Maki: I should have mentioned that I'm TBI and extremely
noise sensitive, so can't risk something that runs all day and may disrupt me.
Excellent point on CL!
I am hoping I could find a
heavily discounted ice maker. They sound like the sort of thing folks get rid of, a lot.
Again, I do
not "need" continuous food cooling.
I will post more
shelf stable food reviews (with porn!), so y'all will see that I'm very well set up in that area.
Before deciding to become a full-time vehicle dweller, I already had much experience with shelf stable food, plus did much research &
experimentation before the switch.
I know what my personal parameters are.
HDR: you nailed it!
It would merely be "nice" to have something that could produce very limited cooling
"on demand".
Heat zonks me out, so I generally don't create Code when it's very hot. I've got lots of other stuff to do (mostly analyzing data), so I can always keep busy.
When I'm in the Coding "zone", I tend to cook easy stuff and need more Quiet. When I'm not in that zone, I'll cook more complicated stuff and can manage some well defined & limited noise.
Plus...
cold root beer FTW.
More data is welcome, from those of you who enjoy
experimenting methodically.
My solar system has excess capacity, so I've been researching
small frugal appliances that would give me more options.
I did recently buy a small used
crockpot ($2 at a thrift store), and will be experimenting when it gets hotter.
There's lots of sites claiming one can use slow cookers to bake bread, cookies, and... pizza!
That may not be realistic in a van, but somebody has to give it a try.