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Anyone use dry ice for a refrigerator?
May sound silly, but I wonder if it's done? In my thinking of the
'cruise' I'd like to get out of hte idea of coolers packed with frozen water. I know that small friges are available but I dont' really have the space for that on my boat. The 12.v reefers can pull a lot of current which I can make the power easily enough, but they ARE expensive! then there's the cheap 120 v ones which can use I can use an inverter to run, but they don't cool quickly and seem to run a lot for no more benefit then I think I'd get. Then theres the refrigerated coolers that run off a cigarette lighter socket but they only cool down a little less than the outside temp which isn't much. Drawbacks? Finding a container that would hold it without cracking, and regulating the evaporating rate to get some kind of consistant temperature. And it's volitile as far as handling it goes. "instant frost bite" if it contacts skin. But I've worked with it in the past and tongs work great for it. One advantage is that it evaporates to nothing leaving only condensed humidity behind. There is a local company that uses dry ice and they sell it resonably. So instead of having sadwich material floating around in ice water, I thought though far fetched, this might be a decent idea. But I also realize that if it could be done easily, then everybody would be using it. Besides saying "forget it!" Anyone have any ideas about it or know of a website that tells about how it can be done? |
Anyone use dry ice for a refrigerator?
On Mar 19, 5:05*pm, Tim wrote:
May sound silly, but I wonder if it's done? In my thinking of the 'cruise' I'd like to get out of hte idea of coolers packed with frozen water. I know that small friges are available but I dont' really have the space for that on my boat. The 12.v reefers can pull a lot of current which I can make the power easily enough, but they ARE expensive! *then there's the cheap 120 v ones which can use I can use an inverter to run, but they don't cool quickly and seem to run a lot for no more benefit then I think I'd get. Then theres the refrigerated coolers that run off a cigarette lighter socket but they only cool down a little less than the outside temp which isn't much. Drawbacks? Finding a container that would hold it without cracking, and regulating the evaporating rate to get some kind of consistant temperature. And *it's volitile as far as handling it goes. "instant frost bite" if it contacts skin. But I've worked with it in the past and tongs work great for it. One advantage is that it evaporates to nothing leaving only condensed humidity behind. There is a local company that uses dry ice and they sell it reasonably. So instead of having sandwich material floating around in ice water, I thought though far fetched, this might be a decent idea. But I also realize that if it could be done easily, then everybody would be using it. Besides saying "forget it!" Anyone have any ideas about it or know of a website that tells about how it can be done? Found it. never mind http://dryiceflorida.com/uses.htm |
Anyone use dry ice for a refrigerator?
On 3/19/10 6:05 PM, Tim wrote:
May sound silly, but I wonder if it's done? In my thinking of the 'cruise' I'd like to get out of hte idea of coolers packed with frozen water. I know that small friges are available but I dont' really have the space for that on my boat. The 12.v reefers can pull a lot of current which I can make the power easily enough, but they ARE expensive! then there's the cheap 120 v ones which can use I can use an inverter to run, but they don't cool quickly and seem to run a lot for no more benefit then I think I'd get. Then theres the refrigerated coolers that run off a cigarette lighter socket but they only cool down a little less than the outside temp which isn't much. Drawbacks? Finding a container that would hold it without cracking, and regulating the evaporating rate to get some kind of consistant temperature. And it's volitile as far as handling it goes. "instant frost bite" if it contacts skin. But I've worked with it in the past and tongs work great for it. One advantage is that it evaporates to nothing leaving only condensed humidity behind. There is a local company that uses dry ice and they sell it resonably. So instead of having sadwich material floating around in ice water, I thought though far fetched, this might be a decent idea. But I also realize that if it could be done easily, then everybody would be using it. Besides saying "forget it!" Anyone have any ideas about it or know of a website that tells about how it can be done? Once in a while I order some "beouf" from Omaha Steaks...comes packed in a Styrofoam cooler with dry ice. The foam cooler seems not to suffer by its housing the dry ice. -- If the X-MimeOLE "header" doesn't say: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; U; Intel Mac OS X 10.6; en-US; rv:1.9.1.8) Gecko/20100227 Thunderbird/3.0.3 (or higher) then it isn't me, it's an ID spoofer. |
Anyone use dry ice for a refrigerator?
On Fri, 19 Mar 2010 15:05:42 -0700 (PDT), Tim
wrote: May sound silly, but I wonder if it's done? In my thinking of the 'cruise' I'd like to get out of hte idea of coolers packed with frozen water. I know that small friges are available but I dont' really have the space for that on my boat. The 12.v reefers can pull a lot of current which I can make the power easily enough, but they ARE expensive! then there's the cheap 120 v ones which can use I can use an inverter to run, but they don't cool quickly and seem to run a lot for no more benefit then I think I'd get. Then theres the refrigerated coolers that run off a cigarette lighter socket but they only cool down a little less than the outside temp which isn't much. Drawbacks? Finding a container that would hold it without cracking, and regulating the evaporating rate to get some kind of consistant temperature. And it's volitile as far as handling it goes. "instant frost bite" if it contacts skin. But I've worked with it in the past and tongs work great for it. One advantage is that it evaporates to nothing leaving only condensed humidity behind. There is a local company that uses dry ice and they sell it resonably. So instead of having sadwich material floating around in ice water, I thought though far fetched, this might be a decent idea. But I also realize that if it could be done easily, then everybody would be using it. Besides saying "forget it!" Anyone have any ideas about it or know of a website that tells about how it can be done? We used dry ice at one time when I was doing a lot of distance racing on sail boats. It worked well for keeping pre-cooked frozen meals a few days longer than would have otherwise been possible. We'd pack each tin of frozen food into a styrofoam cooler with as much dry ice as we could fit, tape the whole thing shut with silver duct tape and then label the outside of the cooler with the contents and expected use date. The day before the use date we'd unpack it from the sytrofoam and put it in with the beverages to simultaneously thaw out the food and get the beverages a little cooler. If the dry ice contacts beverages, they will be quick frozen and split open. Don't ask me how I know. We had a couple of issues with dry ice other than the hazards of handling it. For one, our source of supply was unreliable. Sometimes they'd have it, other times not. In addition it is difficult to trim it to the right size - easy with a band saw, but difficult and dangerous any other way. Long term you're going to be happier with something like an Engel freezer/fridge. We have two MR040s on the boat for our Caribbean cruise to supplement our built in freezer. They use very little power, run on either 12 volt DC or 110 volt AC, and can be used as either a fridge or a freezer with a twist of the dial. http://www.amazon.com/Engel-MR040-Portable-Volt-fridge-freezer/dp/B001DE45EY/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=automotive&qid=1269045809&sr= 8-2 They have uses off the boat also. They make a good back up beverage cooler for parties on the patio, and they are also useful on road trips: Run it on a 12 volt lighter plug during the day, take it in and plug into a wall outlet at night. |
Anyone use dry ice for a refrigerator?
