Fw: Cob: Cold Sink [Darel]

Thu Dec 19 08:52:29 CST 2002

This is just to add to the thought process,,,  Years ago I read about the concept of the 
"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,,,  ~¿~ Just kinding ~¿~ bill

----- Original Message ----- 
From: Kim West 
To: Cob List 
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=Arial size=4>This is just to add to the thought process,,,  
Years ago I read about the concept of the </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=4>"cold sink",, I don't remember what they called it. 
But the article was in the Alaskan Magazine.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=4>It was a freezer for the out back in the area of 
the PERMAFROST...  First you built a building</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=4>6x6x6 with a highly insulated floor. Through the 
trap door in the floor you dug down 8 to 12 feet.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=4>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,,,  ~¿~ Just kinding ~¿~ bill</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=4></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=4></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- 
<DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A 
title=kwest at arkansas.net href="mailto:kwest at arkansas.net">Kim West</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>To:</B> <A title=coblist at deatech.com 
href="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=Arial size=2>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.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Kim</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>