Solar Kiln

[shipwright]

Photos as promised. Simple, low tech, no vents or remote stuff. The hinged Black panel covers the stack and the air circulates up behind the vertical black panel, forward and down in front of the stack, then through the stack and back up. Around and around while I golf. My timer comes on and goes off for the heat of the day like the one in the video

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When the wood first goes in and the moisture is coming out fast the lid is bungeed tight and the air inside is like a sauna. The moist air keeps the moisture from evaporating too quickly and the circulation prevents mildew and keeps the humidity constant throughout the drier.
At night, when the air cools, the moisture condenses on the plastic and runs down and escapes through the loosley assembled bottom. This seems to remove moisture at a perfect rate.
When the inter-cellular water is gone it is harder to do harm and you can stick a scrap of wood under the front of the lid to allow some moisture to escape during the day while you remove the intra-cellular moisture to the desired level..

Hope this helps. I'm really pleased with it.

P.S. The place looks better in the summer.

Paul M

[judaspre1982]

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