The Groundfridge Is A Pre-Fab Underground Cellar That Stays Cool Without Electricity

http://www.ifitshipitshere.com/weltevree-groundfridge/ ^

[BlackbirdSST]

Next, I’m going to invent the icebox and the wringer washer.

Everything old is new again.

[Adder]

Its
Plastic.

otherwise not much different...

[norwaypinesavage]

This only works in the cold North. Down here in southern Texas, the ground temperature is over 70 degrees. As everywhere, the deeper you dig, the warmer it gets.

[COBOL2Java]

How is it different from an old-fashioned root cellar?

It's $16,000.00, not counting the cost of burial.

Presumably an "old-fashioned root cellar" costs much less.

[familyop]

"to keep the temp at between 50° and 53° degrees Farenheit"

Botulism would be a risk with some foods that are not properly canned with pressure cooking. Other bad things can grow in some foods stored in some ways at anything over 40 degrees.

[familyop]

Root cellars are good for keeping some things under the correct conditions. It would be good to study to find out what and how.

[Chickensoup]

We had a wringer washer in the basement. It was for the heavy items that were not sent to the laundry. Blankets comforters. The girl washed them. There was a box of yellow homemade soap next to it, probably from my g-gmother’s house. It was used at the slate set tub.

[Ozark Tom]

What is your ground temperature at the proper depth? Keep in mind the designer resides in Denmark.

[Wuli]

Nothing new AT ALL,

Throughout most of the U.S., the temperature of the ground below the frost line (about 3 to 5 feet below the surface) remains at a nearly constant temperature, generally in the 45 ° -50 ° F range in northern latitudes, and in the 50 ° -70 ° F range in the south.

This knowldge has been known and taken advantage of by folks in many ways for a long time.

You want your house warmwer in the winter and cooler in the summer? Just have some large measure of your four walls set from 3 to 5 feet below the surface. You will give the house a ton of insulation and shield it from both hotter summer and colder winter temps. Houses that stand totally above the surface take no advantge of natural insulation the earth offers.

[CottonBall]

TY!

I have fallen behind on this endeavor. I’ll try to get something to go in tomorrow on the thread and link to this one.

[CottonBall]

But cave temperatures are optimum for ripening cheese and storing wine.

but yes, skip putting the milk and deli meats in there.

[CottonBall]

“Everything old is new again.”

Next thing you know people will be wearing Paisley and bellbottoms