Survival Refrigeration Without Electricity - Food Storage

[blaymiresproductions]

pretty sure the Egyptians thought of that before any one else

[IntarwebUser]

How cool does the inner pot get? As cool as a real refrigerator/cool enough to store milk in, or just substantially better than the surrounding air temperature?

I might like to try this sometime...

[269dremer]

BRILLIANT!



[gxz100]

nice... but this is already an ancient Greece invention. try Wikipedia to find out more

[heckler171]

@gxz100 the greeks learned it from egpyt like everything else

[howzerman1]

I tried that but it did not work. It works about as good as placeing the food in the shade. If the temperature dropped, it dropped by a degree or two only.

[cuzairsoftisghey]

this guy didn't invent this...this was done in India 3000 years ago

[bulviwoodson]

transpiration, i found this out one cold day my socks were wet i put them over the cars air conditioning with the heat turned all the way on. my socks got really really cold as the hot air ran though them. try it and then you can see for your self, mine were clean BTW.

[balloonboyCA]

When you put on 2 condoms, it is called "double bagging", BTW.

[12321johndoe]

thanks a lot

[pgarmin]

If your climate is hot and humid you will have an insulated hot and humid container... for your perishable food.

I've never seen someone in North America having success with this...

[stuffofdream]

you know this type of technology is nothing new it's been around for centuries litteraly any good use of an old technology

[twospooked]

Another YouTube video states that it only works in dry climates and isNot for use in humid areas.

[MrEhud77]

@twospooked that's why there are no swamp coolers in alabama.

[MrEnergyCzar]

Not bad, I think the guy in that no impact man movie tried it but he didn't do it right...

[PyR0Star]

I'm gonna test it with the inner pot filled with coors light cans, and see if it activates the super cold ready logo. If not I'll stick with my mini fridge =D Prolly work better if the pots are under ground as well?

[MrMZaccone]

This is actually a VERY old idea.

[PyR0Star]

@MrMZaccone remember this if nothing else okay? "What's old is new"

[meranyrae]

I enjoyed this, thank you.

[furyberserk]

I would just put food in a pot, dig a hole and put it in that whole. Of course air tight sealed, for the winter seasons.

:D

[fatguyaaron]

Native Americans have done this for hundreds of years in the American Southwest. They also hung wet blankets in the doors and windows for the same effect. Still to this day evaporative coolers are in use here. This is nothing new, although it doesn't work in humid climates or monsoon seasons.

[rawwar1282]

he wasn't the inventor they have been using this method since way back in Egypt and the middle east so who ever told you he invited it was wrong he may have rediscovered it, but not invented it

[wondeboy12]

could you make multiple sand filled pots to make an internal core cooler?

[DeathPredator]

@wondeboy12

It would likely see diminishing returns if it were to have any added effect at all. The system can only lose so much heat before it attains thermal equilibrium. It should be more effective at elevated temperatures rather than a temperate climate.

[XioZerK]

this is amazing i have to try it xD

[superbungabunga]

this doesnt make the inside cold like ice but cooler than the outside surroundings

[superbungabunga]

would prolly be better to use aluminum as the inside pot, the water evaporates and cools the air in the inside, almost like a heat sink

[coooldeal]

thankyou.this is a nice simple video,right to the point.no b.s..

[popapape]

if this is really true the inventor deserves a nobel.

[JohneeGnosis]

ingenuity !

[jscarter79]

What if you don't have sand?

[DeathPredator]

@jscarter79

Simply keeping the 'cooling jacket' full of water would have nearly the same effect if not to a greater extent. But then one must contend with the probability of breeding mosquitoes which is a rather undesirable side-effect. Anything that will take heat away from the surface of the inner pot will be effective.

[SurvivalGrounds]

simple yet intuitive, I like it!

[yehudaharmor]

less useful in humid countries but a help nonetheless.

[makeachu]

So simple yet so effective, fantastic!

