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Free iceball(us only)

Living in the mid-west, you get ice balls for free. Just walk outside and wait about 5 seconds... FROZEN.
 
Originally posted by: FrugalGuy
what is this?
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Couldn't help but look, and felt providing some info would be my good deed for the day 😀

Short story- Plastic balls filled with water, placed into a storage vessel, and then cooled by a seperate cooling unit during the low peak hours of the night. Daytime means work time for the balls 😀 where air can be passed through the vessel or cold can be transfered to a water source and then through a heat exchanger sort of device, and blown into the desired area/facility.

Long story- Go to the HOME page.

 
Originally posted by: superHARD
OK I read all that but what are they used for?
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when a compnay has the ability to adjust their power costs based on time of day, these units can be used to "collect" cold during lower costs and then release the cold during higher engery cost times.

The cold is used to suppliment A/C units.


There was a theory proposed in the 70's for the Boston area.

Dump excess snow into one the the quarries up there and have piping run to the chiller units.
The snow would slowly melt, providing chilled water. It was estimated that the quarry cold water could last most of the spring summer due to the depth and natural earth insulation.
Used water could then be sprayed on top during the winter to create a gigantic ice cube.


 
So this is a ice cube that slowly warms up to room temp? Without leaving the water mess that ice would leave?

Is there that big of a change in cost on electricty from day to night?
 
Originally posted by: superHARD
So this is a ice cube that slowly warms up to room temp? Without leaving the water mess that ice would leave?

Is there that big of a change in cost on electricty from day to night?
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For some utilities, there can be up to a 25% rate difference depending on usage.

For the average home consumer, there can also be a rate difference, hoever, the cost to utilize these iceballs would not be effective. There is not way to use these within a home cooling unit.

 
Wow, that has to be one of the most terrible websites I've ever seen. They must have spent nearly 10 minutes making that.




j


 
Originally posted by: jfunk
Wow, that has to be one of the most terrible websites I've ever seen. They must have spent nearly 10 minutes making that.

j
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yeah - circa 1997....but there is one good part to the site.....click the giant ice ball and you get their technical service!


:beer:
 
Originally posted by: jfunk
Wow, that has to be one of the most terrible websites I've ever seen. They must have spent nearly 10 minutes making that.

j
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yeah - circa 1997....but there is one good part to the site.....click the giant ice ball and you get their technical service!


:beer:
 
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