hello, i build earthships (selfsustaining houses with tyrewalls) and the only reason why offgassing in an earthship does not occur is because the tyres are completely packed with soil and covered with adobeclay which protects it from 3 main factors that trigger the offgassing process: alkalines, acids and unfortunately direct UVlight. anyway chrz.
@Dailydose13 Thank you for a properly informed opinion. Indeed direct UV light would be a concern for my initial design and it may be worthwhile taking action to protect the cooking vessel from the gas products.
Just built one as per your instructions. I used recycled plastic shopping bags instead of newspaper for insulation.
My oven only seems to get up to about 76C (170F). It is mid-April at 30 degrees latitude in the northern hemisphere.
I am adding external reflectors to see if I can increase the temperature / sun intensity. The tire is very effective at storing heat it seems.... I may post a video response...
@screamphilling Great to hear you've given it a try. Good idea with the use of plastic bags, they should still immobilise the air within the tire for good insulation. You may note that the oven can be quite vulnerable to overcast or cloudy weather. I would note the differences in sun contact if you wanted to correlate your data properly. I will post a link to our full report soon.
@tomtheswede cool. I am starting to wonder about off-gases possibly given off by the bag. It does seem susceptible to overcast weather. I think I will discontinue this project but in the meantime it makes a pretty good rice cooker for my region of the world.
@screamphilling While there are some studies going on regarding plastic water bottles and long term exposure to plastics regarding carcinogenic properties, this project still had a target for underprivileged areas hence these issues were neglected. I guess the safest thing would be to use proper cooking vessels to protect the food and isolate from the cooker surfaces. I'm sure conventional oven cleaning detergent residues aren't that good for us either really...
Good point, in the report that accompanied this design proposal, we included this second tyre as a means of raising the hot contents off the ground and providing another insulating layer of air. The ground the oven is sitting on could be quite cold. Please pm me if you would like a copy of the report
@mkmason2002 The second tyre rises the cooking chamber off the often cooler ground providing better insulation and ease of use. There is more detail in the report link in the description.
@Manco730 Please refer to my other video for some cooking evidence. Just be aware that it works best with direct sunlight. overcast weather can increase the cooking time quite dramatically. "The solar tyre cooker - Cooking" for a nice chicken curry dish.
hello, i build earthships (selfsustaining houses with tyrewalls) and the only reason why offgassing in an earthship does not occur is because the tyres are completely packed with soil and covered with adobeclay which protects it from 3 main factors that trigger the offgassing process: alkalines, acids and unfortunately direct UVlight. anyway chrz.
Dailydose13 8 months ago
@Dailydose13 Thank you for a properly informed opinion. Indeed direct UV light would be a concern for my initial design and it may be worthwhile taking action to protect the cooking vessel from the gas products.
tomtheswede 8 months ago
Just built one as per your instructions. I used recycled plastic shopping bags instead of newspaper for insulation.
My oven only seems to get up to about 76C (170F). It is mid-April at 30 degrees latitude in the northern hemisphere.
I am adding external reflectors to see if I can increase the temperature / sun intensity. The tire is very effective at storing heat it seems.... I may post a video response...
screamphilling 10 months ago
@screamphilling Great to hear you've given it a try. Good idea with the use of plastic bags, they should still immobilise the air within the tire for good insulation. You may note that the oven can be quite vulnerable to overcast or cloudy weather. I would note the differences in sun contact if you wanted to correlate your data properly. I will post a link to our full report soon.
tomtheswede 10 months ago
@tomtheswede cool. I am starting to wonder about off-gases possibly given off by the bag. It does seem susceptible to overcast weather. I think I will discontinue this project but in the meantime it makes a pretty good rice cooker for my region of the world.
screamphilling 10 months ago
@screamphilling While there are some studies going on regarding plastic water bottles and long term exposure to plastics regarding carcinogenic properties, this project still had a target for underprivileged areas hence these issues were neglected. I guess the safest thing would be to use proper cooking vessels to protect the food and isolate from the cooker surfaces. I'm sure conventional oven cleaning detergent residues aren't that good for us either really...
tomtheswede 10 months ago
Good point, in the report that accompanied this design proposal, we included this second tyre as a means of raising the hot contents off the ground and providing another insulating layer of air. The ground the oven is sitting on could be quite cold. Please pm me if you would like a copy of the report
tomtheswede 1 year ago
Why the two tires? The bottomone seems unnecessary as your video never explained it's purpose.
mkmason2002 1 year ago
@mkmason2002 The second tyre rises the cooking chamber off the often cooler ground providing better insulation and ease of use. There is more detail in the report link in the description.
tomtheswede 10 months ago
dose it work
Manco730 1 year ago
@Manco730 Please refer to my other video for some cooking evidence. Just be aware that it works best with direct sunlight. overcast weather can increase the cooking time quite dramatically. "The solar tyre cooker - Cooking" for a nice chicken curry dish.
tomtheswede 1 year ago
cool i like
Manco730 1 year ago
TIRE COOKER
s7h5a6r4k5 1 year ago 2
@s7h5a6r4k5 Welcome to Australia, we have some different spellings hence 'tire' is a tag only for possible American viewers.
tomtheswede 1 year ago