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Now that we are nearing our two days of summer I was contemplating how I can make ice for the sundowners. Like many AWB's I have a small cold plate virtical in the cool box. It should be cold enough to make ice but how to get cubes to form on a virtical surface?
A tinternet search was fruitless.
Any good ideas out in the forum?
 
We generally bring a bag of ice from the supermarket, which lasts for quite a few days in the bottom of the fridge. However, failing that, we also have ice-cube bags on board which can be filled up and then hung from the plumbing at the top of the cold plate so that it's in contact all the way down. They freeze in a few hours.

It is noticeable that the made-on-board ice melts in the G&T a lot quicker than the supermarket ice. I put that down to it being only just below zero, whereas the bought stuff comes at -20 and might still be somewhere near there when it goes into the drink.

Pete
 
I use the ice bags, either prop the bag against the plate or use pegs to hold it in place. They are very easy, you fill with water, they self seal and you tear out the cubes once frozen.
 
Hydrozoan said:
You can get plastic bags with compartments to hang vertically on the plate - try Lakeland?

e.g. http://www.lakeland.co.uk/10942/Lak...3304!&ef_id=VvunUwAAAecqSAhS:20160331165912:s

But more local (supermarket?) suppliers, too, I'm fairly sure.
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We had a horizontal evaporator but still useed the bags and even in the home freezer. We bulk purchased ours usually when in Carrefour Cherbourg or ano French supermarket. MInd you I think Tesco had them too but with a less effective closure to the fill pointthat could leak. I Also recall seeing a clip on vertical holder somewhere for mounting on holding plates to do the same job, maybe from a 12v fridge maker or a caravan/RV store?.
 
blxm said:
...nearing our two days of summer I was contemplating how I can make ice for the sundowners...Any ideas out in the forum?
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Not obvious perhaps, but the answer is to really chill the drinks, many hours in advance, or keep them permanently in the cooler...

...dropping a handful of hard-won ice-cubes into warm drinks, is as disappointing as adding a splash of boiling water to cold tea.
 
Hi PCUK,
can you please give make and model of the icemaker working off a 500 W Inverter?
Thanks
Frank
 
dancrane said:
Not obvious perhaps, but the answer is to really chill the drinks, many hours in advance, or keep them permanently in the cooler...

...dropping a handful of hard-won ice-cubes into warm drinks, is as disappointing as adding a splash of boiling water to cold tea.
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+1, except it seems to me that it is pretty obvious. As well as ice, gin*, tonic, lemon/lime and glasses live in the fridge, ready to go (this is, after all, an important business). A thick-bottomed glass holds a lot of coldness, plastic 'glasses' very little.

* gin won't freeze even at freezer temps and can live in the coldest part of the fridge.
 
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macd said:
A thick-bottomed glass holds a lot of coldness, plastic 'glasses' very little.
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Quite so, MacD. I found these Bodum double-walled glasses on the net...good for keeping hot and cold drinks at their best, for longer than any standard design...

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EDIT...I wonder what is in that drink? Doesn't ordinary ice float?

I'm surprised that ice-makers are suggested for yachts which weren't built with them as part of their specification, because of the power-draw not only to make the ice but to keep it frozen within a stuffy cabin. I'm not opposed to the idea, it's lovely, but it sounds like it may lead to a battery upgrade as well as the inverter and the chiller itself.

That said, once I have a cabin, I'd gladly give up 2 cubic ft of space and use most of it as thermal insulation, to keep a few cubic inches really cold for ice, bacon, and medication.

I'm on a very odd diet. :rolleyes:
 
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macd said:
+1, except it seems to me that it is pretty obvious. As well as ice, gin*, tonic, lemon/lime and glasses live in the fridge, ready to go (this is, after all, an important business). A thick-bottomed glass holds a lot of coldness, plastic 'glasses' very little.

* gin won't freeze even at freezer temps and can live in the coldest part of the fridge.
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It is a very important business!

All ingredients live in the fridge, the ice is the icing on the G&T.
 
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