Date:         Tue, 6 Jul 2004 22:11:56 -0500
Reply-To:     Stan Wilder <wilden1-1@SBCGLOBAL.NET>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Stan Wilder <wilden1-1@SBCGLOBAL.NET>
Subject:      Re: Anybody tried this car cooler?
Comments: To: Jim Felder <felder@KNOLOGY.NET>
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Looks a lot like something you'll be able to find in garage sales for $1.00
after the purchaser has used it for one weekend and melted $48.00 worth of
ice trying to stay cool.

Stan Wilder
www.engineceramics.com



----- Original Message -----
From: "Jim Felder" <felder@KNOLOGY.NET>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Monday, July 05, 2004 5:27 PM
Subject: Anybody tried this car cooler?


> http://www.kooleraire.com/kooleraire25.htm
>
> It's a replacement top for a common coleman cooler. It uses a 100 cfm
> pancake fan to blow over ice in the cooler, and blows out cool air.
>
> Apparently it doesn't have any sophisticated heat exchanger, just blows
> air over ice or frozen bottles.
>
> Has anyone tried it? Is there any reason to think that one couldn't
> make one with $15 worth of stuff from radio shack?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Jim