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Old 11-22-10, 05:51 PM   #17
strider3700
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most veg/fruit are best preserved at 4-8 degrees depending on what they are. I can also use it for meat curing if I can get it to stay stable near that range.

Right now my goal is to see how close to 4 degrees I can get it and how long it will stay there. My fridge is at 4 degrees so I figure it's as good a goal as any. Right now it's 5.8 but the basement has dropped to 18.2 and outside is -4.5 so it's hard to say if this is a case of the floor insulation working or the other lower temps making the difference. This temp was achieved with out the use of the fan.


The woodstove is working hard on getting the inside temps back up to the 21 we normally keep things but it may not be able to pull it off as the temps drop down tonight. so I may have to wait a few days to see if the temps will stabilize inside when the basement rewarms.
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