My fridge has packed up and we can't afford to get a new one! What should we do with my pens? This is worrying me as this has never happened before! Bit panicky! Help!!
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Dixon1995
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- Store in a family or friends fridge
- Store in fridge at work
- Try chemist or pharmacy they might store them in fridge for emergency period of time with your name on
- Wrap in a damp cold towel in a cold dark place and periodally change
- Place them in a sealable bag, and submerge them in a bucket of cold water replacing the water periodically
- Outside of a fridge they last 28 days, but apparently after they are removed from a fridge they cant be stored again, not sure why or how true
- A cold storage box could be used
Outside of this there isn't much more advice I can give
- Store in fridge at work
- Try chemist or pharmacy they might store them in fridge for emergency period of time with your name on
- Wrap in a damp cold towel in a cold dark place and periodally change
- Place them in a sealable bag, and submerge them in a bucket of cold water replacing the water periodically
- Outside of a fridge they last 28 days, but apparently after they are removed from a fridge they cant be stored again, not sure why or how true
- A cold storage box could be used
Outside of this there isn't much more advice I can give
Scimama
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Hi @Alex_B I dont know where you live but I would speak to my neighbours and explain, I would have no problem what so ever helping a neighbour out.
Ask on social media / selling pages for a free (super cheap) fridge, I often see them on FaceB00k
Do you know anyone who has a camping or caravan fridge? or if you have a car there are plug in cool boxes
https://www.halfords.com/camping-le.../halfords-8-litre-12v-in-car-electric-coolbox
Ask on social media / selling pages for a free (super cheap) fridge, I often see them on FaceB00k
Do you know anyone who has a camping or caravan fridge? or if you have a car there are plug in cool boxes
https://www.halfords.com/camping-le.../halfords-8-litre-12v-in-car-electric-coolbox
brassyblonde900
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A bag of ice is 99p in the supermarket, get a bag of ice go to the fruit section and collect as much bubble wrap as you can lay your hands on, When you get home, wrap the pens in 4/5 layers of the bubble wrap, pour the entire bag of ice all over them and cover all of them in another 5 or six layers of bubble wrap,
You can do this every 24hrs whilst you sort out refrigeration
Gum tree is a good place to get fridges for next to nothing sometimes people are moving or remodelling and want folks to take it away for free so they don't have to pay the council to take them as bulk waste.
Another place to try is freecycle online they have stuff for free there as well
All the best. You will be OK
I have lived in countries without reliable electricity, and I learnt a thing or two about how to preserve stuff without refrigeration.
If the fridge has only just died, You can wrap the pens in bubble wrap and put it in the freezer of the dead fridge it will take a good 10hrs before it starts to thaw unless you keep opening it.
The bubble wrap will insulate it from getting too cold since the freezer will still be freezing temperature
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eventhorizon
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If you're near North Cornwall I have a fridge you can have. Be careful if using the cheap camping fridges. Some don't have a thermostat and may freeze the contents.
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Alex - Have you heard of Nextdoor? It's a social media site/app designed for local people to connect with each other. People ask for recommendations for plumbers, or where to get help with "stuff".
You may find someone with a spare fridge in a garage or something. The other day on ours there was someone selling a fully working (they said) Bosch stainless steel fridge, with temperature display for £30.
It's coming to the end of the summer, so I'm guessing some folks might consider jettisoning their drinks fridges. Nothing ventured......
Rent a fridge till you can afford to buy a new one, seems the sensible thing to do.
One here for £2.50,
http://www.forbes-rentals.co.uk/product.asp?prodid=INDTFAA10&Category=L
One here for £2.50,
http://www.forbes-rentals.co.uk/product.asp?prodid=INDTFAA10&Category=L
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Every thing is ok now, my brother bought us a fridge over and it works. But next time it happens least I know what to do!
