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Offline tonyp

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Re: Primary without an airlock
« Reply #30 on: April 23, 2013, 06:02:20 pm »
i use frozen ice packs.  just switch them in and out periodically,

Have you tried water bottles too or just the ice packs? I bought a bunch of ice packs from either lowes or walmart, really cheap like .50ยข each, but they don't stay cold very long at all. I stopped using them because the water bottles lasted atleast 4x longer.
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Offline weithman5

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Re: Primary without an airlock
« Reply #31 on: April 24, 2013, 01:02:49 pm »
i just use ice packs, the foam gel ones. we get vaccines shipped with these and they would otherwise get thrown out. works very easy for me.  i just put them around the bucket in an insulated chamber and voila. depending on the outside temperature, but even in the summer, in my garage, i may change half of them every morning. some will stay longer, i just kind of gauge it. and i can keep temp at 50 degrees.
« Last Edit: April 24, 2013, 01:04:35 pm by weithman5 »
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