Homemade ice machine, adding a second ice maker to increase production!
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- I mentioned in the last video that I wanted to add a second ice maker to my homemade DIY ice machine to increase production. I do a weight test in this video, it seems I will produce about 50lbs a week with two ice makers. Commercial ice machines are very expensive, this homemade ice machine only costs $369 to build, saving thousands over a commercial unit. DO NOT ATTEMPT, FOR ENTERTAINMENT ONLY. Seek professional advice for any wiring or modifications of any appliance. The Kelley's Country Life LLC accepts no responsibility for you trying anything you see on our show.
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Great job & a unique idea! I was an industrial refrigeration tech for 30 years and worked on tons of ice makers and the problem with air cooled condenser commercial ice makers is as the ambient temp rises ice production drops off severely. With your set up you have overcome that problem since you are just keeping the ice makers in a 10 f ambient constantly. Also commercial ice makers use tons of energy especially as it get warmer and ice in an unrefrigerated ice hopper melts and drains. I would recommend one thing to anyone considering doing this is to make sure that the freezer doesn’t have a mullion heater around the top of chest (where you cut into plastic to run lines and wires). The heater is used in some cases to stop lid from freezing shut from condensation. It is very easy to check just buy examining wiring diagram of unit and it will show if heater is present, it is more common on domestic fridge freezers than chest fry but worth a look. Again GREAT JOB!
I checked before cutting, no heater in the lip. Thanks for the info
As a certified City & Guilds refrigeration engineer, having a split system makes sense, I wouldn’t have done it any differently, you took all the right precautions, nice work.
I finished building my ice maker Saturday evening. it is now Monday afternoon and there is about 18 pounds of ice already. this works great
Awesome!
Awesome work buddy!
If you have to heat and bend rigid tubing, or pvc for that matter, in the future, look at filling the tube with salt before hand. Just cap one end with tape, add salt, and It'll help the tube maintain its shape.
Since you have the freezer and limited production you can fill some containers with water and make some block ice, which last a lot longer than cubes.
I have been doing that lately
@@TKCL i freeze milk jugs lasts a long time
@John Crypto how did you get your thumbnail to have movement?
A few days before a bbq or party, since I have a freezer, I just go to the grocery store and buy a few gallon jugs of distilled water and freeze them. All you need after that is a box cutter and an ice pick. You get beautiful crystal clear ice.
@@johnmcook1 My dad cuts the top off 3 liter soda then freezes it to use in his water jug at work it works pretty well
This is god damned genius level problem solving. You just saved me a couple thousand bucks. So thank you for that.
Thank you for watching, glad you enjoyed it.
Check into some heat shrink tubing to cover those solder joints! Much safer and cleaner than vinyl tape!!!
I’m sad he didn’t use duct tape..
Finally watched the middle video in the process. You can increase how efferent the coolers are by precooling them using one of those freezer packs they send with some orders to keep them cool in the mail. The day before the outing toss the frozen pack in so it will cool down the cooler and when you toss the ice in the next day the ice isn't cooling it down. The packs go back into a freezer so they are ready to go the next time they are needed as they are also good if you take a cooler when shopping to toss the frozens in so they don't thaw as fast on the way home.
Make good ice packs for your back too. Just make sure to wrap them good with a towel so you don't freeze your skin. They're colder than regular ice packs.
"I don't care what it was designed to do, I care what it can do!" - Gene Kranz from NASA.
Great video!
Thank you for watching
I already have the freezer. I’m going to add the ice makers. Really nice design and money saver.
Thank you for watching
I just ordered the ice makers and will pick up the chest freezer this weekend. This is the perfect solution for me.
Awesome, hope you enjoy it! Remember to be very careful around the copper tubing in the walls, that freon is toxic. Mine is producing ice very well.
Sorry I couldn't help Andrew but hopefully I can you.
The Idea is great but please don't gouge the side of your freezer.
The top of the freezer is nothing but insulation, all the cold stuff happens below the seal. Mount your ice makers near the hinge. Strategically drill through the top for the wires and the waterlines so that they line up with the makers. use large enough tubing aimed straight down so you don't get any capillary effect. You can mount everything right to the top and you can cover it all up with the box of your choice . Don't mess with the wiring of the freezer. Wire the whole thing independently like he did in the second video. Maybe put an ON OFF in the circuit since it's controlling water, plugging it into a ground fault receptacle wouldn't be a bad idea either.
