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  • From: Etienne Goyer <etienne.goyer AT outlands.ca>
  • To: Market Farming <market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [Market-farming] Inventory Systems for Produce
  • Date: Sun, 22 Aug 2010 15:18:05 -0400

Dalew Farms wrote:
> I also wanted to thank some of you for suggesting the coolbot for our new
> walk in cooler this year. (We purchased a 26' insulated truck box this
> spring to avoid taking all of our produce up and down stairs to a walk in
> cooler in the basement of our house) Although the deal I got on the truck
> box originally came with a conventional compressor type cooler that was
> supposed to be lots big enough to do the job, it wasn't! Eventually, I
> received a coolbot and hooked it up to a 25,000 btu window Air conditioner
> and its doing a much better job now! I'm thrilled with the coolbot!


The University of Kentucky have released the blueprint for a small-scale
cooler (8' x 4') built around the CoolBot. The blueprint is at:

http://www.ca.uky.edu/agc/pubs/aen/aen96/aen96.pdf


They say it can be built for around 2500$, including the CoolBot and AC
unit. I plan to build one for myself next season.


Etienne, aspiring market farmer




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