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small chocolate climate control display for Fair events?
Started this discussion. Last reply by Andy Ciordia Mar 28, 2012. 27 Replies 2 Likes
Hi everyone-I hope someone can point me in the right direction here. We have a few opportunities to sell at local Craft markets and fairs. We need a small table top/display case. Portable is the…Continue
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Casey Hickey replied to Roy Greenhalgh's discussion small chocolate climate control display for Fair events?"andy - thanks for the thorough explanation. i see that it is quite a process, but you're really thought it through (and probably learned a lot by doing/mistakes/what ifs). DFM does have electricity, so that might help somewhat. though we'd…"
Andy Ciordia liked Roy Greenhalgh's discussion small chocolate climate control display for Fair events?Andy Ciordia replied to Roy Greenhalgh's discussion small chocolate climate control display for Fair events?"Oh yea and my knowledge is for those who do not have permanent vending. We've had to vend at day or partial day mainly outdoor with rarely electric. Change the scope to something more friendly and the solutions change."
Andy Ciordia replied to Roy Greenhalgh's discussion small chocolate climate control display for Fair events?"Casey! Davidson market, sounds like fun. It's always been way too far for us to travel but it's a nice market!
Again there is no perfect solution. Everything has tolerance and associated costs.
When outdoors you have ambient temps and…"
Roy Greenhalgh replied to Roy Greenhalgh's discussion small chocolate climate control display for Fair events?"Here is an Update...right from EIC solutions...
...and they linked me here to CL... LOL Well...at least She tried. Good thing I don't have a time limit on this thing."
Roy Greenhalgh replied to Roy Greenhalgh's discussion small chocolate climate control display for Fair events?"LOL Well at least I know I'm thinking in the right line here- I just spent a few days looking into various Coleman and Koolatron coolers and a few cheap wine coolers. Even took a trip today to the local Restaurant Supply shop to…"
Clay Gordon replied to Roy Greenhalgh's discussion small chocolate climate control display for Fair events?"Carlos -
Did you see these? Twine. it wouldn't take much to use the built-in temperature sensor to build an on-off switch to keep the temp regulated within very narrow limits, especially when the units are DC powered.
:: Clay"
cheebs replied to Roy Greenhalgh's discussion small chocolate climate control display for Fair events?"I've been toying with the idea of cannibalizing a small wine cooler for the TE guts. Something like a Vinotemp or Cuisinart in the 20-30 bottle range. Why? Because of the thermostatic control. Most come with a very nice…"
Clay Gordon replied to Roy Greenhalgh's discussion small chocolate climate control display for Fair events?"Roy -
Cheebs talks about cannibalizing a used portable thermoelectric cooler he found.
Here's a new one on Amazon that could be sacrificed.
Brands to look for include Coleman, Engel, Koolatron - you can probably cannibalize any of those…"
Casey Hickey replied to Roy Greenhalgh's discussion small chocolate climate control display for Fair events?"andy - howdy neighbor! this is a timely discussion. i'll be selling at the davidson farmers market starting in april and wondered if you could elaborate on your 'series of coolers' process. i'm debating a portable electric cooler…"
Roy Greenhalgh replied to Roy Greenhalgh's discussion small chocolate climate control display for Fair events?"True. Funny how there are so many HEATING small display cases but none of what we need out there. Did you get the TE AC unit from a company or from ebay searches? Any advice on what to search on or where to go?
Thanks again…"
cheebs replied to Roy Greenhalgh's discussion small chocolate climate control display for Fair events?"Oh don't bother with EIC their products are way too expensive. And, they're wrong, the TE AC does work, I actually have a 1000 btu unit in a larger display case (4 tier, 4 foot wide) but that one was $1700 -- ouch! Still…"
Roy Greenhalgh replied to Roy Greenhalgh's discussion small chocolate climate control display for Fair events?"Yeah...I just got a quote for the thermoelectric cooler unit from the link... Ouch. AAC-120-4XT thermoelectric air conditioner is $850.00 They flat out say it won't work...they swear up and down a refrigerant based solution is…"
cheebs replied to Roy Greenhalgh's discussion small chocolate climate control display for Fair events?"Roy, the trays are also custom-made. Any decent plexiglas shop should be able to duplicate those no problem. I also found these online, but boy are they pricey!"
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