Ice Chest - Ice Question

[John J]

I did dry ice one year

On the bottom of the chest, covered with chilled water pipe insulation and a large layer of regular chunk ice, then canned beverages.

Everything froze hard as a rock.

The guy that wants a prize.... What is the process dry ice goes through and the name of it?

Add some dry ice in the bottom.

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[therealnickb]

On the bottom of the chest, covered with chilled water pipe insulation and a large layer of regular chunk ice, then canned beverages.

Everything froze hard as a rock.

The guy that wants a prize.... What is the process dry ice goes through and the name of it?

You said this wasn't about dry ice!

[therealnickb]

But.... Compression & evaporation? Pure guess....

[ez2b]

When I go fishing in the Sea of Cortez in Mexico by San Felipe we bring our fish back in ice chest all the way to Northern California. All we do is layer ice fish ice fish all the way to the lid and lay newspapers on the very top and duct tape the lid down and hardly have any water in the bottom.
Almost frozen fish and still full of ice. About 16 - 18 hour drive.
Might not answer your question but I don't drain the water

[John J]

I know...

Dry Ice goes from a solid to a gas without being a liquid and it is called Sublimation.

You said this wasn't about dry ice!

[2761377]

Ice water is the quickest way to cool canned beverages. you can make a room temp beer cold enough to drink in 5 minutes.

[RobinGoodfellow]

The water, the ice, and the air will all be about 32 degrees. If you let the water out, air will replace it. Water has a much higher specific heat than air, so it will keep the stuff colder longer. If you sprinkle salt on your ice it will keep the stuff even colder (but then you can't use the ice in your drinks).

But make sure your stuff is water-safe.

[TheChief]

solid to gas, sublimation.

[SonofWWIIDI]

You must not drink beer. PAX

^^^^^^

[CandG]

The water, the ice, and the air will all be about 32 degrees. If you let the water out, air will replace it. Water has a much higher specific heat than air, so it will keep the stuff colder longer. If you sprinkle salt on your ice it will keep the stuff colder, but for less time (but then you can't use the ice in your drinks).

But make sure your stuff is water-safe.

FIFY. What you said isn't wrong, but you left out the downside of using salt to lower the temp

[TAS]

As long as the contents aren't being damaged/waterlogged, I keep the water in unless I have ice to replace it.

Additionally, coolers benefit from being pre-chilled and when the contents are cold/frozen before going in - makes the ice last longer. You don't want your ice to make the contents cold, you want the ice to keep your contents cold.