Best Non-Electric Refrigeration System? (As low cost as possible)

southerngurl · #21 01/13/05, 05:40 PM

What about that pot in pot thing? I can't really remember it well, there was discussion on here a while back though. Anyone remember? I think it was in GC.

3girls · #22 01/15/05, 10:09 AM

Foods with very high sugar content (jellies) or foods with high vinegar (pickles) should be fine without refrigeration, but should be kept in a cool place. Foods with high egg content (mayo) does need refrig. Surprisingly, eggs are OK if kept cool, as is most produce. Cheese should be OK with cool.

In Eureka, CA, we had what we called a "cooler" on the North side of the house. It was like a regular cupboard from the inside of the kitchen, but the wall that adjoined the outside was all screen. It never got too cold or too warm there in Eureka, so it worked for a great deal of the stuff we keep in the reefer.

sisterpine · #23 01/15/05, 10:26 AM

Our propane is currently piped into the house ,but we used the servel for 4 plus years before we had the big propane tank. we used a hundred pound (25 gal) propane tank, set it outside the wall near the frige and then drilled a hole through the wall for the little rubber hose to go through. you will need a pressure regulator, but who ever you get the tank from can explain all that. good luck
also if you could find a really cheap travel trailer/motor home propane frige that could work in the same way. our neighbors have one set up on their temporary kitchen counter with the hose running out the wall behind it. JUST PROMISE YOU WILL NOT PUT ANYTHING BIGGER THAN A 7 GAL TANK INSIDE THE HOUSE!

sisterpine · #24 01/15/05, 10:30 AM

I know what yo mean about having so many questions, I do to when we began this journey! it seems that for cooking and frige (full size servel) we went through a hundred pound tank every six weeks. It was about 35 bucks at the time to fill it and the tank cost us 99.00 new, the regulator seems to have been 14 bucks. If you live where you can drive in and out all winter smaller tanks are easy to handle (we had to haul our 8 miles in a snowmobile sled in winter). Propane does not need protection from the elements , tanks dont either. Look in your version of the dandy dime mini nickel thing for old wrecked motor homes, they have great friges and also small stove/oven set ups!