On Mar 19, 7:51*pm, Wayne.B wrote:
On Fri, 19 Mar 2010 15:05:42 -0700 (PDT), Tim wrote: May sound silly, but I wonder if it's done? In my thinking of the 'cruise' I'd like to get out of hte idea of coolers packed with frozen water. I know that small friges are available but I dont' really have the space for that on my boat. The 12.v reefers can pull a lot of current which I can make the power easily enough, but they ARE expensive! *then there's the cheap 120 v ones which can use I can use an inverter to run, but they don't cool quickly and seem to run a lot for no more benefit then I think I'd get. Then theres the refrigerated coolers that run off a cigarette lighter socket but they only cool down a little less than the outside temp which isn't much. Drawbacks? Finding a container that would hold it without cracking, and regulating the evaporating rate to get some kind of consistant temperature. And *it's volitile as far as handling it goes. "instant frost bite" if it contacts skin. But I've worked with it in the past and tongs work great for it. One advantage is that it evaporates to nothing leaving only condensed humidity behind. There is a local company that uses dry ice and they sell it resonably. So instead of having sadwich material floating around in ice water, I thought though far fetched, this might be a decent idea. But I also realize that if it could be done easily, then everybody would be using it. Besides saying "forget it!" Anyone have any ideas about it or know of a website that tells about how it can be done? We used dry ice at one time when I was doing a lot of distance racing on sail boats. * It worked well for keeping pre-cooked frozen meals a few days longer than would have otherwise been possible. *We'd pack each tin of frozen food into a styrofoam cooler with as much dry ice as we could fit, tape the whole thing shut with silver duct tape and then label the outside of the cooler with the contents and expected use date. *The day before the use date we'd unpack it from the sytrofoam and put it in with the beverages to simultaneously thaw out the food and get the beverages a little cooler. If the dry ice contacts beverages, they will be quick frozen and split open. *Don't ask me how I know. We had a couple of issues with dry ice other than the hazards of handling it. * For one, our source of supply was unreliable. Sometimes they'd have it, other times not. *In addition it is difficult to trim it to the right size - easy with a band saw, but difficult and dangerous any other way. Long term you're going to be happier with something like an Engel freezer/fridge. *We have two MR040s on the boat for our Caribbean cruise to supplement our built in freezer. *They use very little power, run on either 12 volt DC or 110 volt AC, and can be used as either a fridge or a freezer with a twist of the dial. http://www.amazon.com/Engel-MR040-Portable-Volt-fridge-freezer/dp/B00... They have uses off the boat also. *They make a good back up beverage cooler for parties on the patio, and they are also useful on road trips: *Run it on a 12 volt lighter plug during the day, take it in and plug into a wall outlet at night. I know you're right, Wayne. That is IF you're going to use it a lot and I know that you do. But for me (and I'm not THAT cheap) for no more than I'd use it, it's a bit cost prohibitive. , But it is the size of a typical cooler. I still might take that into consideration. Yeah, it can't draw much if it runs on a smoker outlet. |
Anyone use dry ice for a refrigerator?
On 3/19/2010 8:10 PM, hk wrote:
On 3/19/10 6:05 PM, Tim wrote: Once in a while I order some "beouf" from Omaha Steaks...comes packed in a Styrofoam cooler with dry ice. The foam cooler seems not to suffer by its housing the dry ice. I just love it when I misspell words on purpose, like "feeessshing" and "beouf", it just seems so kewl. Well, I have to go look at some dirty gurlz pics on the interweb, it is the only snaaatch I get anymore. |
Anyone use dry ice for a refrigerator?
On Mar 19, 6:10*pm, hk wrote:
On 3/19/10 6:05 PM, Tim wrote: May sound silly, but I wonder if it's done? In my thinking of the 'cruise' I'd like to get out of hte idea of coolers packed with frozen water. I know that small friges are available but I dont' really have the space for that on my boat. The 12.v reefers can pull a lot of current which I can make the power easily enough, but they ARE expensive! *then there's the cheap 120 v ones which can use I can use an inverter to run, but they don't cool quickly and seem to run a lot for no more benefit then I think I'd get. Then theres the refrigerated coolers that run off a cigarette lighter socket but they only cool down a little less than the outside temp which isn't much. Drawbacks? Finding a container that would hold it without cracking, and regulating the evaporating rate to get some kind of consistant temperature. And *it's volitile as far as handling it goes. "instant frost bite" if it contacts skin. But I've worked with it in the past and tongs work great for it. One advantage is that it evaporates to nothing leaving only condensed humidity behind. There is a local company that uses dry ice and they sell it resonably. So instead of having sadwich material floating around in ice water, I thought though far fetched, this might be a decent idea. But I also realize that if it could be done easily, then everybody would be using it. Besides saying "forget it!" Anyone have any ideas about it or know of a website that tells about how it can be done? Once in a while I order some "beouf" from Omaha Steaks...comes packed in a Styrofoam cooler with dry ice. The foam cooler seems not to suffer by its housing the dry ice. -- If the X-MimeOLE "header" doesn't say: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; U; Intel Mac OS X 10.6; en-US; rv:1.9.1.8) Gecko/20100227 Thunderbird/3.0.3 (or higher) then it isn't me, it's an ID spoofer.- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - It think it was the website that I posted said somethign about a styrofome box. When you said ordering Omaha steaks in a styrofoam box, I had to chuckle, because there is a large hog farm in this locale that orders pig semen from somewhere else, and it's shipped the same way. via UPS. |
Anyone use dry ice for a refrigerator?
