Survive the Apocalypse

[mallie99]

Found this via LifeHacker:

[damaralenoire]

thanks for sharing, some handy tips there, definitely printing this one off

[KrisWard]

Thanks again for the upload, I especially liked the refridgeration unit, keeping food fresh for upto 3 weeks!

[preppingsu]

Thanks again for the upload, I especially liked the refridgeration unit, keeping food fresh for upto 3 weeks!

Fancy doing an experiment to see if it works?
Post some photos and a blow by blow account.

[matthopkins]

Thanks again for the upload, I especially liked the refridgeration unit, keeping food fresh for upto 3 weeks!

Do a quick search on youtube under "Zeer pot"

Used one of these for a few years keeping items fresh during summer months using only two large pots and a cloth. They work very well

[KrisWard]

Thanks again for the upload, I especially liked the refridgeration unit, keeping food fresh for upto 3 weeks!

Fancy doing an experiment to see if it works?
Post some photos and a blow by blow account.

I would like to, just I know with my current time restraints I have so much going on, I wont get round to it. Rather be honest...but if anyone else is up for it. I am keen to see how it goes; and curious to see how long it keeps food fresh!

[KrisWard]

Thanks again for the upload, I especially liked the refridgeration unit, keeping food fresh for upto 3 weeks!

Do a quick search on youtube under "Zeer pot"

Used one of these for a few years keeping items fresh during summer months using only two large pots and a cloth. They work very well

Just looked at those online, I think its amazing such a viable backup to the conventional fridge. Thats why I love this forum, you are constantly learning.

[matthopkins]

Thanks again for the upload, I especially liked the refridgeration unit, keeping food fresh for upto 3 weeks!

Do a quick search on youtube under "Zeer pot"

Used one of these for a few years keeping items fresh during summer months using only two large pots and a cloth. They work very well

Just looked at those online, I think its amazing such a viable backup to the conventional fridge. Thats why I love this forum, you are constantly learning.

A freind of mine first saw these whilst working in africa and told me about them. With his help we put one in my garden (in shade if possible) and it worked fine keeping food stuff for longer then i would have thought possible. The key is not letting the sand or cloth covering to get dry as these rely on
evapouration (?) to work.

[Cromicon]

Good find, I do like the fridge bit.

[ForgeCorvus]

Way back in the dawn of time (ie, when I was at Primary school) my Grandparents had a little caravan set up as a Static on a site.
Because pitches with hook-ups cost about three times as much to rent it was pretty much off-grid (bottled gas for cooking and lighting), but it was the fridge they had that amazed me.

It was about a two foot cube with the top, bottom, back and sides were cast as one peice of a pourous ceramic and it had a thin and not very insulated door with a simple (but rugged) catch as the front

A shallow dish was moulded into the top which you filled with water and evaporation kept the inside cool (well, cool enough)
The hotter the air temperature the faster the water evaporated and so the more it cooled down.
It kept butter solid (but not hard) in the summer of '77