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Skriven 2008-09-11 00:30:50 av Michiel van der Vlist (2:280/5555)
     Kommentar till en text av Björn Felten (2:203/2)
Ärende: Cleaning time (was: Geo-location)
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Hello Björn,

On Wednesday September 10 2008 15:03, you wrote to me:

 BF>    On my blog http://tinyurl.com/56o4j7 I have several articles on
 BF> just that. If you read my articles about lactoacid preserving you may
 BF> want to keep those jars of yours for a wee bit longer? :)

Maybe. But they really are in the way and I doubt I will ever use them again.
As I mentioned the kettle and associated fixtures is long gone. Rusted through.
Other than that te pear tree is gone, I found that this way of conservation is
less than optimal for pears. They get a little overcooked during the 30 minute
sterilesation process. Just cooking them with sugar and cynamon for 15 minutes
and then freezing them gives much better results.

But a freezer takes energy. This cleaning out operation started earlier this
year when my hot water boiler broke. I rented it from the electricity company.
In the old days these companies were run by engineers who kept pride in
providing a reliable service to the public. Now it is privatised and all the
management is interested in is keeping the share holders happy. So instead of
just replacing the thing as they did in the past they now tried to ram a new
contract down my throat that was so unattractive that I declined. I just bought
a replacement. But the snag was that they insisted on removing the relay that
activates the power for the boiler during the hours of cheap power in the
night.

And so I installed a simple timer to cover that function. And then it made me
think. What if I do the same for that freezer in the cellar? It is used for
long time storage and seldom opened. If 80 litre of water can remain hot during
the day, can not 120 litre of food stay cold during for he same time?

Well, it didn't work. The freezer only was -17 to begin with and after two
hours without power it was up to -10. That old thing had bad insulation. It was
a power hog! So I decided it had to go. I cleared it out and after it was
decomissioned, it had a noticeable effect on my power consumption. Yesterday I
carted it off.

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Cheers, Michiel

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