Great video, great idea.
Good points!
Afternoon from the UK Andrew. Just wanted to congratulate you on a brilliant idea and quality build. Never seen anything like that before. Living in the UK I don’t really have a need for one of these but I can definitely understand yours. Your seem a proper nice guy and have a passion for everything you do. Keep up the great work.
Thank you for watching and the kind words
You can place a bucket lined with nylon bags to gather your ice cubes every day and store them properly in the left compartment of your deep freezer. This way you don't need to use a shovel.
The tare button on a scale is a beautiful thing!
Yes
@RAH Capital I am pretty sure he knows what a tare button it. But you cant use that when you already have it full....
I know exactly what that button does. I would have to dump the contents out and clear out the weight of the pan or just do it the way I did, it's multiple steps either way.
Was wondering if I could borrow a cup of ice
I might have a little extra 🤣
Great Design and Install! A Very Effective Format for Cheap Bulk Ice Production. As a 30 Retired Maintenance Guy, I only see 1 Flaw in Concept and Install. That Ice Maker that you Purchased is an IM-6 Automatic Ice Maker for Standard Home Refrigerators and if you take a Look at the Bottom of Each Unit? You will notice a White Plastic Paddle Shaped Lever that is Designed into the Gearing System of the Unit. As the Ice Maker sends the Signal to the Solenoid to pull for water, after the Water has been sent through the Fill Tubed and drains into the Catch Trey it sends another Signal to cut the water Off. First, if you look at the Front Cover of the Ice Makers you will see the Cover Square with the Logo on it and say between the 3 and 4 O"clock Position on the Right Hand Side of the Ice Maker Itself you will see a Little Circle with a + and - Symbol. Remove the Circle Cover Tab with a Small Flat Head Screw Driver and you will see a Phillips Head Brass Screw. Turn that Screw Clock Wise 5 Times, what that does is tell the Ice Make to Pull for More Water so your Catch Trey has Larger Cubes in it and They will Last Longer in what ever need you are using, 2nd the White Plastic Lever that I mentioned rotates out toward the Front of the Ice Maker and is designed to in a Normal Installation that when the Factory Trey is full, the Lever hits the Ice Cubes and tells the IM-6 to not pull for more Water until that Lever is able to Cycle Completely. Without that Stop System, it will continue to make Ice, unless possible the Freezer fills with enough Ice and it fills in a way that the Lever will hit it and Stop the Process. Please take a Look at the Ice maker as it Cycles for a Better Understanding of what I have given a Description of. Again, Great Concept and Install. If you have any Questions? just ask. Thanks for a great Post...
Thank you for the information
Just sent these videos to my husband. I want one of these! This is awesome! Great show.
Thank you for watching
More videos coming on increasing production
This is a pretty good idea! A lot of people use a fair bit of ice in coolers for weekend events and a lot of contractors use it for lunches and drink coolers for their employees. It gets pretty annoying to constantly be stopping by the store for ice. But at the same time it hardly justifies a commercial ice maker.
Very true!
Great diy project awesome workshop
Ingenuity at its finest!
Doing my best
Flat 4 or 5 conductor wire is available at any NAPA store. It is used for trailer wiring.
Damn good common sense.! One of the best ideas I've seen lately for filling coolers for us weekend drinkers. Price is right!!!
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This I will do. Just replaced one in my house freezer, no sweat to add to a chest freezer. Thanks!
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Former bartender and current refrigeration tech.
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Beware of being to aggressive with that ice scoop! Easy to puncture the thin walls.
That's been bothering me! I can see that happening
If the ice is purely for chilling cans and bottles not consumption, might want to line the bottom and sides with 1/2" foil faced foam board to avoid damaging the coils with that dangerous dagger of an ice scoop.
That second ice maker is going to be nice to double your ice maker process. 😃 you save a lot of money.
I think so too!
Hi, just wanted to say hello and I look forward to watching your videos. Arms family homestead sent us your way.
Thank you so much for the support and stopping by
Me too! And I’ve been binge watching every since!!
Thank you so much
Your Ice maker videos are AWESOME 👍🏻👍🏻 You got me thinking, I already have the freezer so why not make my own, Thank You 👍🏻👍🏻
Glad you enjoyed it, more videos coming
Jumped up Jebus in a side car. That was a lot of work that won't last very long. But I have been wrong before. Good luck. Cheers from Saskatchewan.
Won't last why?
