Making ice cubes in my Waeco ??

[pcatterall]

Following the thread on gin pink with tonic and lime.
We recon our own sundowner gin ( or sometimes Campari!) would be perfect with the addition of a couple of cubes
of ice!....... its that tinkle sound as much as the cooling.
Alas we only have our waeco compressor chest fridge. It will probably make ice but then everything else will freeze.
I notice, though, that even set at +2 degrees there is slight icing on one side ( perhaps where the evaporator plate is).
Could I use some of those 'ice cube bags' held against the coldest part so they would freeze and the cold air then cool the rest of the compartment?
We only want to make a few cubes just to get that perfect tipple and to dream, for a moment, that our old boat has become a gin palace!

basically any ideas, please, on how to get a few ice cubes from a waeco cooler without freezing the beer ! perhaps I could glue a little compartment over the cold bit?

 

[coopec]

I know as a kid refrigerators were very rare but Mum you used to to make us ice-cream using salt and ice to cool it. Maybe you could use the same principal?

https://www.thekitchn.com/freezing-science-the-role-of-s-124357

https://www.google.com.au/search?so...0i22i30k1j33i22i29i30k1j33i21k1.0.uXJyLqn3wOA

What does salt do to ice when making ice cream?
What happens when you add salt to very cold ice?
Is rock salt and ice cream salt the same thing?
How long do you have to shake your homemade ice cream?
How does salt affect ice?
How does salt lower the temperature of ice?

 

[prv]

I've made ice in our fridge just as you describe, with those multi-pocket bags hanging in contact with the plate. Everything else in the fridge didn't freeze. You might have to experiment a bit with the temperature setting.

The ice, while obviously below zero, wasn't as cold as ice from a true freezer and tended to melt rather quicker in the drink. But as you say, cannot have G&T without it.

(I usually find it better to buy a £1 bag of ice and put it in the bottom of the fridge, where it helps with initial cooling on arrival and the large mass of it means it stays frozen even though the surrounding temperature is above zero. I can usually get good chunks for drinks out of it for two or three days.)

Pete

 

[Heckler]

Following the thread on gin pink with tonic and lime.
We recon our own sundowner gin ( or sometimes Campari!) would be perfect with the addition of a couple of cubes
of ice!....... its that tinkle sound as much as the cooling.
Alas we only have our waeco compressor chest fridge. It will probably make ice but then everything else will freeze.
I notice, though, that even set at +2 degrees there is slight icing on one side ( perhaps where the evaporator plate is).
Could I use some of those 'ice cube bags' held against the coldest part so they would freeze and the cold air then cool the rest of the compartment?
We only want to make a few cubes just to get that perfect tipple and to dream, for a moment, that our old boat has become a gin palace!

basically any ideas, please, on how to get a few ice cubes from a waeco cooler without freezing the beer ! perhaps I could glue a little compartment over the cold bit?

Perhaps an enclosure around the plate with holes at a certain height from the bottom to allow the cold air out to continue the cooling?

 

[[70521]]

How long are you at sea for?

We find that if we bring ice from home in a well insulated box it lasts about five days. Another option is the purchase of a bag of ice from the local supermarket.

 

[SV Kittiwake]

Could you get some whisky stones? Then they don't need to be completely frozen to cool your drink, and they won't dilute your booze as they warm up.

 

[[70521]]

Could you get some whisky stones? Then they don't need to be completely frozen to cool your drink, and they won't dilute your booze as they warm up.

Do they have that nice clinking sound on your crystal glass?