On 3/20/10 10:16 AM, Tim wrote:
On Mar 19, 6:10 pm, wrote: On 3/19/10 6:05 PM, Tim wrote: May sound silly, but I wonder if it's done? In my thinking of the 'cruise' I'd like to get out of hte idea of coolers packed with frozen water. I know that small friges are available but I dont' really have the space for that on my boat. The 12.v reefers can pull a lot of current which I can make the power easily enough, but they ARE expensive! then there's the cheap 120 v ones which can use I can use an inverter to run, but they don't cool quickly and seem to run a lot for no more benefit then I think I'd get. Then theres the refrigerated coolers that run off a cigarette lighter socket but they only cool down a little less than the outside temp which isn't much. Drawbacks? Finding a container that would hold it without cracking, and regulating the evaporating rate to get some kind of consistant temperature. And it's volitile as far as handling it goes. "instant frost bite" if it contacts skin. But I've worked with it in the past and tongs work great for it. One advantage is that it evaporates to nothing leaving only condensed humidity behind. There is a local company that uses dry ice and they sell it resonably. So instead of having sadwich material floating around in ice water, I thought though far fetched, this might be a decent idea. But I also realize that if it could be done easily, then everybody would be using it. Besides saying "forget it!" Anyone have any ideas about it or know of a website that tells about how it can be done? Once in a while I order some "beouf" from Omaha Steaks...comes packed in a Styrofoam cooler with dry ice. The foam cooler seems not to suffer by its housing the dry ice. -- If the X-MimeOLE "header" doesn't say: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; U; Intel Mac OS X 10.6; en-US; rv:1.9.1.8) Gecko/20100227 Thunderbird/3.0.3 (or higher) then it isn't me, it's an ID spoofer.- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - It think it was the website that I posted said somethign about a styrofome box. When you said ordering Omaha steaks in a styrofoam box, I had to chuckle, because there is a large hog farm in this locale that orders pig semen from somewhere else, and it's shipped the same way. via UPS. We have a friend out in Virginia who "arranges" matches for horses, and the "stud syrup" arrives the same way. -- If the X-MimeOLE "header" doesn't say: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; U; Intel Mac OS X 10.6; en-US; rv:1.9.1.8) Gecko/20100227 Thunderbird/3.0.3 (or higher) then it isn't me, it's an ID spoofer. |
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On Mar 20, 8:24*am, hk wrote:
On 3/20/10 10:16 AM, Tim wrote: On Mar 19, 6:10 pm, *wrote: On 3/19/10 6:05 PM, Tim wrote: May sound silly, but I wonder if it's done? In my thinking of the 'cruise' I'd like to get out of hte idea of coolers packed with frozen water. I know that small friges are available but I dont' really have the space for that on my boat. The 12.v reefers can pull a lot of current which I can make the power easily enough, but they ARE expensive! *then there's the cheap 120 v ones which can use I can use an inverter to run, but they don't cool quickly and seem to run a lot for no more benefit then I think I'd get. Then theres the refrigerated coolers that run off a cigarette lighter socket but they only cool down a little less than the outside temp which isn't much. Drawbacks? Finding a container that would hold it without cracking, and regulating the evaporating rate to get some kind of consistant temperature. And *it's volitile as far as handling it goes. "instant frost bite" if it contacts skin. But I've worked with it in the past and tongs work great for it. One advantage is that it evaporates to nothing leaving only condensed humidity behind. There is a local company that uses dry ice and they sell it resonably.. So instead of having sadwich material floating around in ice water, I thought though far fetched, this might be a decent idea. But I also realize that if it could be done easily, then everybody would be using it. Besides saying "forget it!" Anyone have any ideas about it or know of a website that tells about how it can be done? Once in a while I order some "beouf" from Omaha Steaks...comes packed in a Styrofoam cooler with dry ice. The foam cooler seems not to suffer by its housing the dry ice. -- If the X-MimeOLE "header" doesn't say: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; U; Intel Mac OS X 10.6; en-US; rv:1.9.1.8) Gecko/20100227 Thunderbird/3.0.3 (or higher) then it isn't me, it's an ID spoofer.- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - It think it was the website that I posted said somethign about a styrofome box. When you said ordering Omaha steaks in a styrofoam box, I had to chuckle, because there is a large hog farm *in this locale that orders pig semen from somewhere else, and it's shipped the same way. via UPS. We have a friend out in Virginia who "arranges" matches for horses, and the "stud syrup" arrives the same way. -- If the X-MimeOLE "header" doesn't say: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; U; Intel Mac OS X 10.6; en-US; rv:1.9.1.8) Gecko/20100227 Thunderbird/3.0.3 (or higher) then it isn't me, it's an ID spoofer.- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - Yeah. And the guys that work thre save the coolers and go camping. Oh, there's nothing wrong with them. I suppose it's just the thought of what was origionaly in hem that makes me shirk the idea. But they ARE sturdier than the cheap stuff you get at the gas station. |
Anyone use dry ice for a refrigerator?
On 3/20/10 11:33 AM, Tim wrote:
On Mar 20, 8:24 am, wrote: On 3/20/10 10:16 AM, Tim wrote: On Mar 19, 6:10 pm, wrote: On 3/19/10 6:05 PM, Tim wrote: May sound silly, but I wonder if it's done? In my thinking of the 'cruise' I'd like to get out of hte idea of coolers packed with frozen water. I know that small friges are available but I dont' really have the space for that on my boat. The 12.v reefers can pull a lot of current which I can make the power easily enough, but they ARE expensive! then there's the cheap 120 v ones which can use I can use an inverter to run, but they don't cool quickly and seem to run a lot for no more benefit then I think I'd get. Then theres the refrigerated coolers that run off a cigarette lighter socket but they only cool down a little less than the outside temp which isn't much. Drawbacks? Finding a container that would hold it without cracking, and regulating the evaporating rate to get some kind of consistant temperature. And it's volitile as far as handling it goes. "instant frost bite" if it contacts skin. But I've worked with it in the past and tongs work great for it. One advantage is that it evaporates to nothing leaving only condensed humidity behind. There is a local company that uses dry ice and they sell it resonably. So instead of having sadwich material floating around in ice water, I thought though far fetched, this might be a decent idea. But I also realize that if it could be done easily, then everybody would be using it. Besides saying "forget it!" Anyone have any ideas about it or know of a website that tells about how it can be done? Once in a while I order some "beouf" from Omaha Steaks...comes packed in a Styrofoam cooler with dry ice. The foam cooler seems not to suffer by its housing the dry ice. -- If the X-MimeOLE "header" doesn't say: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; U; Intel Mac OS X 10.6; en-US; rv:1.9.1.8) Gecko/20100227 Thunderbird/3.0.3 (or higher) then it isn't me, it's an ID spoofer.- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - It think it was the website that I posted said somethign about a styrofome box. When you said ordering Omaha steaks in a styrofoam box, I had to chuckle, because there is a large hog farm in this locale that orders pig semen from somewhere else, and it's shipped the same way. via UPS. We have a friend out in Virginia who "arranges" matches for horses, and the "stud syrup" arrives the same way. -- If the X-MimeOLE "header" doesn't say: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; U; Intel Mac OS X 10.6; en-US; rv:1.9.1.8) Gecko/20100227 Thunderbird/3.0.3 (or higher) then it isn't me, it's an ID spoofer.- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - Yeah. And the guys that work thre save the coolers and go camping. Oh, there's nothing wrong with them. I suppose it's just the thought of what was origionaly in hem that makes me shirk the idea. But they ARE sturdier than the cheap stuff you get at the gas station. Hey, it's pedigreed pig semen...what could go wrong? I have a vague memory of using dry ice in one of my igloo boat coolers once. I don't recall there were problems...the igloo liner didn't crack. -- If the X-MimeOLE "header" doesn't say: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; U; Intel Mac OS X 10.6; en-US; rv:1.9.1.8) Gecko/20100227 Thunderbird/3.0.3 (or higher) then it isn't me, it's an ID spoofer. |
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Anyone use dry ice for a refrigerator?
