dry ice

any one out there used dry ice on extended trips , what are the tricks to using it


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Store it in well sealed

Mon, 2014-03-17 19:28

Store it with water in well sealed containers for longevity heh........

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 he he. . . KABOOM! 

Mon, 2014-03-17 19:49

 he he. . . KABOOM! 

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And when it doesnt explode

Mon, 2014-03-17 20:18

And when it doesnt explode dont go pick it up, as I learnt when I almost blew my hand off lol

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Is this you......be warned

Mon, 2014-03-17 20:31

Is this you......be warned kids, Its kinda brutal, but kinda funny lol

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Mon, 2014-03-17 21:34

 Great advice to be publishing on an open forum. NOT

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don't let it come in contact

Mon, 2014-03-17 19:25

don't let it come in contact with the inside of the eski.....it's just too cold and can damage (warp) the sides and bottom.
make sure you use some sort of foam or newspaper packaging to stop this.
think if you have a fibreglass eski it may be OK though

oh and don't sleep with it in a confined space.

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Avoid

Mon, 2014-03-17 19:36

Avoid going in and out of the icebox containing the dry ice.

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Thick walled insulation. If

Mon, 2014-03-17 19:42

Thick walled insulation. If you can find very thick walled foam boxes (and I am talking 10cm+ thickness, if not more) the better.
It may crack the fibreglass walled eskies so if you do decide to use them - you have been warned. However if not in direct contact it may be ok, so wrapped in towels or newspapers is a good insulator against this from occurring.

Not too well sealed as it will pressurise and can/will explode. Meaning not in a sealed container.

Also when travelling with it, make sure its not inside the car carbon dioxide not a nice gas to breath in an enclosed space such as in the car. So stow it in the trailer or boat - not the boot.

Blocked dry ice far better than pelletised dry ice. Reduce as much air space as possible in the esky as possible and don't keep opening it - it will evaporate quickly when the warmer air gets in.

Its good to get your bait up to where you are going, 20kg would probably last no more than 4 days - depending how much you have and how much you keep opening and placing stuff on it.

Hope that helps

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thanks good advice

Mon, 2014-03-17 20:09

didn't know it gave of co2 thanks because I would have had it in the back of the car

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Seriously Pete? What do you

Tue, 2014-03-18 14:13

Seriously Pete? What do you think dry ice is?

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i actually think

Tue, 2014-03-18 19:35

hey mate I am not a chemical engineer and I didn't know it gave of CO2

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Its one of the only compounds

Tue, 2014-03-18 19:40

Its one of the only compounds that can 'sublimate' in that it jumps a phase. Normally matter will go Fromm solid, liquid and gas. Dry ice (Co2) goes from solid to gas, making it a great cooling agent with no residual (liquid) left behind. 

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 I have only used it to keep

Mon, 2014-03-17 19:58

 I have only used it to keep already frozen bait frozen ..

as its already at -75 deg C .. it can damage freshly caught fish / fillets.. 

 

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 What are you calling

Mon, 2014-03-17 21:12

 What are you calling extended trips?  Camping trips? 

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thinking

Tue, 2014-03-18 19:38

thinking trips around 5 days I know my Yeti will hold ice for 5 days but looking for a back up to make it last longer my standard thing I do is freeze sea water it seems to last longer than standard fresh water

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Just take a Engel haha My

Tue, 2014-03-18 19:44

Just take a Engel haha

 

My Evakool will keep ice 7 days easy in big blocks. But yeh not much room for food and drinks!

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Stuff our beer up

Tue, 2014-03-18 05:35

Wish i read this first

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Recall packing some fish

Tue, 2014-03-18 08:01

Recall packing some fish fillets with dry ice in an esky on a trip once when a teenager, fillets were very frozen and fine (not in contact with ice) however made the mistake of also putting the eggs on top in the esky.

Very frozen eggs hit street signs quite hard when travelling at 110k/hr!!

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Who sells it?

Tue, 2014-03-18 09:04

Where do you guys get it from?

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 Ice place in Welshpool does

Tue, 2014-03-18 09:19

 Ice place in Welshpool does

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 BOC also sell it .... or you

Tue, 2014-03-18 10:34

 BOC also sell it ....

 
or you can get it from work 

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