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Turn a freezer into a refrigerator
We have a cooler at our camp. It has no freezer section, but does freeze everything if the thermostat is too low. The unit has an air-circulating blower that is on when ever the door is closed. The blower is independent of the compressor.
I think that air circulation is important when the object is to try and keep things cool but not frozen. I'm not sure a freezer would provide the same type of air circulation. If circulation isn't uniform, then things in some areas might spoil unless things in other areas freeze.
Anyway, I'd give the design some thought over and above the thermostat problem. I know we use an old freezer with a latch on the door for more or less bear-proof garbage storage. That’s the best use for it we came up with.
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Turn a freezer into a refrigerator
Yes Cool! Good way for beer to be.
The old freezer at our camp is still working too, but the bears haven’t challenged it yet. Guess that raises the question of how do you know if it's working or not.
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Doug: I was joking about my own freezer used for garbage. The idea is that if it has undisturbed garbage in it, then is it actually bear proof, or aren't there any bears visiting? Yes, it's a freezer in the woods, but when it's working can you hear it? This is sort of like the cat riddle of some months back. Maybe if I do enough quality control this'll start making sense, but I am happy the freezer with a fridge thermostat does the job.
Mark: Those would be brown bears while ours are black ones and junior cousins. Still any bear is really strong. One came in (or maybe fell in) through the roof at a friend's camp. It came out through a bedroom wall and an exterior wall. Bears don't bother with doors and 2x4's are no problem.
Actually there's no question that we've got both visiting and resident bears at our house as well as camp. Most are normal bears that run away when you yell at them. Increasingly 'dump' bears don't run. Yes, we've got bears--both running and non-running. The non-running ones probably are courtesy of our wildlife officials who have a charming practice of relocating 'problem-bears' from more populated areas to our backyards.
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