RJS, next time you head out for a weekend int he van, wrap a bottle of wine in a wet towel, or stick it in a wet terry towel sock or two. Problem would be to find a spot to put it, in some draught but not in the sun... I can see a cottage industry, "Rocky's Bottle Socks". They not only will act as coolers, but can be used to prevent the bottles from clinking in the cupboard.
alistair
On 2011-07-30, at 6:56 AM, Rocket J Squirrel wrote: > Right, that's self-evident. Evap coolers, whether in the form of a couple-a terra cotta pots or in the form of swamp coolers, are a good choice in your arid areas, but not so much in your humid areas. > > McNeely must-a thought I was posting the link because I thought the setup was a one-size-fits-all thing, or haven't been around much to not know how evap coolers work. > > I posted it because I'd never seen anyone build an evap cooler so simply. And instead of writing, > > "Assuming that one needs a way to cool something down, like a couple bottle of wine, doesn't have an ice chest or refrigerator, but does have two terra-cotta flower pots, some sand, some water, and a towel." > > I guess I should-a wrote, > > "Assuming that one needs a way to cool something down, like a couple bottle of wine, doesn't have an ice chest or refrigerator, but does have two terra-cotta flower pots, some sand, some water, a towel, AND IT'S A DRY AND HOT DAY." > > But I thought that was self-evident. |
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