Date: Sat, 25 Aug 2012 16:29:26 -0500
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From: Dave Mcneely <mcneely4@COX.NET>
Subject: Re: Fridge Burner box
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---- Dennis Haynes <d23haynes57@HOTMAIL.COM> wrote:
> You don't have to leave your site, carry solar panels, a generator or run
> the engine etc. But if you really want cold drinks and brew there is nothing
> like a cooler filled with ice! Of course I really like my other food stuffs
> staying dry.
I have one gallon polyethylene bottles, considerably heavier than those that milk and other consumer fluids come in. I fill them 3/4 full of water, freeze them, and use them in an ice chest. Foods and beverages stay cold and dry for 3-4 days during summer temperatures. I usually put 3 or 3 bottles in the box, depending on the amount of stuff, and how hot it is out.
But I sure do like using the Dometic for some reason. And of course, one propane charge will last about 3 weeks for refrigerator and cooking.
Once on the road for several days, and with no where to refreeze my bottles, I have to buy ice if I want an ice chest. I try at least to get block ice, which lasts longer, but in some places it does not seem to be available. The worst is if the only ice available is from convenience stores that freeze their own. That ice is not cold enough.
mcneely
>
> Dennis
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of
> Steven Johnson
> Sent: Saturday, August 25, 2012 3:19 PM
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: Re: Fridge Burner box
>
> Yeah, but with a propane fridge you don't have to leave your remote site for
> a while to go get ice....
>
> Steven
> 91 Westy
>
> On Sat, Aug 25, 2012 at 11:34 AM, george jannini
> <georgejoann@gmail.com>wrote:
>
> > Let's play with some maths here.
> >
> > Assuming inflation where it costs 3 bucks a bag for ice, a $1200
> > budget, and that you already own a cooler, Mr. Calculator tells me
> > that you can fill said cooler 400 times.
> >
> > And think of all the pumping and sparking exercises that you won't
> > have to go through, let alone pulling the stupid fridge out every
> > couple of years from a wall that it doesn't want to come out of, and
> > is even more reluctant to slide back into.
> >
> > If my RM182B ever quits, my mind's already made up.
> >
> > I'm certain your mileage will vary, Geo/ATL
> >
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David McNeely
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