Evaporative air cooler

[Bugtownboy]

Our local butcher is a friend - he dry ages beef in a proper ageing cabinet. Ours was 2 weeks from slaughter, then 3 weeks in the cabinet.

We cooked it for the butcher and his wife - no pressure.

Again, not cheap, but a nice cut of meat for the bbq and to share with friends.

[Joeboy]

Our local butcher is a friend - he dry ages beef in a proper ageing cabinet. Ours was 2 weeks from slaughter, then 3 weeks in the cabinet.

We cooked it for the butcher and his wife - no pressure.

Again, not cheap, but a nice cut of meat for the bbq and to share with friends.

I am not black catting you but we get 56 day steaks and if we meet ill tell you a great story from the meat inspector who supplied to Savoy in London. Nothing bad, just how sell by is nonsense!

[Mr Gus]

Plenty of eyewatering priced thru cheap aged steaks in French supermarket meat caves. (Super U in Chamonix & various local butchers there)

Wife, kid, & myself keep saying we will, try a few, but the sous vide wand is likely to have been forgotten to be packed when we do remember, not many opportunities since covid either.

Sod & his law in action.

those steaks would likely repulse the gold leaf food for a photo opportunity frauds.

[Joeboy]

Well lads, after an 11 day delay the cooling unit finally made it from Mugla to Turunc via Marmaris and it was worth the wait.
The pads are I think still.pulling up from the tank, nonetheless we watched the lcd display drop from 34 deg to 25. It has settled at 26 degs with a background air temp of 36 deg.
Pulls 110W and has a remote, that'll do. It's a .
The reservoir holds 26 ltrs and even as I type it has just ramped up in chilliness, I guess the pads are filling nicely.
There is no temperature control, it gives what it gives. Very pleasant little outdoor bubble we are sitting in. Will try indoors tomorrow.

[billi]

Sounds cool to me that 6 degrees cold Air Output

[Joeboy]

Sounds cool to me that 6 degrees cold Air Output

I am thinking about ice cubes in the hopper billi!
Just went for a walk around the back of the unit where normal environment is, it is most certainly working!

[billi]

well am glad to have a staimlrss watter storage an so,e PV ahead

[Joeboy]

well am glad to have a staimlrss watter storage an so,e PV ahead

Slowly slowly catchy monkey, build it all over time eh?

We are now down to speed 1 out of 3 on the fan and the temp gauge indicates 25 degs. Background is now 35 degs.






I am very happy with this unit, I worried that stepping down from the HUGE units that are running in the restaurants would negate the benefits, not at all. This product certainty has a place in the cooling world.

[Joeboy]

Trying Billi's idea, kind of. Pre cooling water in the freezer before it goes in the hopper. We are going through around about 1 UK gallon of water per hour. In my pursuit of engineering enquiry I feel a need to drive that airflow temperature down to 24 degs and achieve an optimistic 11 deg separation between background air and unit pushed.

[Joeboy]

Ooh, ooh, ooh