[gmindock]

amazingly simple and effective. This invention should give credit to the man you created it..I am thinking, maybe "the Balava" since the inventor's name is Muhammad Ba Lava (not sure of the spelling).

[TheOneAndOnlyMichel]

VERY NICE!

What is the temperature drop achieved?

[ZebbMassiv]

i've heard of something like this but the clay pots were very tall and often on top of a building elevated. it was for water cooling

[mythcontrolpill]

Pretty cool, what would be the average temp drop compared to the surrounding?

[scarekrow9]

so, he pretty much figured out a way to make a pot sweat and cool off like a human.

[TheVbird420]

@scarekrow9 yep. pretty much...

[joshhofstad1]

i hate africa.

[with33]

@joshhofstad1 and africa hates you.....

[DIJV79]

These people have the ancient technology its in their DNA, the technology of the ancient world is cost effective and very efficient, there is nothing new under the sun.

[WurledPeas]

I fail to see how this guy invented it when it has been in use in the Middle east for centuries. Up until this video was made it was just called "evaporative cooling" . Ever see a crock with water in it in the Southern US....same thing. Keeps the water cool.

[LALOMAN18]

Also the clay pots without the other stuff can store water, naturally filter it, and keep it so nice and cold at all temps... The clay pot releases its natural minerals into the water making taste as if its pure well water!

[starknight97]

sweet we need more free tech like this in the world. how much of a temp drop is done?

[ihategwen]

While I applaud the nigger, I'm sure he doesn't know the science behind it. :)

[SpeaksZen]

Nice job!

[newtubetubetube]

The only thing that work here is the damp cloth that keep the flies away.

Cooling food don't fight famine. An bush cooler is not long term preservation.

[chriscarter2010]

hi, great vid & fantastic idea. thanks for sharing it. i am always on the lookout for new ideas & currently checking up methods of "surviving off grid" in situation where we have no power and so on. how low will the temp drop???

pls give more ideas for us. we can really use it to make our lives better. thanks again. chris

[caradrrup]

And if i use 3 pots?

[toddmorrow1]

How many degrees below room temperature does this get to?

[StacyCE]

Could you also use other pots, like stainless steel?



[TheVbird420]

@StacyCE I think it has to be clay because it is porous and thus allows air to pass through it.

[starknight97]

@TheVbird420 sweet so the out side needs to be clay but the inside steel or copper which will conduct the cool even better then?

[tbrowniscool]

@starknight97 copper would be brilliant.

[starknight97]

@tbrowniscool sweet have too test run this.

[DeathPredator]

@TheVbird420

I do not believe porosity has any effect. They were simply using materials available. The effect is dependent upon thermal behavior of the materials. I would surmise that material that is more thermally conductive, aluminum for example, would be even more efficient. The second pot really has little purpose other than holding the damp sand against the core pot.

[katiebug18371]

@StacyCE no stainless wouldn't sweat like the pottery would due to the porous nature of pottery.

[Jollyprez]

The ancient Romans used something similar to this. The remains of them are visible in the ruins of Pompei.

[ChicagoPrepper]

Would this be able to be scaled up, like the size of a small bathroom?

please respond!

[TheVbird420]

@ChicagoPrepper Well if you scaled it up you would have to increase size of both pots proportionately... but I dont know if it would remain as effective, good question though. If you try it let me know results.

[mae951]

@ChicagoPrepper I think what you might want to look into would be Root Cellars or Sub Root Cellars.

[Survive2Day]

Awesome... Is there more information on this somewhere? Like the temperature that the food is after 24 hours, how often the water must be added, etc?

[TheVbird420]

@Survive2Day Hey, love your channel, wish I knew more. Just stumbled across this and thought it was good info, don't really know much else. But I think I will experiment with this when it warms up.

[Survive2Day]

@TheVbird420 Hey, I think this is a good video. Thanks a lot!