On Mar 20, 10:32*am, I am Tosk
wrote: In article , says... On Mar 20, 8:24*am, hk wrote: On 3/20/10 10:16 AM, Tim wrote: On Mar 19, 6:10 pm, *wrote: On 3/19/10 6:05 PM, Tim wrote: May sound silly, but I wonder if it's done? In my thinking of the 'cruise' I'd like to get out of hte idea of coolers packed with frozen water. I know that small friges are available but I dont' really have the space for that on my boat. The 12.v reefers can pull a lot of current which I can make the power easily enough, but they ARE expensive! *then there's the cheap 120 v ones which can use I can use an inverter to run, but they don't cool quickly and seem to run a lot for no more benefit then I think I'd get. Then theres the refrigerated coolers that run off a cigarette lighter socket but they only cool down a little less than the outside temp which isn't much. Drawbacks? Finding a container that would hold it without cracking, and regulating the evaporating rate to get some kind of consistant temperature. And *it's volitile as far as handling it goes. "instant frost bite" if it contacts skin. But I've worked with it in the past and tongs work great for it. One advantage is that it evaporates to nothing leaving only condensed humidity behind. There is a local company that uses dry ice and they sell it resonably. So instead of having sadwich material floating around in ice water, I thought though far fetched, this might be a decent idea. But I also realize that if it could be done easily, then everybody would be using it. Besides saying "forget it!" Anyone have any ideas about it or know of a website that tells about how it can be done? Once in a while I order some "beouf" from Omaha Steaks...comes packed in a Styrofoam cooler with dry ice. The foam cooler seems not to suffer by its housing the dry ice. -- If the X-MimeOLE "header" doesn't say: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; U; Intel Mac OS X 10.6; en-US; rv:1.9.1.8) Gecko/20100227 Thunderbird/3.0.3 (or higher) then it isn't me, it's an ID spoofer.- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - It think it was the website that I posted said somethign about a styrofome box. When you said ordering Omaha steaks in a styrofoam box, I had to chuckle, because there is a large hog farm *in this locale that orders pig semen from somewhere else, and it's shipped the same way. via UPS. We have a friend out in Virginia who "arranges" matches for horses, and the "stud syrup" arrives the same way. -- If the X-MimeOLE "header" doesn't say: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; U; Intel Mac OS X 10.6; en-US; rv:1.9.1.8) Gecko/20100227 Thunderbird/3.0.3 (or higher) then it isn't me, it's an ID spoofer.- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - Yeah. And the guys that work thre save the coolers and go camping. Oh, there's nothing wrong with them. I suppose it's just the thought of what was origionaly in hem that makes me shirk the idea. *But they ARE sturdier than the cheap stuff you get at the gas station. We used to get thick Styrofoam coolers when we kept tropical fish. The guy at the store gave them to us, they use them to ship the live fish. They are very thick compared to the little coolers you buy in the local gas and go.. Scotty -- Rowdy Mouse Racing, no crybabies!- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - Yep, that's what these are, and I can get all of them I want, but they're a bit small. I suppose I could use four of them, but .... |
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On Sat, 20 Mar 2010 12:32:36 -0400, I am Tosk
wrote: In article , says... On Mar 20, 8:24*am, hk wrote: On 3/20/10 10:16 AM, Tim wrote: On Mar 19, 6:10 pm, *wrote: On 3/19/10 6:05 PM, Tim wrote: May sound silly, but I wonder if it's done? In my thinking of the 'cruise' I'd like to get out of hte idea of coolers packed with frozen water. I know that small friges are available but I dont' really have the space for that on my boat. The 12.v reefers can pull a lot of current which I can make the power easily enough, but they ARE expensive! *then there's the cheap 120 v ones which can use I can use an inverter to run, but they don't cool quickly and seem to run a lot for no more benefit then I think I'd get. Then theres the refrigerated coolers that run off a cigarette lighter socket but they only cool down a little less than the outside temp which isn't much. Drawbacks? Finding a container that would hold it without cracking, and regulating the evaporating rate to get some kind of consistant temperature. And *it's volitile as far as handling it goes. "instant frost bite" if it contacts skin. But I've worked with it in the past and tongs work great for it. One advantage is that it evaporates to nothing leaving only condensed humidity behind. There is a local company that uses dry ice and they sell it resonably. So instead of having sadwich material floating around in ice water, I thought though far fetched, this might be a decent idea. But I also realize that if it could be done easily, then everybody would be using it. Besides saying "forget it!" Anyone have any ideas about it or know of a website that tells about how it can be done? Once in a while I order some "beouf" from Omaha Steaks...comes packed in a Styrofoam cooler with dry ice. The foam cooler seems not to suffer by its housing the dry ice. -- If the X-MimeOLE "header" doesn't say: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; U; Intel Mac OS X 10.6; en-US; rv:1.9.1.8) Gecko/20100227 Thunderbird/3.0.3 (or higher) then it isn't me, it's an ID spoofer.- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - It think it was the website that I posted said somethign about a styrofome box. When you said ordering Omaha steaks in a styrofoam box, I had to chuckle, because there is a large hog farm *in this locale that orders pig semen from somewhere else, and it's shipped the same way. via UPS. We have a friend out in Virginia who "arranges" matches for horses, and the "stud syrup" arrives the same way. -- If the X-MimeOLE "header" doesn't say: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; U; Intel Mac OS X 10.6; en-US; rv:1.9.1.8) Gecko/20100227 Thunderbird/3.0.3 (or higher) then it isn't me, it's an ID spoofer.- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - Yeah. And the guys that work thre save the coolers and go camping. Oh, there's nothing wrong with them. I suppose it's just the thought of what was origionaly in hem that makes me shirk the idea. But they ARE sturdier than the cheap stuff you get at the gas station. We used to get thick Styrofoam coolers when we kept tropical fish. The guy at the store gave them to us, they use them to ship the live fish. They are very thick compared to the little coolers you buy in the local gas and go.. Scotty So it was you who put the snakeheads in the Potomac? -- John H For a great time, go here first... http://tinyurl.com/ygqxs5v |
Anyone use dry ice for a refrigerator?
