ok heres the problem my dad lives in a small log cabin in spain hes has problems with electricity for years it cut off for weeks at a time hes tred to
have it them sorted but with no joy as hes very remote.
i have got him wind up lights and wind up phone charger and radio but im now trying to work out how to get him some sort of fridge - coolbox has
anyone got a lowcost way of doing this?
he has no car so useing the car for a cool box is a none starter he has a generator but it got stolen. (his last power cut lasted 12 weeks 
)
remember i need to get all the stuff i need in my suitcare or it must be easy to find in spain.
made on your side of SCOTIA
http://www.physorg.com/news144674984.html
Build your own for £2.50 and race it ?
He could make a cooler using water evaporation as the refrigerant. He have to make sure the water was topped-up and it wouldn't make things cold, just keep them cool!
bury it.
Wonder what ambient temp is 1m underground?
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Originally posted by mangogrooveworkshop
made on your side of SCOTIA
http://www.physorg.com/news144674984.html
awesome, i type so fast i read that last reply and then managed to post before it
im going to try and find 2 of this and a small solar panel
ebay
Item number: 390066005123
It's Spain why not tile the roof with solar panels? I'd guess they're 12v but connect that with those ups battery things and an inverter?
solar is great here at the moment and would be even better in spain. In my locost motorhome I've got a bank of leisure batteries and 2 solar
panels. In hot weather we have excess electricity (getting up to 12amps in sunny weather at hottest part of day, solar charge controller prevents
overcharging) so we could run a 12v cooler in summer. We run a couple of laptops, waterpump, lights, shower pump, inverter for mobile phone/camera
charging. In winter there's less light to run a cooler but the weather is cooler too ^_^
What's the cooler for? butter doesn't need a fridge, powdered milk. Beer though, that needs to be cold
how cool does he need it to be?
When i was at college we made a sahara fridge. Basically a structure held off hte floor. Had walls made of charcol (chicken wire and bbq bricks). This
then had a dish on the top containing water and cotton draped over the outside and in the water.
The water got sucked up into the cotton and down the sides of the fridge. The water then evaporated from the sides of the fridge cooling it.
What about Natural Air-Con
Linky
Martin