How can I boil water using solar energy using only a pan and metals?

Question

How can I boil water using solar energy using only a pan and metals?

Answer 1

kick you ******* ***, it will boil quickly...

hahaha

Answer 2

i don't know but however you do it, it will take all day. just start a fire and put a pan on it.

you can condensate water with plastic over tree branches and grass and catch that, just as good as boiled water.

Answer 3

if you use the metal to strike a flint you can boil water but not using Solar Power unless you use a Magnifying glass but then you could very well burn a hole through the pot

Answer 4

Do you specifically want boiling water?  Or do you want to cook with the solar radiation?

You can cook with a solar oven.  Just google the words "solar oven" and you will come up with lots of plans on how to make them, and places that sell them.

I think solar ovens can get hot enough to boil water, but I'm not sure.  They take about four hours to cook a meal, at peak sunlight time...a meal can be a whole chicken and vegtables.

~Garnet

Homesteading/Farming over 20 years

Answer 5

The metal gets formed into a parabolic reflector. The pan of water is mounted at the focal point. Then you need a very sunny day.