On Mar 20, 9:41*am, hk wrote:
On 3/20/10 11:33 AM, Tim wrote: On Mar 20, 8:24 am, *wrote: On 3/20/10 10:16 AM, Tim wrote: On Mar 19, 6:10 pm, * *wrote: On 3/19/10 6:05 PM, Tim wrote: May sound silly, but I wonder if it's done? In my thinking of the 'cruise' I'd like to get out of hte idea of coolers packed with frozen water. I know that small friges are available but I dont' really have the space for that on my boat. The 12.v reefers can pull a lot of current which I can make the power easily enough, but they ARE expensive! *then there's the cheap 120 v ones which can use I can use an inverter to run, but they don't cool quickly and seem to run a lot for no more benefit then I think I'd get. Then theres the refrigerated coolers that run off a cigarette lighter socket but they only cool down a little less than the outside temp which isn't much. Drawbacks? Finding a container that would hold it without cracking, and regulating the evaporating rate to get some kind of consistant temperature. And *it's volitile as far as handling it goes. "instant frost bite" if it contacts skin. But I've worked with it in the past and tongs work great for it. One advantage is that it evaporates to nothing leaving only condensed humidity behind. There is a local company that uses dry ice and they sell it resonably. So instead of having sadwich material floating around in ice water, I thought though far fetched, this might be a decent idea. But I also realize that if it could be done easily, then everybody would be using it. Besides saying "forget it!" Anyone have any ideas about it or know of a website that tells about how it can be done? Once in a while I order some "beouf" from Omaha Steaks...comes packed in a Styrofoam cooler with dry ice. The foam cooler seems not to suffer by its housing the dry ice. -- If the X-MimeOLE "header" doesn't say: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; U; Intel Mac OS X 10.6; en-US; rv:1.9.1.8) Gecko/20100227 Thunderbird/3.0.3 (or higher) then it isn't me, it's an ID spoofer.- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - It think it was the website that I posted said somethign about a styrofome box. When you said ordering Omaha steaks in a styrofoam box, I had to chuckle, because there is a large hog farm *in this locale that orders pig semen from somewhere else, and it's shipped the same way. via UPS.. We have a friend out in Virginia who "arranges" matches for horses, and the "stud syrup" arrives the same way. -- If the X-MimeOLE "header" doesn't say: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; U; Intel Mac OS X 10.6; en-US; rv:1.9.1.8) Gecko/20100227 Thunderbird/3.0.3 (or higher) then it isn't me, it's an ID spoofer.- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - Yeah. And the guys that work thre save the coolers and go camping. Oh, there's nothing wrong with them. I suppose it's just the thought of what was origionaly in hem that makes me shirk the idea. *But they ARE sturdier than the cheap stuff you get at the gas station. Hey, it's pedigreed pig semen...what could go wrong? I have a vague memory of using dry ice in one of my igloo boat coolers once. I don't recall there were problems...the igloo liner didn't crack. -- If the X-MimeOLE "header" doesn't say: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; U; Intel Mac OS X 10.6; en-US; rv:1.9.1.8) Gecko/20100227 Thunderbird/3.0.3 (or higher) then it isn't me, it's an ID spoofer.- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - Oh, that's true, and it's all neatly packaged inside so the 'syrup'never contacts the styrofoam. But they're only about a cubic foot inside. A bit inconvenient as far as sizes goes, but they could be tucked away in various places in the boat. The instructions on the website say to put the dry in first then cover with 'wet' ice, and it will freeze the 'wet' even harder and not allow the 'dry' to evaporate as easily. So, stuff stays colder longer without having lunch meat packages floating around. But just the coolant would take up a lot of room in such a small package. |
Anyone use dry ice for a refrigerator?
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Anyone use dry ice for a refrigerator?
On Sat, 20 Mar 2010 09:49:27 -0700 (PDT), Tim wrote:
On Mar 20, 9:41*am, hk wrote: On 3/20/10 11:33 AM, Tim wrote: On Mar 20, 8:24 am, *wrote: On 3/20/10 10:16 AM, Tim wrote: On Mar 19, 6:10 pm, * *wrote: On 3/19/10 6:05 PM, Tim wrote: May sound silly, but I wonder if it's done? In my thinking of the 'cruise' I'd like to get out of hte idea of coolers packed with frozen water. I know that small friges are available but I dont' really have the space for that on my boat. The 12.v reefers can pull a lot of current which I can make the power easily enough, but they ARE expensive! *then there's the cheap 120 v ones which can use I can use an inverter to run, but they don't cool quickly and seem to run a lot for no more benefit then I think I'd get. Then theres the refrigerated coolers that run off a cigarette lighter socket but they only cool down a little less than the outside temp which isn't much. Drawbacks? Finding a container that would hold it without cracking, and regulating the evaporating rate to get some kind of consistant temperature. And *it's volitile as far as handling it goes. "instant frost bite" if it contacts skin. But I've worked with it in the past and tongs work great for it. One advantage is that it evaporates to nothing leaving only condensed humidity behind. There is a local company that uses dry ice and they sell it resonably. So instead of having sadwich material floating around in ice water, I thought though far fetched, this might be a decent idea. But I also realize that if it could be done easily, then everybody would be using it. Besides saying "forget it!" Anyone have any ideas about it or know of a website that tells about how it can be done? Once in a while I order some "beouf" from Omaha Steaks...comes packed in a Styrofoam cooler with dry ice. The foam cooler seems not to suffer by its housing the dry ice. -- If the X-MimeOLE "header" doesn't say: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; U; Intel Mac OS X 10.6; en-US; rv:1.9.1.8) Gecko/20100227 Thunderbird/3.0.3 (or higher) then it isn't me, it's an ID spoofer.- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - It think it was the website that I posted said somethign about a styrofome box. When you said ordering Omaha steaks in a styrofoam box, I had to chuckle, because there is a large hog farm *in this locale that orders pig semen from somewhere else, and it's shipped the same way. via UPS. We have a friend out in Virginia who "arranges" matches for horses, and the "stud syrup" arrives the same way. -- If the X-MimeOLE "header" doesn't say: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; U; Intel Mac OS X 10.6; en-US; rv:1.9.1.8) Gecko/20100227 Thunderbird/3.0.3 (or higher) then it isn't me, it's an ID spoofer.- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - Yeah. And the guys that work thre save the coolers and go camping. Oh, there's nothing wrong with them. I suppose it's just the thought of what was origionaly in hem that makes me shirk the idea. *But they ARE sturdier than the cheap stuff you get at the gas station. Hey, it's pedigreed pig semen...what could go wrong? I have a vague memory of using dry ice in one of my igloo boat coolers once. I don't recall there were problems...the igloo liner didn't crack. -- If the X-MimeOLE "header" doesn't say: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; U; Intel Mac OS X 10.6; en-US; rv:1.9.1.8) Gecko/20100227 Thunderbird/3.0.3 (or higher) then it isn't me, it's an ID spoofer.- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - Oh, that's true, and it's all neatly packaged inside so the 'syrup'never contacts the styrofoam. But they're only about a cubic foot inside. A bit inconvenient as far as sizes goes, but they could be tucked away in various places in the boat. The instructions on the website say to put the dry in first then cover with 'wet' ice, and it will freeze the 'wet' even harder and not allow the 'dry' to evaporate as easily. So, stuff stays colder longer without having lunch meat packages floating around. But just the coolant would take up a lot of room in such a small package. If you'd learn to eat salted eel, you wouldn't need to worry about ice. And, you could get enough in one cooler to last you and your wife at least a month. Yum, salted eel and crackers. What a great way to lose a few pounds. -- John H For a great time, go here first... http://tinyurl.com/ygqxs5v |
Anyone use dry ice for a refrigerator?
