How to Build a Solar Still

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The finished solar still looks something like this.
The finished solar still looks something like this.
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Diagram shows solar still parts and assembly method.
Diagram shows solar still parts and assembly method.
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Cut the 1-by-4 redwood side pieces to the proper length. Drill a 1/8-inch hole as a guide, and then drill three 5/8inch holes and one 3/4-inch hole.
Cut the 1-by-4 redwood side pieces to the proper length. Drill a 1/8-inch hole as a guide, and then drill three 5/8inch holes and one 3/4-inch hole.
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For the bad water trough, drill a hole in the very center of the angle iron to receive the center 1/4-inch copper drain tube.
For the bad water trough, drill a hole in the very center of the angle iron to receive the center 1/4-inch copper drain tube.
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Slip the towel loop onto the support tubes inside the box.
Slip the towel loop onto the support tubes inside the box.

Ninety years ago, mine owners in the high country of Chile
were faced with the problem of providing drinking water for
their workers. The only available supply was unfit to
drink, and so a means of purifying the liquid had to be

  • Published on Sep 1, 1974
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