Construction details are given in Post G22-014.
Bottom line: Works just fine if you ventilate it with a computer fan. Leaving this outside on two consecutive chilly, dry, sunny days was adequate to get 1/4″ potato slices dry enough to snap crisply when bent.
It was a little cold yesterday for solar food dehydration, not expected to top 60F. But it was sunny and dry. And that was enough to let me test and refine my revised tote-based food dehydrator (Post G22-014). This is nothing more than an under-bed plastic tote with a bit of radiant barrier insulation outside, some cheap cooling racks inside, and a few holes in the top connected to thin plastic pipe.
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