On Mar 20, 5:24*pm, John H wrote:
On Sat, 20 Mar 2010 09:49:27 -0700 (PDT), Tim wrote: On Mar 20, 9:41*am, hk wrote: On 3/20/10 11:33 AM, Tim wrote: On Mar 20, 8:24 am, *wrote: On 3/20/10 10:16 AM, Tim wrote: On Mar 19, 6:10 pm, * *wrote: On 3/19/10 6:05 PM, Tim wrote: May sound silly, but I wonder if it's done? In my thinking of the 'cruise' I'd like to get out of hte idea of coolers packed with frozen water. I know that small friges are available but I dont' really have the space for that on my boat. The 12.v reefers can pull a lot of current which I can make the power easily enough, but they ARE expensive! *then there's the cheap 120 v ones which can use I can use an inverter to run, but they don't cool quickly and seem to run a lot for no more benefit then I think I'd get. Then theres the refrigerated coolers that run off a cigarette lighter socket but they only cool down a little less than the outside temp which isn't much. Drawbacks? Finding a container that would hold it without cracking, and regulating the evaporating rate to get some kind of consistant temperature. And *it's volitile as far as handling it goes. "instant frost bite" if it contacts skin. But I've worked with it in the past and tongs work great for it. One advantage is that it evaporates to nothing leaving only condensed humidity behind. There is a local company that uses dry ice and they sell it resonably. So instead of having sadwich material floating around in ice water, I thought though far fetched, this might be a decent idea. But I also realize that if it could be done easily, then everybody would be using it. Besides saying "forget it!" Anyone have any ideas about it or know of a website that tells about how it can be done? Once in a while I order some "beouf" from Omaha Steaks...comes packed in a Styrofoam cooler with dry ice. The foam cooler seems not to suffer by its housing the dry ice. -- If the X-MimeOLE "header" doesn't say: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; U; Intel Mac OS X 10.6; en-US; rv:1.9.1.8) Gecko/20100227 Thunderbird/3.0.3 (or higher) then it isn't me, it's an ID spoofer.- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - It think it was the website that I posted said somethign about a styrofome box. When you said ordering Omaha steaks in a styrofoam box, I had to chuckle, because there is a large hog farm *in this locale that orders pig semen from somewhere else, and it's shipped the same way. via UPS. We have a friend out in Virginia who "arranges" matches for horses, and the "stud syrup" arrives the same way. -- If the X-MimeOLE "header" doesn't say: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; U; Intel Mac OS X 10.6; en-US; rv:1.9.1.8) Gecko/20100227 Thunderbird/3.0.3 (or higher) then it isn't me, it's an ID spoofer.- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - Yeah. And the guys that work thre save the coolers and go camping. Oh, there's nothing wrong with them. I suppose it's just the thought of what was origionaly in hem that makes me shirk the idea. *But they ARE sturdier than the cheap stuff you get at the gas station. Hey, it's pedigreed pig semen...what could go wrong? I have a vague memory of using dry ice in one of my igloo boat coolers once. I don't recall there were problems...the igloo liner didn't crack. -- If the X-MimeOLE "header" doesn't say: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; U; Intel Mac OS X 10.6; en-US; rv:1.9.1.8) Gecko/20100227 Thunderbird/3.0.3 (or higher) then it isn't me, it's an ID spoofer.- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - Oh, that's true, and it's all neatly packaged inside so the 'syrup'never contacts the styrofoam. But they're only about a cubic foot inside. A bit inconvenient as far as sizes goes, but they could be tucked away in various places in the boat. The instructions on the website say to put the dry in first then cover with 'wet' ice, and it will freeze the 'wet' even harder and not allow the 'dry' to evaporate as easily. So, stuff stays colder longer without having lunch meat packages floating around. But just the coolant would take up a lot of room in such a small package. If you'd learn to eat salted eel, you wouldn't need to worry about ice. And, you could get enough in one cooler to last you and your wife at least a month.. Yum, salted eel and crackers. What a great way to lose a few pounds. -- John H For a great time, go here first...http://tinyurl.com/ygqxs5v Shall I barf now, or later? |
Anyone use dry ice for a refrigerator?
