Full Solar Cooker Assembly Repair Guide

Difficulty

Moderate

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Time Required

                          15 - 20 minutes

Sections

Parabolic Solar Cooker Part Inventory
2 steps
Assembling Parabolic Solar Cooker Tripod Base Stand
2 steps
Assembling Parabolic Solar Cooker Expansion Pipe and T-Bar
1 step
Assembling Reflective Parabolic Dish
4 steps
Full Solar Cooker Assembly
6 steps

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Introduction

What you need

Step 1

              Parabolic Solar Cooker Part Inventory

An inventory for all parabolic solar cooker parts follows below.
6 Reflective Dish Sections
1 Expansion Pipe
1 Tripod Center Plate
1 T-Bar
3 Tripod Base Legs
1 Cooker Flat
1 Pipe Ring

An inventory for all parabolic solar cooker parts follows below.

6 Reflective Dish Sections

1 Expansion Pipe

1 Tripod Center Plate

1 T-Bar

3 Tripod Base Legs

1 Cooker Flat

1 Pipe Ring

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Step 2

The solar cooker part inventory continues below.
1 Cooker Flat Stand
2 Cotter Pins
36 x 10mm Nut/Bolt Pairs
6 Pipe Ring Brackets
12 x 14mm Nut/Bolt Pairs
2 Cooker Assembly Adjustment Star Knobs

The solar cooker part inventory continues below.

1 Cooker Flat Stand

2 Cotter Pins

36 x 10mm Nut/Bolt Pairs

6 Pipe Ring Brackets

12 x 14mm Nut/Bolt Pairs

2 Cooker Assembly Adjustment Star Knobs

Step 3

              Assembling Parabolic Solar Cooker Tripod Base Stand

Insert a 14mm bolt through each tripod leg and through the center plate. Secure each bolt by hand threading a nut on the other side.
Be sure the flat side of each tripod leg is facing toward the ground.

Insert a 14mm bolt through each tripod leg and through the center plate. Secure each bolt by hand threading a nut on the other side.

Be sure the flat side of each tripod leg is facing toward the ground.

Step 4

Tighten each nut using two 14mm wrenches until each leg is stable and the tripod will stand on its own.

Tighten each nut using two 14mm wrenches until each leg is stable and the tripod will stand on its own.

Step 5

              Assembling Parabolic Solar Cooker Expansion Pipe and T-Bar

Center the bottom of the expansion pipe between the tabs of the t-bar bracket. Insert a 14mm bolt through the bracket and expansion pipe and hand thread a nut. Use 14mm wrenches to secure the assembly.
It does not matter which direction the 14mm bolt is inserted from.

Center the bottom of the expansion pipe between the tabs of the t-bar bracket. Insert a 14mm bolt through the bracket and expansion pipe and hand thread a nut. Use 14mm wrenches to secure the assembly.

It does not matter which direction the 14mm bolt is inserted from.

Step 6

              Assembling Reflective Parabolic Dish

Before you begin, be sure you have all parts and tools needed for assembly and a construction area that is at least two meters in diameter.
Lay two triangular sections side-by-side with pointed edges and bases adjacent to each other.
Since the sections are not flat, it is advisable to prop one end up on a box or similar object to give more stability during assembly.

Before you begin, be sure you have all parts and tools needed for assembly and a construction area that is at least two meters in diameter.

Lay two triangular sections side-by-side with pointed edges and bases adjacent to each other.

Since the sections are not flat, it is advisable to prop one end up on a box or similar object to give more stability during assembly.

Step 7

Use the 10 mm nuts and bolts to attach the two plates together. First, hand thread each bolt/nut pair, then use two 10 mm wrenches secure them.
DO NOT install a nut and bolt in the THIRD hole from the center (pointed end of the section). This is where the Pipe Ring Bracket is attached later on.

Use the 10 mm nuts and bolts to attach the two plates together. First, hand thread each bolt/nut pair, then use two 10 mm wrenches secure them.

DO NOT install a nut and bolt in the THIRD hole from the center (pointed end of the section). This is where the Pipe Ring Bracket is attached later on.

Step 8

After firmly fastening the two sections together, return to the third hole which was left empty. In addition to a nut and bolt, you will also need a pipe ring bracket.
Install the 10mm nut/bolt again but with the bolt passing through the single holed side of the bracket. Hand thread and use 10mm wrenches to tighten.
Be sure the bracket is NOT installed between the edges of the dish sections.
The direction the bracket faces does not matter.

After firmly fastening the two sections together, return to the third hole which was left empty. In addition to a nut and bolt, you will also need a pipe ring bracket.

Install the 10mm nut/bolt again but with the bolt passing through the single holed side of the bracket. Hand thread and use 10mm wrenches to tighten.

Be sure the bracket is NOT installed between the edges of the dish sections.

The direction the bracket faces does not matter.

Step 9

Repeat steps 2-3 until you have assembled the entire reflective dish, complete with all six sections.
Remember to install the pipe ring brackets in the correct place all the way around the reflective dish in the third hole from the center.

Repeat steps 2-3 until you have assembled the entire reflective dish, complete with all six sections.

Remember to install the pipe ring brackets in the correct place all the way around the reflective dish in the third hole from the center.

Step 10

              Full Solar Cooker Assembly

Place the assembled solar panel dish face down with the metal brackets on the top and facing up.
Set the pipe ring in the metal brackets circling the center of the dish.

Place the assembled solar panel dish face down with the metal brackets on the top and facing up.

Set the pipe ring in the metal brackets circling the center of the dish.

Step 11

Insert a 14mm bolt through each six metal brackets and secure with a nut.
Tighten using two 14mm wrenches until secure.

Insert a 14mm bolt through each six metal brackets and secure with a nut.

Tighten using two 14mm wrenches until secure.

Step 12

Slide the cross bearer into the two holes in the support ring making sure the top of the cross sticks through the center of the solar panel dish.
Insert a 14mm bolt into the metal bracket on the support ring through the adjustable arm and secure with a nut.
Tighten with your hands.

Slide the cross bearer into the two holes in the support ring making sure the top of the cross sticks through the center of the solar panel dish.

Insert a 14mm bolt into the metal bracket on the support ring through the adjustable arm and secure with a nut.

Tighten with your hands.

Step 13

Insert a cotter pin through the holes at each end of the cross bearer.

Insert a cotter pin through the holes at each end of the cross bearer.

Step 14

Attach the top of the center plate of the tripod base stand to the cross bearer bar making sure the flat side of the tripod legs points away from the solar panel dish.

Attach the top of the center plate of the tripod base stand to the cross bearer bar making sure the flat side of the tripod legs points away from the solar panel dish.

Step 15

Stand the solar cooker upright on the tripod stand and attach the cooker ring stand to the cross bar coming through the center of the solar panel dish.
Screw a star knob screw into the hole in the top of the cross bar and tighten with your hand.

Stand the solar cooker upright on the tripod stand and attach the cooker ring stand to the cross bar coming through the center of the solar panel dish.

Screw a star knob screw into the hole in the top of the cross bar and tighten with your hand.

To disassemble your device, follow these instructions in reverse order.

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Chris - Sep 15, 2015

Thank you for these instructions. If it wasn’t for these instructions, I would not have been able to put the solar cooker (as seen in the photograghs) together. The seller’s manual fail to use photographs as this illustration clarifies.

crafty mav - Sep 7, 2021

Thank you very much ,mine came without the instructions so this has been so helpful

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