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Portable Ice Makers Ed Hayes 08-05-2005
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Posted by Mortimer Schnerd, RN on August 6, 2005, 12:18 am


Ed Hayes wrote:
> I am thinking about buying a portable ice maker.
> I saw one in Home Depot for like 200 bucks.
> Anyone have any experiences with these things?
> Are they too small to be worth while?
> The one I saw makes about 35 Lbs of ice per day and does not conect
> to a water supply.


How does it make ice if not with water?



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Posted by Olaf on August 5, 2005, 9:02 pm



> Ed Hayes wrote:
> > I am thinking about buying a portable ice maker.
> > I saw one in Home Depot for like 200 bucks.
> > Anyone have any experiences with these things?
> > Are they too small to be worth while?
> > The one I saw makes about 35 Lbs of ice per day and does not conect
> > to a water supply.
>
>
> How does it make ice if not with water?

It uses a reservior. I'd probably figure a way to rig up a water supply. :-)


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Posted by Sunflower on August 6, 2005, 12:49 pm



>I am thinking about buying a portable ice maker.
> I saw one in Home Depot for like 200 bucks.
> Anyone have any experiences with these things?
> Are they too small to be worth while?
> The one I saw makes about 35 Lbs of ice per day and does not conect
> to a water supply.
> Thanks

Yes, it will make up to 30 pounds of ice.

IF you keep putting in the water. It doesn't hook to a supply.

IF you keep harvesting the ice immediately. It doesn't store it below
freezing, and melting begins immediately.

IF you don't have a high demand reason for needing the ice. 33 pounds isn't
that much over 24 hours time, and will require you to stand there every 12
minutes to harvest it for that cooler, and then refill the reservoir.

The more expensive and larger units that connect to a water supply are more
useful. HD sells those too. Everstar brand, NSF rated, and from $800-$1000
for something that you actually CAN fill an ice chest up with. But, at that
cost, it's gonna take you a bunch of years to recoup the investment.




Posted by Edwin Pawlowski on August 6, 2005, 1:07 pm



> IF you keep harvesting the ice immediately. It doesn't store it below
> freezing, and melting begins immediately.
>

> and will require you to stand there every 12 minutes to harvest it for
> that cooler, and then refill the reservoir.

OK, that's a deal killer




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