What a great idea....thinking "inside" the box...lol Great idea and great video. Thanks for sharing.
Thank you for watching
One of the greatest video ever. Im definitely making my own ice maker,
Thank you, glad you enjoyed it
My thought exactly, I already have the freezer.👍🏻👍🏻
New video out tomorrow with some ideas for a easier build with no cutting of the freezer.
Here are the changes I would make to the design. First, you mounted the ice maker in the warmest part of the chest freezer, of which has no active airflow. In a regular freezer, they are usually designed so that the coldest air coming off the evaporator hits the icemaker. Maybe mount a small fan inside the chest freezer to get more cold air across the ice maker. Second, I would add another icemaker, or a larger capacity one, to make more ice. Third, I would add a catch bucket, so you are not digging ice off the bottom of the cooler. You could even rig a 20lb ice bag under a chute, and fill it as they are made. I bought a case of ice bags with drawstrings on ebay, from a store that closed, for cheap. Lastly, if you can find a way to pre-chill the water to around 33 degrees, like running it through a coil of copper tubing kept inside a mini-fridge, it would greatly speed up the ice making process.
You'll enjoy the video I'm about to post, cover most of that.
Idk if I’ll ever need this but loved these videos and your ingenuity
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Nice build very creative
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I have written a number of comments now and hope you put them in order but anyway In the last mod I described I said try contact freezing against the cold wall. If you pull vacuum on that it should be much faster. Now I have one more idea for that get soda fountain carbonator and use carbonated water then pull a vacuum while contact freezing with pre-chilled water.
Great job bud, I always thought ice maker needs its own separate pcb, but turned out that it works just fine without anything special. Also I’ve seen your latter updates, adding 2 fans was a super wise choice. Just like a freezer everything works super faster yet more efficient with the assistance of fan.
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Man I'm telling you that is so awesome that you don't have to go to the store and buy ice. Ice is so expensive now days. We have an ice maker Vending machine in a parking lot in town & in my in-laws town and for a 10 lb bag of ice it's $10. Expensive man when I can go to my local Exxon gas station and get it for $3 for a 10 Ib bag of ice. $3 you got my business. That is an nice ice machine that you got their man.
Wow that's very expensive! We are 3.99 a 20lb bag and I thought that was high!
I know your machine is probably making enough ice for your needs. In my opinion, the one thing that you could do to increase is production even more is install the ice makers onto aluminum heat sinks that thermally join the ice makers to the chilled wall of the freezer using a thermal mastic. Interesting project. Thanks
I'm installing fans tomorrow and testing output. Next week I am adding block ice and increasing thermal mass to see if production increases
you can also make 10+ lbs a day using two 2 1/2 quart measuring buckets to make block ice. you can chop it into chunks using an ice pick. so simple
Not quite as simple as scooping out perfectly uniformed ice and placing right into my cooler.
@@TKCL I can make 8.5 lbs a day of perfectly uniform ice cubes using 8 ice cube trays. but the chunky stuff is better, lasts longer in the cooler.
I think I'm about to be right with that number or past it. And it makes it for me while I sleep, no attention needed. I test the final production of ice tomorrow now with fans installed.
Awesome project! I would go with a slightly larger freezer and 2 ice makers. The longer freezer would keep your options open to add 2 more at the other end while still leaving room to reach in to scoop out ice.
Second ice maker was added a while back, that video is at the end of this one. So far so good, update video out tomorrow.
@@TKCL I have looked at the Commercial Ice Makers for my home for years. Even used they cost too much money. Then they waste so much water from the drain in the bottom. Some even have built in heaters in the bottom to ensure the bottom ice melts. This solution never occurred to me. Great video.
Glad you enjoyed it
Love to see smart people doing stuff like this! A++
Thank you very much
Hell yeah man!! Great video. Ordering my supplies tomorrow. I already have a chest freezer. Thanks for showing us this!!
Thank you for watching
@@TKCL I got a free similar looking working ice maker out of an old fridge freezer. With an attached wire harness I wanted to put in a small cooler do these wire directly to 120V AC wall plug in? Or is it wired into the fridge/freezer and has the power stepped down? (I have to re watch the video)
I now have two ice makers and made my own extension cord that plugs directly into 110.
Hoping it will furnish enough for y'all!!! Great video!!
Time will tell!
Very good sir.. I have been wanting to do the same thing for years. Seems like a worthwhile project!
