Originally Posted by yellowperil (Post 10954459)

You are right! It is indeed a clock, which makes ice cubes as a side line. (it pays it's way by keeping the beer cold).

It makes 3 or 4 per hour and by the end of the day you get one bag of ice cubes, valued
at about $1.75. At first we thought we might give up hot rods in favour of ice cubing, but that idea was no good either.

So this thing gurgles all day long, and rolls cubes down a shoot, great entertainment!

I thought you might get the hints, Warm getting colder etc.

I going to bed. Thanks for looking.