Engel fridge basket
Submitted: Monday, Mar 20, 2006 at 09:15
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ferris
Have you noticed with the 40 litre engel fridges that they are very deep and when you want a coldie from the bottom, the kids have put a heap of cheese and stuff on top, which you have to dig through to find that can.
Well I've had enough of bits of cheese and stuff all over the top of my tinnies. I'm looking to get a second smaller basket that sits inside the existing. That way I can pull the food out quickly to get to the important stuff. I asked the engel rep at the field days and he gave me a vacant stare, before telling me he couldn't help. A search on google didn't produce any basket manufacturers out there (plenty in China & India but that doesn't help much). Has anybody seen a half depth basket for the engel or know where I can buy such a thing, or are there any alternatives?
Cheers Ferris.
Reply By: Sand Man (SA) - Tuesday, Mar 21, 2006 at 00:06
Tuesday, Mar 21, 2006 at 00:06
Troops,
I bought a small plastic coated wire basket at Big W a couple of years ago.
It was an LTW Handy basket SMALL Item No 1003 from the kitchen ware section a cost a little under $3.50. I think it fits better than the original Engel one and is much cheaper.
This basket fits neatly across one end or the other to hold small items such as cheese, marg, etc. and if you cheat like me, you can simply lift out the basket to get at the stash of Jack Daniels or Coopers Pale Ale cans (actually Dr. Tims which is the same thing) strategically placed there. The cans fit neatly underneath the bottom of the basket.
To secure the basket to the original Engel basket, I made up a couple of S shaped hooks out of 3.2mm stainless steel welding rod. Simply tap the flux with a light hammer to remove it and if you are fussy, lightly run the steel rod against a wire brush to clean up.
You end up with rust proof hooks for your basket and if you close the end that hooks onto the bigger basket, the smaller one will hang suspended from the hooks on one side of the fridge and can be lifted out to get at those "life support items."
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Reply By: froomey - Tuesday, Mar 21, 2006 at 00:17
Tuesday, Mar 21, 2006 at 00:17
hi ferris
the cheapest and i think the best way , we made a divider out of an old road
sign held in with cable ties, divide exactly in half , by memmory fits 14 cans one side and plenty of room for food, try it , works
well, we lived out of ours for 6 weeks on the canning and we had three people eating and grinking out of it.
regards
froomey
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