It's absolutely a worthwhile project, 50 lb of ice a week for only $369. It'll pay for itself at 9-10 months at that rate
maybe add a wedge under the ice makers to force the ice to flow into the lower section, to prevent shutting off the ice maker early with ice pileup on the upper shelf?
This idea came to mind today as I installed one of those kits in my fridge a while back. Thanks for making your video with how to wire it and the importance of that sleeve to keep the water line from freezing. Those cubes are better than "bag ice" IMO, going to build one here for parties, boat, and neighbors. Now to see who sells a reasonable chest freezer.
Mine is working great, probably has 150 lbs of ice in it now. I love being able to have my own ice. Try Sam's club or Lowes, I've been to both recently and seen smaller freezers in stock.
I thought about doing this a few years back but ended up going with a 200 lbs Manitowoc ice machine for $1,900.00. They may have went up since.
You can never really justify spending $1,900.00. on a ice machine but it’s purely a convince thing. I do run a cooler of ice year round and use a lot of ice.
Good job by the way, I’ve always wondered if it would have worked. Thanks for the great video.
Thank you for watching
What i would do to quickly make it more efficient is to place a few pails, juggs whatever of water into the freezer. This will help get the temp lower and keep at that range better. One main issue you have is the makers are at the top of the unit where it's the warmest preventing it from chilling the ice faster and making it out ice out faster more ice out. I would put some small pails of solid ice on that side shelf this will keep the makers cooler so your making ice faster. The pails you can remove later when there's enough ice in the machine that it regulates better.
I installed fans and I'll have a video out tomorrow. I'm making block ice next week and testing thermal mass effects.
Why would anyone give this a thumbs down? Crazy!
Thank you very much
If you add a fan blowing across the ice makers it will make a huge difference in ice output air is stagnate in a chest freezer cold settles to the bottom! Look at your Ice maker in the house air flow is in the design.
Never mind I see you went with the fans.
Yep video out tomorrow
@@TKCL I bet it's making ice like a Alaskan winter now.
🤷😁
I love your channel. Keep them coming
Thanks for watching
Well done !!
Keep improving and soon you’ll have a production line happily happening haha
Congrats bud :)
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When drilling metal, using a center punch on your marks will help prevent the bit from walking on you.
Yes it will, I usually only center punch steel
Great idea, 2 is always better than 1
With everything except wives LOL
As I said you got a great idea there if you do a little research on your ice makers and possibly even add a fan inside to speed up the cooling across your ice makers you can probably I'm just going to speculate as long as those are like the old-style ice makers where you had an almost infinite control inside the front cover to speed up and slow down the production you can probably make up to 50 - a hundred pounds a day with those ice maker.
I already have two fans that I'm installing tomorrow, video out next week. Thanks for watching!
Cool project. Just found your channel, Daniel from Arms Family Homestead sent me your way.
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Nice! I am going to make one of these for my club.
FYI. I have a small freezer like this and the interior aluminum surface is very thin. You might want to put something down where the ice hits and be careful if you’re using a scoop. I put several holes in the bottom of mine with frozen food.
I'm worried about that too
What a scoop. Good build
I plan on scooping lol!
Great video eventually I'll be able to make one myself also your workshop looks amazing love the organization for a while I had a similar set up in a 10x16 lofted building but as they say crap happens had to move and change the workshop to living space most of my tools are still packed up unfortunately I miss the organization I once had
Thank you, it's a constant struggle to keep clean and organized.
@@TKCL yes I agree especially when others have use of your tools and they just leave them laying around most of the time is spent looking for the particular tool that you need lol
That's pretty darn awesome right there. I go through about 20 pounds a day in the summer so it wouldn't be quite enough for me. Unless I make 2 of them :o
I'm testing fans and other options to increase capacity right now
New follower. We are weekend ranchers and use a lot of ice. I like. I will be doing something similar. Great channel. Love the shop.
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Great vids bro. You are a smart guy. This is a great way to make ice on a budget.
Thank you
Throw in water bottles. Thermal mass will go up and you can drink them on the boat. Any tune your replace air (insulator) with water you win energy.
I tested that and believe it or not I produced LESS with thermal mass, I was shocked.
Thats a smart idea!
That box seems huge tho.
I would probably partition off the left side, and you could still use it for other stuff. Ice pops for the kids maybe...or deer meat.
Also having other items in there would increase the thermal mass allowing it to freeze faster.
