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AC or refrigeration guys.
Since chest freezers are unobtainium right now I was thinking...could I use an air conditioner to bring a small space to freezing?
What if I built a small (3x3x5) well insulated box. Would an AC get it cold enough? How many BTUs needed?
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To get it to freeze? No way, I don't think so.
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I would keep looking. I lucked into one at Home Depot.
If I hadn’t found one, I was going to spend the money on a medium sized, scratch/dent refrigerator just for the freezer space. This looks interesting https://www.hunker.com/13409900/how-to-make-a-refrigerator-into-a-freezer |
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You "could" but it would require some more controls being added. Why is a chest freezer out? I have a small Criterion (I think that's the name) I bought from Menards a few years ago that has been great as a "keezer". That's a freezer converted to a kegorator using a temp control
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With worries about food shortages, everyone has been buying them up. Another thought is Restaurant Depot. |
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My desire for one is certainly fired up by the fact that my current freezer capacity is a joke. The thought of building one myself was more of "gee I wonder if that would be worth the effort".
I've been all around the net. I had ordered one from Loews that had the ship date moved twice, all the way out to October. I found one in Va but it was $200 to ship it. I asked my brother to go get it, but it disappeared within an hour. I'm not losing sleep over a food shortage but if anyone has a line on a freezer I'm your huckleberry! So sure Nick, Ohio isn't that far! edit: restaurant depot prices are waaaay nutz...11 cu ft $3K!!
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Google: "used restaurant equipment new jersey"
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I have two of them (generations 4 and 5 models), on two separate window a/c units, that I use to bring two different rooms down to very low temperatures (just the way I like it); have owned them for many years, and they have been trouble free and a real life-changer for me. They are expensive, though. If you go to the company's website, it is packed with info about building coolers, sizing a/c units, quality unit recommendations, how to install and operate the device, etc. https://www.amazon.com/COOLBOT-Gen6-2015-2019-Blue/dp/B07T32HF9H/ref=sr_1_2?dchild=1&keywords=coolbot&qid=1590207979&sr=8-2 Last edited by Rawknees'Turbo; 05-22-2020 at 08:40 PM.. |
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Sam's club had a bunch of chest freezers.
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Their website shows them cleared out for delivery and in store. I called a bunch of stores when I was looking, HD, Lowes, PC Richard Appliance (regional place) and Karls (a local place). All were wiped out, no idea when anything was coming. |
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I'm buyin up all the chest freezers at Lowes and Menards, putting them on my trailer and heading east! I'm gonna be Reeeatch... Beeeatch
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This happened after Hurricane Sandy with gererators. Mine looked like an octopus as I was running several fridges for neighbors. Guys were getting $1K or more for small gennies.
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AC or refrigeration guys.
So the 7cf Magic Chef I got from HD rang up as $229 which was already low considering they are unobtanium. Unfortunately, this one must have been hidden in back somewhere and brought out with a sale price of $188 on it.
The thought of flipping it for $600 did occur to me but I didn’t want to regret that if the outbreaks in the food supply get worse. |
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