Flower Pot Fridge!

The world's cheapest and easiest refrigerator to make, it uses minimal resources and runs completely without electricity. It's called a zeer pot, or the pot-in-pot and was rebirthed by Mohammed Bah Abba, who put the laws of thermodynamics to work for mankind.

The zeer pot, is just two simple pots, one pot smaller than the other.
The smaller pot is put inside the bigger pot, and we fill the space between with sand. We wet the sand twice a day and cover the top with a wet towell to keep warm air from entering the interior.

Things You'll Need:
Two clay (terracotta) pots, one larger than the other
Sand
Water
Cloth to cover the pots
Clay, cork or other material to plug holes in the pots

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[Petrolianzoolbar]

Y u no celsius? :P

[JULYINJULY]

So, 24 oz of beer to 40f in one hour =115 btus in a vacuum. with a wet towel as the only insulator from the outside you would need 600 btus. Not possible. These do work but a 40+ degree drop is not possible. also low humidity is required, the bottles had condensation on them? For a 43 degree drop at 92f you would require .01% RH the dew point would be -27f. Cool pot fishy results.

[SmallishReece]

in scotland just put a pot outside and it will be colder than yours was

[DJsuyat]

How often do you soak the towel/cloth?

[xmagneticx]

@wldrnsman USA and 2 other countries are the only ones that fucking use that retarded system....

[MikaeelGhany]

@wldrnsman Lmao...dude. The rest of the world operates in Celcius. The U.S. states and territories, and Belize, are the only countries in the world that use Farenheit.

[PhilMehan]

Would adding a generous amount of salt make it more effective or does that only work when ice is already present?

[phoskins]

@heylookitsBAILEY

Energy can be lost from an open system.

[wldrnsman]

@xmagneticx gosh, why can't the rest of you guys switch over! it would save so much stress. Fahrenheit is real easy to understand too.

[xmagneticx]

FUCK YOU AMERICA FOR YOU'RE FUCKING DEGREES FAHRENHEIT

[philly8924]

Listen closely to this woman's laugh at 5:26.  Lmao!