Not in my case, I fish, hunt and boat all the time. I use 80lbs of ice everytime I saltwater fish.
I installed fans today and testing has begun. I'm making block ice next week to increase thermal mass and testing.
Wow thats awesome
Thanks
nice trick is to fill the hose with sand or something before bending it and it will keep its shape
Thank you
Very good job buddy!!
Thank you for watching
1. Jealous of your tan!
2. Your tool bench looks awesome.
3. Damn that’s a big a** ice scooper!
1. It's Florida 🌞🌞🌞🌞
2. It's not big enough 😔
3. You da$# right! Bigger is better right?
@@TKCL what part of Florida?
North central near Tallahassee
@@TKCL nice I live in plant city between Tampa and Orlando
I'm familiar with it
I bought a ice maker that makes 40lbs a day and a deep freezer to put the ice in. I fill 2lb bags and stick them in the deep freezer
I have one too
new house ... new shop.... new tools .... high roller .... shoot on stick !!!
Your looking at thousands of hours of overtime working shift work at a paper mill. I don't miss it
It should freeze much faster like when a cold beer suddenly freezes when you remove the lid.
Lol. Dang, TH-cam is all over it. The ad at the beginning of this video was for something like K2 kinetic advertising a freezer icemaker product. 😂😂😂 sometimes it feels like we’re being spied on. Lol
As far as the cord I’m guessing it would be fine the refrigerator usually pulls a lot more energy than a deep freezer and they run the icemaker off the same power source. If you get the maximum amperage rating from all three devices you can just add that together and see if your cord is a large enough gauge to handle that amperage and then you’ll know if it’s too much of a load or not. Even then most of the time you’re probably not gonna have all three devices on at the same time but you definitely want to be sure. I’m guessing the fans make a difference and I’ve had an icemaker that had what they called turbo mode which was just a fan and it did make it work faster. Also you were talking before about thermal mass and I think putting two or three jugs of water in there to freeze solid would be a great idea, especially if your power went out for 20 or 30 minutes it would definitely help keep everything solid instead of melting and refreezing, it definitely couldn’t hurt. I also think that little penguins on skis in there would be some awesome decor and probably improve the morale of your ice-makers. 😜😆
See todays video, fans made a huge difference
@@TKCL lol. Yeah I commented again can I have a bad habit of commenting before the videos over 😂😂 but I do think I came up with a couple of ideas on my last comment. Lol
fill a 5 gal bucket and freeze when its frozen. turn upside down and remove the ice block. Then using a ice pick chunk it up you will now have 40# of ice.
you may be able to freeze 5-6 buckets at once potentially make 240# in 24 hours
I'm making block ice next week in addition to the cubes.
Just an idea hear. Mount the ice makers on the lid. Just a different way or view on the project. Most likely no issues drilling holes in the lid.
Water would dump out of them every time I opened it
Fill the plastic tubing with sand and tape the ends securely. Heat and bend. The sand will maintain the shape of the tube.
Thank you
Great video and thanks for sharing! Stay Safe!
Amazing!! You sir are a genius!
Wow, thanks!
I love it. Im going to make a slight design modification and make a wooden/foam collar to mount everything to like a Keezer.
That's exactly what I'll do on my next one, I didn't discover that until after I was done.
I built one with the wood collar / keezer style last weekend. The wood is a poor insulator and stays wet due to condensation. The condensation adds considerable heat to the interior I believe. I need more insulation (have 3/4 blue foam inside the collar) and a shorter collar (used a 2x6 and only need a 2x4).
I'm going to use pvc or hpde (cutting board material) for my next build to avoid that.
Yea I may sandwich it with a foam.
I would
add a padding under the ice maker where its drop ice cube on deep freezer rectangle lip will save it for long run, just like a inch thick Thermapole or any foam
I put a tray there that catches the ice
those ice makers should be running out of cycle of each other so they never compete for a water refill. You'll know this is happening if you see some tiny cubes. I think this is a great idea and I cant believe no one has done this before. It's so simple.
I've been in the shop several times, the ice makers are on timers and several minutes apart. I can always trip one and make them 45 or more minutes apart. No issues and uniform ice cubes.
This is a cool project (literally lol). I don't think an ice maker takes barely any power, so I think you could have just used the freezer cord for everything.
Probably so, but better safe than sorry. Thanks for watching
Just start them at different times so the extraction cycle is offset.
They have been offset since the day I plugged them in.
