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Butterfly Community Solar Cooker from TinyTechIndia

Posted by Jonathan

Solar power is older than the earth. In fact, it took solar radiation to create and balance the earth so that life could sustain itself here. Yet, when people think of solar panels, they think electricity.

This is because they see a news report about new innovations in solar panels and think, "Oh, that's nice!" That's about as far as the thought goes, and then they go back to their fast food and online Partypoker.

But as we've shown in the solar cooker section of this website, solar power can be used for more than just electricity. It can be used for cooking food too.

Tiny Tech India has come up with a new version of a parabolic solar reflector called the Butterfly Community Solar Cooker.

According to the web site, it's advantages are:

  • As there are two equal reflectors - one on each side-, weight is balanced and hence it does not require foundations in the ground. It is mounted on 4 castor wheels and can be revolved and shifted in any direction at any moment even while cooking. In Scheffler Reflector, it is essential to fix the cooker with ground by RCC foundations.
  • It is not necessary to find out north south direction. In Scheffler Reflector, it is essential to fix north-south line and fit the cooker on that line.
  • It does not require to install on polar axis. So no latitude of the location is necessary to know. In Scheffler Reflector, it is essential to fix entire structure to revolve around polar axis and hence latitude of the location must be known.
  • It does not require any seasonal adjustment. In Scheffler Reflector, it is essential to make seasonal adjustment every week.
  • It is dispatched in dismantled condition and it can be assembled at site very quickly without any expert guidance. So installation staff is not necessary. In Scheffler Reflector, it is essential to send expert person for installation.
  • 100% reflector area is utilized as aperture area as against 70 to 80 aperture area is used in Scheffler reflector. So 8 sq mt butterfly is equivalent to 10 sq mt Scheffler reflector.
  • Both wings (reflectors) can be folded vertically on hinges very quickly. Hence when not in use, it will occupy very less space.
  • It can be quickly adjusted against focus by any layman without any training.
  • The cost of Butterfly cooker of equal capacity is only 50% of Scheffler reflector.

Learn more about TinyTechIndia at http://www.tinytechindia.com

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