Thanks all for the input and ideas.

I came across two 5" fans for a good price (free) from a buddy I got hooked on this kayak building thing, he's building a 16' Mill creek. I think that I will go the lightbulb route for a heat source, maybe 3 or 4 bulbs, switched so I can adjust the amount of heat.

Any input as to weather I should use the fans to pull air out(fan on top, vents in the bottom) or push the air in (fan on bottom, vents on the top). Or one fan blowing in the other blowing out. Maybe I'm making this more complicated than I should

Ken

: Euell Gibbons describes methods for drying herbs and ohter foods in his books
: on gathering wild foods. Unfortuantely I can't point you to exact page
: references -- but reading the series is great fun.

: The website at this URL has plans for a solar powered dehydrator. One of the
: pictures is below.

: http://permapak.net/solarfooddryers.htm

: I've run across plans, or ideas, for food drying in many books on camping.
: Hit the library and browse through the shelves.

: Basics are a box to keep out dirt, and a screen to put the food on. If you
: can get some clean fiberglass-reinforced window screening and the aluminum
: stock and corner locks used for making window screens (generally available
: at hardware stores and home centers) you can make screens in almost any
: size. Make a box from 3/4 inch plywood and cut grooves (dadoes) in it to
: hold your screens several inches apart If you aren't into cutting dadoes,
: use strips of wood nailed onto the plywood sides to hold your screens. Put
: a heat source inside if you like, and use a small vent fan, like that used
: on a computer, to suck the moist air out of the box. If you get a recycled
: computer fan you'll probably need a 12 volt transformer.

: hope this helps

: PGJ