On Mar 20, 1:13*pm, I am Tosk wrote:
In article , says... On Mar 20, 10:32*am, I am Tosk wrote: In article , says... On Mar 20, 8:24*am, hk wrote: On 3/20/10 10:16 AM, Tim wrote: On Mar 19, 6:10 pm, *wrote: On 3/19/10 6:05 PM, Tim wrote: May sound silly, but I wonder if it's done? In my thinking of the 'cruise' I'd like to get out of hte idea of coolers packed with frozen water. I know that small friges are available but I dont' really have the space for that on my boat. The 12.v reefers can pull a lot of current which I can make the power easily enough, but they ARE expensive! *then there's the cheap 120 v ones which can use I can use an inverter to run, but they don't cool quickly and seem to run a lot for no more benefit then I think I'd get. Then theres the refrigerated coolers that run off a cigarette lighter socket but they only cool down a little less than the outside temp which isn't much. Drawbacks? Finding a container that would hold it without cracking, and regulating the evaporating rate to get some kind of consistant temperature. And *it's volitile as far as handling it goes. "instant frost bite" if it contacts skin. But I've worked with it in the past and tongs work great for it. One advantage is that it evaporates to nothing leaving only condensed humidity behind. There is a local company that uses dry ice and they sell it resonably. So instead of having sadwich material floating around in ice water, I thought though far fetched, this might be a decent idea. But I also realize that if it could be done easily, then everybody would be using it. Besides saying "forget it!" Anyone have any ideas about it or know of a website that tells about how it can be done? Once in a while I order some "beouf" from Omaha Steaks...comes packed in a Styrofoam cooler with dry ice. The foam cooler seems not to suffer by its housing the dry ice. -- If the X-MimeOLE "header" doesn't say: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; U; Intel Mac OS X 10.6; en-US; rv:1.9.1.8) Gecko/20100227 Thunderbird/3.0.3 (or higher) then it isn't me, it's an ID spoofer.- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - It think it was the website that I posted said somethign about a styrofome box. When you said ordering Omaha steaks in a styrofoam box, I had to chuckle, because there is a large hog farm *in this locale that orders pig semen from somewhere else, and it's shipped the same way. via UPS. We have a friend out in Virginia who "arranges" matches for horses, and the "stud syrup" arrives the same way. -- If the X-MimeOLE "header" doesn't say: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; U; Intel Mac OS X 10.6; en-US; rv:1.9.1.8) Gecko/20100227 Thunderbird/3.0.3 (or higher) then it isn't me, it's an ID spoofer.- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - Yeah. And the guys that work thre save the coolers and go camping. Oh, there's nothing wrong with them. I suppose it's just the thought of what was origionaly in hem that makes me shirk the idea. *But they ARE sturdier than the cheap stuff you get at the gas station. We used to get thick Styrofoam coolers when we kept tropical fish. The guy at the store gave them to us, they use them to ship the live fish. They are very thick compared to the little coolers you buy in the local gas and go... Scotty -- Rowdy Mouse Racing, no crybabies!- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - Yep, that's what these are, and I can get all of them I want, but they're a bit small. I suppose I could use four of them, but .... Yes, they are small for sure, about 50/50 for space vs insulation. Why not make your own with Styrofoam and maybe fiberglass? Scotty -- Rowdy Mouse Racing, no crybabies! I would and could, but the wife wouldn't go for it. |
Anyone use dry ice for a refrigerator?
On Sat, 20 Mar 2010 16:00:57 -0700 (PDT), Tim wrote:
On Mar 20, 5:24*pm, John H wrote: On Sat, 20 Mar 2010 09:49:27 -0700 (PDT), Tim wrote: On Mar 20, 9:41*am, hk wrote: On 3/20/10 11:33 AM, Tim wrote: On Mar 20, 8:24 am, *wrote: On 3/20/10 10:16 AM, Tim wrote: On Mar 19, 6:10 pm, * *wrote: On 3/19/10 6:05 PM, Tim wrote: May sound silly, but I wonder if it's done? In my thinking of the 'cruise' I'd like to get out of hte idea of coolers packed with frozen water. I know that small friges are available but I dont' really have the space for that on my boat. The 12.v reefers can pull a lot of current which I can make the power easily enough, but they ARE expensive! *then there's the cheap 120 v ones which can use I can use an inverter to run, but they don't cool quickly and seem to run a lot for no more benefit then I think I'd get. Then theres the refrigerated coolers that run off a cigarette lighter socket but they only cool down a little less than the outside temp which isn't much. Drawbacks? Finding a container that would hold it without cracking, and regulating the evaporating rate to get some kind of consistant temperature. And *it's volitile as far as handling it goes. "instant frost bite" if it contacts skin. But I've worked with it in the past and tongs work great for it. One advantage is that it evaporates to nothing leaving only condensed humidity behind. There is a local company that uses dry ice and they sell it resonably. So instead of having sadwich material floating around in ice water, I thought though far fetched, this might be a decent idea. But I also realize that if it could be done easily, then everybody would be using it. Besides saying "forget it!" Anyone have any ideas about it or know of a website that tells about how it can be done? Once in a while I order some "beouf" from Omaha Steaks...comes packed in a Styrofoam cooler with dry ice. The foam cooler seems not to suffer by its housing the dry ice. -- If the X-MimeOLE "header" doesn't say: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; U; Intel Mac OS X 10.6; en-US; rv:1.9.1.8) Gecko/20100227 Thunderbird/3.0.3 (or higher) then it isn't me, it's an ID spoofer.- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - It think it was the website that I posted said somethign about a styrofome box. When you said ordering Omaha steaks in a styrofoam box, I had to chuckle, because there is a large hog farm *in this locale that orders pig semen from somewhere else, and it's shipped the same way. via UPS. We have a friend out in Virginia who "arranges" matches for horses, and the "stud syrup" arrives the same way. -- If the X-MimeOLE "header" doesn't say: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; U; Intel Mac OS X 10.6; en-US; rv:1.9.1.8) Gecko/20100227 Thunderbird/3.0.3 (or higher) then it isn't me, it's an ID spoofer.- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - Yeah. And the guys that work thre save the coolers and go camping. Oh, there's nothing wrong with them. I suppose it's just the thought of what was origionaly in hem that makes me shirk the idea. *But they ARE sturdier than the cheap stuff you get at the gas station. Hey, it's pedigreed pig semen...what could go wrong? I have a vague memory of using dry ice in one of my igloo boat coolers once. I don't recall there were problems...the igloo liner didn't crack. -- If the X-MimeOLE "header" doesn't say: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; U; Intel Mac OS X 10.6; en-US; rv:1.9.1.8) Gecko/20100227 Thunderbird/3.0.3 (or higher) then it isn't me, it's an ID spoofer.- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - Oh, that's true, and it's all neatly packaged inside so the 'syrup'never contacts the styrofoam. But they're only about a cubic foot inside. A bit inconvenient as far as sizes goes, but they could be tucked away in various places in the boat. The instructions on the website say to put the dry in first then cover with 'wet' ice, and it will freeze the 'wet' even harder and not allow the 'dry' to evaporate as easily. So, stuff stays colder longer without having lunch meat packages floating around. But just the coolant would take up a lot of room in such a small package. If you'd learn to eat salted eel, you wouldn't need to worry about ice. And, you could get enough in one cooler to last you and your wife at least a month. Yum, salted eel and crackers. What a great way to lose a few pounds. -- John H For a great time, go here first...http://tinyurl.com/ygqxs5v Shall I barf now, or later? Have you ever tried 'em? Didn't think so. Either have I, but the catfish in the Potomac River channel go for them pretty well. They can't be *too* bad. -- John H For a great time, go here first... http://tinyurl.com/ygqxs5v |
Anyone use dry ice for a refrigerator?
