Chest Freezers

[goeduck]

Growing up we always had ice cream in the freezer, often homemade. Now that I have my own freezer, there is never ice cream in it. Too much temptation. I try to keep meat, veggies and fruit in it, that is pretty much it.

 

[oosik]

Hey, I just bought a quart of Tillamook. You trying to give me the "guilts"? I have a 32 cu ft chest freezer down in the basement. Used it the first year we were here. For all the veggies from the garden. Only used that one year. Sat down there the 37 years since. I had it lowered into the basement with the semi boom truck that came and off-loaded our house pallets. PanAbode cedar home. I don't even know if it will fit out thru the basement door now. Might need a chainsaw.

 

[Diggin It]

With our nest becoming empty-er , we can and did put the new freezer in a bedroom (we have 3 spares), and the room is still usable as a guest room.

Me personally, I would never put a deep freeze of any size on anything but a concrete floor. Mine is on what used to be a concrete porch many years ago before they enclosed it long before I bought this place.

 

[Sigarms]

I'll see your sirloin, and raise ya a Porterhouse

Dang, I'm lucky if I can score 3 quarters of a cow at the beggining of the year.

I've got to ask, is the window shaker the only thing you're using mechanical for cooling in the meat locker between 30 and 40 F? Or what temp do you keep the room?

 

[TnAndy]

I've got to ask, is the window shaker the only thing you're using mechanical for cooling in the meat locker between 30 and 40 F? Or what temp do you keep the room?

Yes, that is the only refrigeration for the cooler.... a 10,000BTU window AC unit, combined with a "Coolbot" controller.

You take the thermostat probe wire from the AC unit, tape it to the heat wire from the Coolbot, then set the Coolbot for the room temp you want, as low as 33, and it 'fools' the AC unit into running until the room reaches that temp. Most AC units won't run below the low 60's otherwise.

Cheap way to make a walk-in cooler. Mine is 6x6 with 4" foam walls/ceiling covered with some white fiberglass board. The door I scored (Craig's List) off an old commercial cooler removed from a school.

Lot here about the controller, building a cooler, AC sizing, etc:

Walk-in Cooler for Agriculture, Brewery, Floral, Hunting, etc

 

[Sigarms]

Learn something new every day... thank you

 

[TnAndy]

Learn something new every day...

I seem too.....it's what makes getting out of bed worthwhile

 

[KennyG]

Me personally, I would never put a deep freeze of any size on anything but a concrete floor. Mine is on what used to be a concrete porch many years ago before they enclosed it long before I bought this place.

If you are in an area with humidity or dampness, I would not put any appliance directly on a concrete floor. I would suggest wood blocks to keep it away from the dampness.

 

[3Ts]

If you are in an area with humidity or dampness, I would not put any appliance directly on a concrete floor. I would suggest wood blocks to keep it away from the dampness.

Why wood? It holds moisture just like concrete does. I can see it if you're after air circulation under the freezer, but anything including concrete pavers would work. If you're after isolation from moisture, wouldn't you need a waterproof membrane like plastic?

 

[Motorboatin]

Why wood? It holds moisture just like concrete does. I can see it if you're after air circulation under the freezer, but anything including concrete pavers would work. If you're after isolation from moisture, wouldn't you need a waterproof membrane like plastic?

You just need an air gap so the moisture evaporates