays from a couple of dehydrators I purchased at the consignment center. The dehydrators were the blower-less kind you have to rotate the trays on and I didn't like them. The rest on cut to fit pieces of garden fence. See I told you it was cobbled together.







Here is a solar one I just finished and testing with some Okra. So far internal temperature has made it to 100 degrees and holds. It has an old crank window from a camper to regulate air flow out the top. Right now it has a 1/2 inch gap at the bottom where the window butts up to the heat chamber and after I get that sealed off hopefully I can obtain 120 degrees for at least 6 hours given enough direct sun.I took an old snackmaster dehydrator whose element burned out and rewired it so I could use the fan. Not sure how that is going to help.I don't have any building plans for this as it is just something I cobbled together from scrap wood. Total cost $0.00 it's all recycled.The next one will be a downdraft dehydrator in hopes of getting more airflow without using a fan.For now it will be used for vegetables with little water content. If I can't get the temps up to at least 120 then tomatoes are probably out. I still have to fix the heat chamber and line it with aluminum cans. As of right know it just has a piece of corrugated aluminum roofing painted black I may just add another piece about 2 inches on top of the other one instead of the aluminum cans.The trays are just some cheap dehydrator trays from a couple of dehydrators I purchased at the consignment center. The dehydrators were the blower-less kind you have to rotate the trays on and I didn't like them. The rest on cut to fit pieces of garden fence. See I told you it was cobbled together.