Fw: Cob: Cold Sink [Darel]

Thu Dec 19 06:52:29 PST 2002

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This is just to add to the thought process,,,  Years ago I read about =
the concept of the=20
"cold sink",, I don't remember what they called it. But the article was =
in the Alaskan Magazine.
It was a freezer for the out back in the area of the PERMAFROST...  =
First you built a building
6x6x6 with a highly insulated floor. Through the trap door in the floor =
you dug down 8 to 12 feet.
And you enlarged a room and built shelves..  This is done in the frozen =
ground, and that far north you would have a freezer year around,,, This =
concept would work to various degrees anywhere..   imho:  To do this =
much work would be therapy,, and if you didn't absolutely have to,, =
would mean that you needed therapy,,,  ~=BF~ Just kinding ~=BF~ bill

----- Original Message -----=20
From: Kim West=20
To: Cob List=20
Sent: Wednesday, December 18, 2002 2:12 PM
Subject: Re: Cob: Cold Sink [Darel]

Hi Darel. My use of "deep cold sink" may have been a bad choice of =
words. I just didn't know what to call it. What I was referring to was a =
relatively small hole dug in the ground, say maybe 4'X4' to use to help =
keep food. It seems that, if you have made an adequate drainage system =
around your house, and under your foundation, you could do it with =
little or no moisture problems. If you have, or can get, an old fridge, =
you could use the door of it to close it if it isn't too big. I didn't =
want to go the way of having an entire cellar because of the possible =
problems with water, although the place you spoke of did sound like a =
good idea. I was just wondering if anyone had tried to make one, and if =
so, how well did it work.

Kim

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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D4>This is just to add to the thought =
process,,,&nbsp;=20
Years ago I read about the concept of the </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D4>"cold sink",, I don't remember what =
they called it.=20
But the article was in the Alaskan Magazine.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D4>It was a freezer for the out back in =
the area of=20
the PERMAFROST...&nbsp; First you built a building</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D4>6x6x6 with a highly insulated floor. =
Through the=20
trap door in the floor you dug down 8 to 12 feet.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D4>And you enlarged a room and built =
shelves..&nbsp;=20
This is done in the frozen ground, and that far north you would have a =
freezer=20
year around,,,&nbsp;This concept would work to various degrees=20
anywhere..&nbsp;&nbsp; imho:&nbsp; To do this much work would be =
therapy,,=20
and&nbsp;if you didn't absolutely have to,, would mean that you needed=20
therapy,,,&nbsp; ~=BF~ Just kinding ~=BF~ bill</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message -----=20
<DIV style=3D"BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A=20
title=3Dkwest at arkansas.net href=3D"mailto:kwest at arkansas.net">Kim =
West</A> </DIV>
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href=3D"mailto:coblist at deatech.com">Cob List</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, December 18, 2002 2:12 PM</DIV>
<DIV><B>Subject:</B> Re: Cob: Cold Sink [Darel]</DIV></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Hi Darel. My use of "deep cold sink" =
may have been=20
a bad choice of words. I just didn't know what to call it. What I was =
referring=20
to was a relatively small hole dug in the ground, say maybe 4'X4' to use =
to help=20
keep food. It seems that, if you have made an adequate drainage system =
around=20
your house, and under your foundation, you could do it with little or no =

moisture problems. If you have, or can get, an old fridge, you could use =
the=20
door of it to close it if it isn't too big. I didn't want to go the way =
of=20
having an entire cellar because of the possible problems with water, =
although=20
the place you spoke of did sound like a good idea. I was just wondering =
if=20
anyone had tried to make one, and if so, how well did it =
work.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Kim</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>

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