Hi Willow: Had never heard of the Coolgardie Safe! Had to google it and found some interesting material. Would give the URLs but am using someone else's computer and can't figured how to copy the URLS. Thank you for sharing the coolgardie with us. If read correctly, appears it is based on the theory of cooling by evaporation. Lauraine > > From: "Willow Aliento" <evajune@bigpond.com> > Date: 2009/08/02 Sun AM 06:25:47 CDT > To: <can-usa-migration@rootsweb.com> > Subject: Re: [CAN-USA-MIG] Ice Boxes, and Yurts > > G'Day, > Here downunda some folks in the city or big towns had iceboxes, but out bush > where ice could not be got, Aussies used a contraption called a "Koolgardie > safe" -- named after a remote mining town Koolgardie. > How they work is a tin box of various kinds either had a pan built in at the > bottom, or sat in a tin pan, with water in it; hessian was draped over the > box so the ends dangled in the water, the capilliarity of the hessian would > draw water up and the heat of the atmosphere dried it out, causing a cooling > effect (a bit like an evaporative air conditioner). They actually work very > well, I've used improvised Koolgardies at various times, the best thing for > improvising is a steel washing machine drum sitting in a pan with a hessian > sack for the cover. knew a bloke who kept meat frsh for a week in 40 degree > heat in one. > > and yurts are fairly popular with the alternative community around > Australia. > > Wishing everyone well, > Willow in Australia > > > When you want to respond to a query or comment posted on this List, I find it MUCH easier to post a new message -- remembering to include the SUBJECT from the post you are responding to !! Please make sure there is a SURNAME or place-name in the Subject. > > To search the archives: > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/search?path=CAN-USA-MIGRATION > The information page is: > http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/other/Immigration/CAN-USA-MIGRATION.html > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to CAN-USA-MIGRATION-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >