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paulz
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# Posted: 13 Aug 2017 10:48pm
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I was working on my well and noticed how cold things were that I pulled up out of the water (in my case only 15ft. below ground)...so I put a bottle of beer on fishing line and dropped it down. Got drinkably cold, around 50F. I was telling this to a friend, who said his grandpa used to store perishables in his well.
Anyone every heard of doing this?
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Steve_S
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# Posted: 14 Aug 2017 07:11am
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We had a "Ground Cooler" on our farm which pulled water from a 40' well via a small pump and would cycle it back out... Kept everything pretty cool but I don't know much of the details as that was over 45 years ago. As far as I know, ground water / well water deeper that 15 feet averages at 50F/10C. @ 10C your good for cooling things BUT milk for example is best if stored at 1-5 Celsius, typically a fridge is at 4c.
Here is some good info on storing food @ temps etc... maybe that will help guide how you can use it.
https://www.canada.ca/en/health-canada/services/general-food-safety-tips/safe-food-st orage.html
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Atlincabin
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# Posted: 14 Aug 2017 12:05pm
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Ground temperatures vary depending on your location. Up north, there is permafrost, and in the western US a lot of places have elevated ground temperatures because of geothermal activity. If you are in an area that has cooler temps, you can store all sorts of stuff depending on the required storage temperatures. Think root cellars that were used before refrigeration.
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paulz
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# Posted: 15 Aug 2017 08:27am
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Thanks! Well it seems my 50 degree temp isn't good for anything but keeping drinks cold.
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beachman
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# Posted: 19 Aug 2017 09:59am
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I have always filled a cooler with pump water from our well - about 12-14ft deep. This works great to cool beer and other drinks
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