I actually looked it up last night. The average icemaker uses 190 watts for about 90 seconds for the extraction heater. That's the only part of the entire cycle that uses significant energy.
The average deep freeze uses about 500w when the compressor is running.
So worst possible case, the compressor is on, and both ice makers are extracting ice... we're looking at less than a 1000w draw, for a maximum of 90 seconds.
I've actually tested freezer and refrigerators recently when I reviewed solar powered generators. The highest pull I seen with compressor engaged was 360 watts and 0 watts with it off. And yes the ice maker shouldn't run much at all. I'm testing thermal mass theories next week by add block ice and checking power consumption with a killawatt meter. Videos coming soon
Woot. Like number 1000....
But it appears you have the budget for a actual ice maker. They have very efficient ones. Plus the drip hose is for some meltage but mainly to rinse out clean and drain.
I do not, I no longer work at a mill where I could work unlimited over time. I am also building our home and every extra dollar is going into that.
Add a reverse osmosis with a 5 gallon bladder tank Inline and have nice clear drinking ice
You do know two separate pugs plugged into then same outlet would would be drawing the same current from he circuit if they where just one right? Ha ha good work 💪
Yes, but having the ice makers with their own cord, I just unplug them when the freezer is full. That way the freezer stays running.
this is a awesome project, BUT if you are only using 20lbs a week it's not saving any money. where I live a 25lb bag is $3.99, your spending more then that in electricity running 2 ice makers and the freezer a week,, But it is a neat and fun project that I think I'll try with my grandson
Negative, watch my current videos. I use 40-80lbs a week. It costs me exactly 44 cents to make a 20lb bag in electricity. It's all been tested and production is still going up as costs per pound are dropping.
21 cents a day to operate in Florida summer heat
awesome idea. i think you could add two more units for sure (longer bracket).
Possibly, but they would be in my way. I added fans this morning to see what kind of production increases could happen. I have a few more things to test too. Videos coming soon.
@@TKCL i cant wait. this is something i have wanted to do for years. hurricane irma 13 days no power. my generator could have kept your ice maker running forever.
Exactly! We live in Florida and have hurricanes too.
That's a cool project there Andrew, You will be going through a pile of ice next fall when you guys are sitting on your new back porch having some cold snacks watching the sun set. Thanks for the video.
That's exactly right!
I wonder if adding a circulator fan in the box would help. A small computer fan would service. The coldest air is at the bottom of the reach-in. But the ice makers are at the top. Just hinking. 🤔
That video is out tomorrow, we think alike!
Fill the tube up with sand tape both ends then heat up and bend should give you a clean bend
Thank you
Great project. Not to nitpick, but if your last name is Kelley and you are talking about the country life of multiple Kelleys, that would be The Kelleys' Country Life
Lol dang that is nitpicking... But I hear you 😁
Propane is a fantastic refrigerant!!!
A direct drop in for R-12
Thanks for the followup video. Oh by the way, the reason there's a sticker on the freezer that says explosion hazard is because all new appliances run butane instead of freon as a refrigerant. Has that saddle valve started leaking yet? Don't worry, it will.
Thanks and no leaks yet.
Best thing to do- buy bottled water, put the water in your freezer and freeze it- then you have an ice brick you can drink later!
I do that, but that doesn't keep multiple drinks cold in a cooler or fish cold in my fish box.
Nicely done, went fishing in Keaton last Friday and absolutely killed them! Wasn't so good Saturday tho! I'm sure we'll run into each other there soon!
Yes I'm hearing good reports! I need to go very soon
@@TKCL yes sir! Could of had a 3 person limit in one spot! Weather permitting may make a run offshore for some seabass next weekend!
I'm gearing up for some sheepshead spearfishing very soon.
Summer is coming and us in Florida really need our ice. Coolers, Margaritaville machines and such suck it up. LOL. Nice job.
Don't forget whiskey on ice!
Cool! ❄️🥶
Thanks
It will be great if your improve and repurpose what you learn here and do drawer ice maker or fridge ... deep freezer doesnt look cool to hve it outside
Genius
You can get a restaurant ice maker on FB marketplace for like 1-150 bucks. With your know how you can fix it if it needs anything.
I looked and never seen one locally that cheap. I won't turn one down if I find one for that price
Great idea and execution. You need to look into the tare function of your scale though, no need to deduct the weight of the ice bin manually. :)
My upcoming videos I start using that are but for everybody