Fridge Insulation, thanks for the advice.
Submitted: Tuesday, Nov 23, 2004 at 21:21
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Member - Jimbo (VIC)
After posting yesterday about using a windscreen heat deflector for fridge insulation and getting some great advice I did this.
I went to a carpet store and got some underfelt offcuts for free, cut it to size and "contact" glued it to the back of the windscreen deflector and then duct taped all the joins. It now folds nicely over the back, top and front of the Waeco CF 80, meaning 80% of the fridge is insulated.
Shiny stuff on the outside to reflect the heat and about 15mm of bubble wrap and underfelt to insulate.
I'm off to
Marlo on Thursday to fish for 5 days and the temp will be 30C, see how it goes.
Again, thanks for all the advice.
Cheers,
Jim.
Cheers,
Jim.
Reply By: rickwagupatrol - Tuesday, Nov 23, 2004 at 22:00
Tuesday, Nov 23, 2004 at 22:00
i like your thinking jimbo,,,,give us a report when u get back mate....sounds a darn sight cheaper than a fridge bag..
rick.
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Follow Up By: Member - Jimbo (VIC) - Tuesday, Nov 23, 2004 at 22:06
Tuesday, Nov 23, 2004 at 22:06
Rick,
She's ugly, but I hope effective.
I'll let you know.
Cheers,
Jim.
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Follow Up By: Glenn (VIC) - Tuesday, Nov 23, 2004 at 22:13
Tuesday, Nov 23, 2004 at 22:13
Where is the photo of it Jimbo?
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Reply By: Muddy 'doe (SA) - Tuesday, Nov 23, 2004 at 22:15
Tuesday, Nov 23, 2004 at 22:15
Hate to burst your bubble Jimbo but the expensive Weaco covers are dark on the outside and silver on the inside.
It is not so much keeping the heat out but trapping the cold in Was a long discussion of the science of heat transfer in a previous post. Have a look in the Archives mate!
Look forward to your report after the trip.
Cheers
Muddy
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Follow Up By: Member - Jimbo (VIC) - Tuesday, Nov 23, 2004 at 22:20
Tuesday, Nov 23, 2004 at 22:20
Good advice Muddy.
Given it's a portable device I'll try turning it over to put the shiny side against the fridge.
Cheers,
Jim.
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Follow Up By: Nudenut - Wednesday, Nov 24, 2004 at 07:54
Wednesday, Nov 24, 2004 at 07:54
duh!
keep the cold in?
steven, heat only flows one one way! higher temp > coolest
simply, the object of insulation, for cooling, is to keep the heat out.
for heating (ie your house) is to keep it in.
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Reply By: Member Colin - NSW Bungendore - Tuesday, Nov 23, 2004 at 22:33
Tuesday, Nov 23, 2004 at 22:33
Too bad you have already done it - but Clark Rubber sell a self adhesive backed aluminium covered foam which I have used to cover my 3 way frig - works great.
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Follow Up By: Member - Jimbo (VIC) - Tuesday, Nov 23, 2004 at 23:14
Tuesday, Nov 23, 2004 at 23:14
Thanks Colin,
I'll consider that if
my home made device doesn't work.
Jim.
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Reply By: Member - Blue (VIC) - Wednesday, Nov 24, 2004 at 00:48
Wednesday, Nov 24, 2004 at 00:48
self adhesive velcro strips I'm told are the go for attaching your sunvisor to the fridge... easy to remove for cleaning.
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Follow Up By: Nudenut - Wednesday, Nov 24, 2004 at 07:56
Wednesday, Nov 24, 2004 at 07:56
how the hell is my sunvisor going to keep the sun out of my eyes if its attached to bloody fridge lol
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Follow Up By: Member - Blue (VIC) - Wednesday, Nov 24, 2004 at 08:45
Wednesday, Nov 24, 2004 at 08:45
stops the sun from blinding you while you're looking for a cold can
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Follow Up By: Nudenut - Wednesday, Nov 24, 2004 at 09:11
Wednesday, Nov 24, 2004 at 09:11
i dont drink....lol lol lol
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Follow Up By: Member - Blue (VIC) - Wednesday, Nov 24, 2004 at 10:04
Wednesday, Nov 24, 2004 at 10:04
OK, now you're just going out of your way to make this difficult...LOL
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Follow Up By: Nudenut - Wednesday, Nov 24, 2004 at 11:35
Wednesday, Nov 24, 2004 at 11:35
me! nah hahaha
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Follow Up By: Member - Blue (VIC) - Wednesday, Nov 24, 2004 at 13:00
Wednesday, Nov 24, 2004 at 13:00
I give up, I know when I'm beat...
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Follow Up By: Nudenut - Wednesday, Nov 24, 2004 at 20:18
Wednesday, Nov 24, 2004 at 20:18
u give up too easily blue
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