On Mar 20, 7:26*pm, John H wrote:
On Sat, 20 Mar 2010 16:00:57 -0700 (PDT), Tim wrote: On Mar 20, 5:24*pm, John H wrote: On Sat, 20 Mar 2010 09:49:27 -0700 (PDT), Tim wrote: On Mar 20, 9:41*am, hk wrote: On 3/20/10 11:33 AM, Tim wrote: On Mar 20, 8:24 am, *wrote: On 3/20/10 10:16 AM, Tim wrote: On Mar 19, 6:10 pm, * *wrote: On 3/19/10 6:05 PM, Tim wrote: May sound silly, but I wonder if it's done? In my thinking of the 'cruise' I'd like to get out of hte idea of coolers packed with frozen water. I know that small friges are available but I dont' really have the space for that on my boat. The 12.v reefers can pull a lot of current which I can make the power easily enough, but they ARE expensive! *then there's the cheap 120 v ones which can use I can use an inverter to run, but they don't cool quickly and seem to run a lot for no more benefit then I think I'd get. Then theres the refrigerated coolers that run off a cigarette lighter socket but they only cool down a little less than the outside temp which isn't much. Drawbacks? Finding a container that would hold it without cracking, and regulating the evaporating rate to get some kind of consistant temperature. And *it's volitile as far as handling it goes. "instant frost bite" if it contacts skin. But I've worked with it in the past and tongs work great for it. One advantage is that it evaporates to nothing leaving only condensed humidity behind. There is a local company that uses dry ice and they sell it resonably. So instead of having sadwich material floating around in ice water, I thought though far fetched, this might be a decent idea. But I also realize that if it could be done easily, then everybody would be using it. Besides saying "forget it!" Anyone have any ideas about it or know of a website that tells about how it can be done? Once in a while I order some "beouf" from Omaha Steaks...comes packed in a Styrofoam cooler with dry ice. The foam cooler seems not to suffer by its housing the dry ice. -- If the X-MimeOLE "header" doesn't say: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; U; Intel Mac OS X 10.6; en-US; rv:1.9.1.8) Gecko/20100227 Thunderbird/3.0.3 (or higher) then it isn't me, it's an ID spoofer.- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - It think it was the website that I posted said somethign about a styrofome box. When you said ordering Omaha steaks in a styrofoam box, I had to chuckle, because there is a large hog farm *in this locale that orders pig semen from somewhere else, and it's shipped the same way. via UPS. We have a friend out in Virginia who "arranges" matches for horses, and the "stud syrup" arrives the same way. -- If the X-MimeOLE "header" doesn't say: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; U; Intel Mac OS X 10.6; en-US; rv:1.9.1.8) Gecko/20100227 Thunderbird/3.0.3 (or higher) then it isn't me, it's an ID spoofer.- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - Yeah. And the guys that work thre save the coolers and go camping.. Oh, there's nothing wrong with them. I suppose it's just the thought of what was origionaly in hem that makes me shirk the idea. *But they ARE sturdier than the cheap stuff you get at the gas station. Hey, it's pedigreed pig semen...what could go wrong? I have a vague memory of using dry ice in one of my igloo boat coolers once. I don't recall there were problems...the igloo liner didn't crack. -- If the X-MimeOLE "header" doesn't say: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; U; Intel Mac OS X 10.6; en-US; rv:1.9.1.8) Gecko/20100227 Thunderbird/3.0.3 (or higher) then it isn't me, it's an ID spoofer.- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - Oh, that's true, and it's all neatly packaged inside so the 'syrup'never contacts the styrofoam. But they're only about a cubic foot inside. A bit inconvenient as far as sizes goes, but they could be tucked away in various places in the boat. The instructions on the website say to put the dry in first then cover with 'wet' ice, and it will freeze the 'wet' even harder and not allow the 'dry' to evaporate as easily. So, stuff stays colder longer without having lunch meat packages floating around. But just the coolant would take up a lot of room in such a small package. If you'd learn to eat salted eel, you wouldn't need to worry about ice.. And, you could get enough in one cooler to last you and your wife at least a month. Yum, salted eel and crackers. What a great way to lose a few pounds. -- John H For a great time, go here first...http://tinyurl.com/ygqxs5v Shall I barf now, or later? Have you ever tried 'em? Didn't think so. Either have I, but the catfish in the Potomac River channel go for them pretty well. They can't be *too* bad. -- John H For a great time, go here first...http://tinyurl.com/ygqxs5v Well if that's all I had to eat was eel, I 'd lose a few lb. anyhow. I'm sure people eat the things,and Garr too, but ech! Just the thought to me is repulsive! |
Anyone use dry ice for a refrigerator?
I use it all the time. If you want to keep things cold, put it on the bottom
of the cooler. If you want things to stay frozen, put it on the top. It's a huge treat to have popsicles or ice cream bars, frozen solid out on the lake when it's 90 degrees outside. My local grocery store sells it. --Mike "Tim" wrote in message ... May sound silly, but I wonder if it's done? In my thinking of the 'cruise' I'd like to get out of hte idea of coolers packed with frozen water. I know that small friges are available but I dont' really have the space for that on my boat. The 12.v reefers can pull a lot of current which I can make the power easily enough, but they ARE expensive! then there's the cheap 120 v ones which can use I can use an inverter to run, but they don't cool quickly and seem to run a lot for no more benefit then I think I'd get. Then theres the refrigerated coolers that run off a cigarette lighter socket but they only cool down a little less than the outside temp which isn't much. Drawbacks? Finding a container that would hold it without cracking, and regulating the evaporating rate to get some kind of consistant temperature. And it's volitile as far as handling it goes. "instant frost bite" if it contacts skin. But I've worked with it in the past and tongs work great for it. One advantage is that it evaporates to nothing leaving only condensed humidity behind. There is a local company that uses dry ice and they sell it resonably. So instead of having sadwich material floating around in ice water, I thought though far fetched, this might be a decent idea. But I also realize that if it could be done easily, then everybody would be using it. Besides saying "forget it!" Anyone have any ideas about it or know of a website that tells about how it can be done? |
I always use dry ice when I have to keep foods and drinks cold for an outdoor activity. My mother taught me that clever technique instead of ordinary ice that are sometimes messy when they melt. Just don't forget to use gloves when handling dry ice.
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