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Walk-in Cooler #9134245 11/07/24 12:08 AM
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Started my deer cooler this weekend, put up with a lot of rain, but I got the floor finished, starting on the walls now. A buddy and I bought the walls for an old walk in cooler for a $100. 00. Fiberglass insulation but the price was right, I am going to double the outside walls, foaming the joints and we will build a ceiling for it, 10,000 btu a/c unit for and a inkbird controller, when we get finished we should have less than $500.00 in the whole thing. Cooler will be 4?feet wide and about 8 feet long by 8 feet tall, rest of the building will be for processing deer and hogs. [img]http://[/img][Linked Image]

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Re: Walk-in Cooler [Re: lms] #9134518 11/07/24 03:21 PM
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Be interested to hear how your Inkbird works for you.
We use a coolbot at the ranch but are looking to put a cooler in our garage .

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How are you going to hang up the deer in there?



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Re: Walk-in Cooler [Re: lms] #9135555 11/09/24 12:06 AM
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Walls are going up! [Linked Image]
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Re: Walk-in Cooler [Re: lms] #9135556 11/09/24 12:08 AM
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At 62 years old and recovering from shoulder replacement surgery I have to be creative with how to move tha walls in place. I got the ceiling in place and foamed up to keep the rain out which will be here tomorrow. I forgot to take pics so I will post some pictures tomorrow.

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Re: Walk-in Cooler [Re: lms] #9135772 11/09/24 02:30 PM
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Ive been talking about doing this for years. keep us updated.

Re: Walk-in Cooler [Re: lms] #9135980 11/09/24 10:53 PM
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There’s a video on YouTube that tells how to do it with a single inkbird, you basically bypass the a/c’s thermostat and wire the fan to run full time. The ink bird tells the compressor to when to start and when to stop, I believe you could cool the room to below freezing but all I need is around 38 to 42 degrees. I will be hanging deer on a double rail system , I don’t think I will ever have more than 3 or 4 deer in it at one time. I myself will never have more than 2 at one time, but friends and family I know will always want to use it.

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Originally Posted by lms
There’s a video on YouTube that tells how to do it with a single inkbird, you basically bypass the a/c’s thermostat and wire the fan to run full time. The ink bird tells the compressor to when to start and when to stop, I believe you could cool the room to below freezing but all I need is around 38 to 42 degrees. I will be hanging deer on a double rail system , I don’t think I will ever have more than 3 or 4 deer in it at one time. I myself will never have more than 2 at one time, but friends and family I know will always want to use it.



Something like this?

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Re: Walk-in Cooler [Re: lms] #9136034 11/10/24 12:27 AM
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I will side the building with Zip wall and roof it with metal, I work for a lumber company and bought the Cull lumber and the metal roof is leftover from a customer building a chicken broiler house.

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I have been working on it but have have a few unrelated things come up, I have the A/C installed and have been siding it with Zip wall, have been adding the styrofoam to the inside, have a door to install and I need to put a roof on it tomorrow. Will get more pics then.

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Remembered to take some pics today, need to attach two pieces of roofing, will be attaching the door tomorrow and running electrical for the cooler [Linked Image]
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