Date:         Sun, 26 Aug 2012 07:30:57 -0700
Reply-To:     Rocket J Squirrel <camping.elliott@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         Rocket J Squirrel <camping.elliott@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Fridge Burner box
Comments: To: Jeff Palmer <Jpalmer@MYMTS.NET>
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That refrigerator uses 900 btu/hr on maximum setting, it says. A 16.4 oz
bottle of propane provides 10,000 btu so the unit would drain a bottle
in 11 hours. That's not so good.

Also on the Not So Good list: 75 lbs empty. Oh my aching back. A-and
it's charcoal gray. When in camp we set our cooler outside the van, and
"outside" has a lot of sun which we have to insulate against. My ideal
outside cooler would be shiny chrome to reflect sun--charcoal gray is
second only to matte black to absorb heat.

Nope, these aren't the droids...I mean this isn't the technology we're
looking for.

--
Jack "Rocket j Squirrel" Elliott
1984 Westfalia, auto trans,
Bend, Ore.

On 08/26/2012 05:59 AM, Jeff Palmer wrote:
> Neat unit but I'm trying to get away from those disposable canisters.
> Looks like that unit would consume two every three days or so?  Thats
> expensive. And they're not recyclable which makes me crazy. Ontario
> and likely other places treat it as hazardous waste. Wonder if it
> could be hooked up to a BBQ tank. I'm forgetting at the moment if
> there are adapters to make the fittings compatible?  I'm sure there
> must be.
>
> Jeff
>
> Sent from my iPad
>
> On 2012-08-26, at 5:53 AM, Frank Condelli<RAlanen@AOL.COM>  wrote:
>
>> Here ya go Mr.
>> Squirrel<http://www.lehmans.com/store/Appliances___Gas_Refrigerators_and_Freezers___Unique___Unique_Freezer_Refrigerator___1136755?Args=>
>>
>>
>>
>>
On 2012-08-25, at 9:41 PM, Automatic digest
processor<LISTSERV@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>  wrote:
>>
>>> What I'd like to find is a small, standalone propane refrigerator
>>> that will operate off those small 1-lb disposable propane
>>> bottles. Something as movable as a cooler, so we can set it
>>> outside when in camp.
>>
>>
>>
>> Cheers,
>>
>> Frank Condelli Almonte, Ontario, Canada '87 VW Westy, '00 Kawasaki
>> 250 Sherpa, "98 Ducati 750 Monster&  Lionel Trains (Collection for
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>> 10, 2012
>>