Difference between revisions of "How to Cook with Little Fuel (Wood, Charcoal)"
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Revision as of 00:12, 6 February 2010
Contents
Short Description
- Problem: Lack of wood or inefficient charcoal stove
- Idea: Bricks and a sprocket build a stove
- Difficulty:
- Price Range: Less than US$1
- Material Needeed: Six bricks, one sprocket (alternatively: metal bars)
- Geographic Area:
- Competencies:
- How Many people?
- How Long does it take?
Introduction
How to build the stove
- Wire six half bricks together. You can also use five half bricks for the bottom leaving a hole for a door.
- Put the sprocket on top of these brick.
- Finally another layer of six half bricks are wired together and put on top of the sprocket. There are two different versions of the "Sprocket Rocket" in the pictures below.
Used in
Uganda
References and further reading
- Ken Goyer Aprovecho Research Center AidAfrica 285 Maple Street Eugene, Oregon, 97402 Telephone 541-689-7170 Email kgoyer@comcast.net Email aiduganda@comcast.net
