Hello everybody. A dryer for mushrooms and apples can be made from the remains of ceramic tiles and nichrome wire. To do this, we need 5 m of nichrome wire and the remains of ceramic tiles. 12V dryer, completely safe for home and cottages.
So 4 whole tiles glued with silicone into a square.
From pieces of tile we make a cross with cuts and we wind a wire on them. Before that, I tested the wire on the power supply in my case, heating to 60 degrees occurred on a 1.1 m segment.
In the center of our design, we glue two pieces of tile to hold the heating elements. And along the edges to thick copper wires we solder nichrome.
From the bottom of the structure we fasten the legs and leave a hole for air circulation.
Solder the power cord and check the temperature. In the summer I use this dryer together with a 150-watt solar panel as the dryer itself is 50 watts ... enough energy to dry in the country of apples and mushrooms for the whole winter. When there is no sun, I turn it on from the power supply.