Martin's Old Off Grid Log Cabin #8 Off the Grid Refrigeration

[@lcook0825]

I watched all of your videos. I am now starting at the beginning again to enjoy them a second time. It seems so serene and quiet. Thanks for some great viewing.

[@TheNorthwoodsman1]

Good to hear they are still good the second time around.

[@kendrasmith6637]

Cool way to keep your food cold. So creative! Thanks 😊

[@TheNorthwoodsman1]

Yes, thank you

[@jodyodyodyo]

This is the most helpful site I've found so far. So practical and creative and inspired. Thank you!

[@TheNorthwoodsman1]

Thanks, I sure enjoy it up there and love to share it.

[@jodyodyodyo]

Do you live year round at your cabin or just go up for a few days or weeks at a time? We have a similar place we just bought and are fixing up in Northern Michigan. Its such an adventure and we have so much to learn!

[@TheNorthwoodsman1]

I get to the cabin about 4 times a year and stay 1 to 4 weeks each time. Remember, you do not have to do everything right now. Take time to sit back and enjoy what you have done.

[@stevecunningham5374]

Martins cabin is an awesome channel. I really enjoy watching it , it's relaxing and reminds me of a cabin at my aunt and uncles in California up by Yosemite national park. I spent every summer there and many Xmas breaks from school. I really miss that place and Martin takes me back there. Thanks Martin.

[@cskillet2003]

Nice little food shack you have there. I always enjoy your videos!

[@44musher]

Good set up! On the cheap. Everything salvaged!!

[@gilbertloranger9582]

You sure have good videos love them right on

[@TheNorthwoodsman1]

Thanks for entering that fact into these records. People need to know things like that.

[@thismanonfire]

I like the cooler set up. The jar of water is a great idea.

[@NYCamper62]

Nice salvage & use with the propane fridge.

[@treeclimbing7798]

I’m Slowly getting to your earlier videos. Savoring them slowly.

[@TheNorthwoodsman1]

That is nice to hear, some are a little rough on the editing front.

[@adventure002006]

Great idea rotating frozen water between freezer and cooler.

[@TheNorthwoodsman1]

Thanks, just a simple solution to make life more enjoyable up there.

[@frankie2234]

Good setup. Lots of thought went into the planning.

[@TheNorthwoodsman1]

Thanks, I just kept my eyes open. A neighbor was having a moving sale and saw me eyeing the door on day three. Before I could offer to haul it away he told me to take it if I wanted it. It was nice and heavy so I just cut it to length.

[@AnnetteZang]

Very clever setup

[@tfr51]

Sweet, I need to find one of those refridgerators.

[@doomluckygirldoomluckygirl2378]

Ive watched about all your videos liked them all hope to some day have my own place keep it up

[@TheNorthwoodsman1]

Thanks and hope you find your special place.

[@hotwheels2511]

I'AM WORKIN ON WATCHING ALL VIDEOS ALMOST DONE!!!

[@timedriverable]

If you dont mine me asking...how much property tax.I'm single with a dog and looking for a all year round cabin, off grid of course with just maybe 4 or 5 acres.Am on social security and have a decent size bank account.Just setting my probes out there before the SHTF so to speak. I respect what your doin and can always listen to some sound advice.Any critical thinker out there knows where this country is goin to.Thanx in advance.

[@spence0324]

cool. Great innavation.

[@Rvrefrigeration24]

Martin, I like your style friend. Be safe GBYAY

[@TheNorthwoodsman1]

Hello to Germany, I stay at the cabin 2-3 months throughout each year.

[@FordRVRefrigeration]

Good job buddy!

[@DJSLIPMAT87]

nice vid love your place there, cheers to you D

[@patrickharper9297]

Great ideas... Thanks

[@TammyTravelsTheWorld]

Great idea.

[@FeldwebelWolfenstool]

...good safe methodology...

[@TheNorthwoodsman1]

At first the refrigerator nearer the woodshed and the fuel cans and that made me nervous. What if a clumsy bear came in the night and bit through a gas can??

[@TaralgaBushAdventure]

i just got a very similar fridge out of a caravan/trailer for use at my offgrid shack. Plan to run off gas, with our 12v solar battery bank as backup, and off the 240v AC generator when we have larger groups.

[@debowe39]

You could use a hho fuel cell and it runs of water and you can't covert it to use that some thing to look into

[@larrykramer6057]

You never seem to be very far from some brats.

[@fathertomoutdoors6579]

You are such a McGuire!

[@elliotneace]

very nice "thanks"

[@59chevt]

great vid thans

[@TheNorthwoodsman1]

Thanks

[@LindaBarton777]

Martin did you know that a lot of parts of Europe they never refrigerate their eggs. Never have. I often wondered why we do here and if we have to because before we purchased them at the market they were refrigerated. I guess if you have your own chickens you could try it. Surely their chickens aren't any different than in America.

[@TheNorthwoodsman1]

I know people that have chickens and the only thing seems to be to keep them cool like in a basement.

[@CavemanCBB]

When a egg is right out of the chicken it is protected by a "Bloom" this is a almost invisible covering around the egg that keeps the air out. The problem with eggs that you buy at the store in the U.S. is that they are washed. This destroys the Bloom and then they need to be refrigerated. If you find a local small time farmer, at a local Farmer Market, he can sell you some fresh eggs that will not need to be refrigerated. You will get some very fresh and Delicious vegetables at the same Farmers Market.

[@garymitchell5899]

Eggs are washed in the UK too and I never refrigerate them. Just do it, most food advice is nonsense

[@HeinzHoff]

do you live there in the wood all the time ? greetings from germany

[@joewells6602]

You ever invite subscribers for a trip to the cabin ?

[@TheNorthwoodsman1]

Not that I would be against it but afraid of the problems it could start.

[@coreygillum12]

on the warmest days of the summer, apporx how much propane does this setup use?

[@TheNorthwoodsman1]

18 warm days on a 20 pound propane tank. This is set on the coldest setting so the whole thing is a freezer.

[@Frifler888]

Nice..........:)

[@katokhaelan4881]

Are the black flies a big problem up there?

[@TheNorthwoodsman1]

No, very little moving water which is where they breed.

[@DannyMac786]

why not get a propane fridge for ur cabin????

[@TheNorthwoodsman1]

This is propane.

[@letsgobrandon136]

3 weeks to a month turned wide open is good efficiency for a propane ice box. Most ain't that efficient when used only as a cooler

[@TheNorthwoodsman1]

This is spring and fall use so not that warm of conditions.

[@bome4691]

Did I miss something or don't you have problems with animals getting into your food?

[@TheNorthwoodsman1]

I have never had an issue with animals getting into the propane refrigerator. Everything in it is frozen and the other food out there is in the buried cooler that helps hold down the odors. In the winter I keep food nearer the cabin in a hard sided cooler with a good lid to prevent the Pine squirrels and Martens out of it.

[@carstellamoore8863]

If you don't have a wife man your in bad shape and without God we are nothing

[@knockitofff]

A propane refrigerator is not "off the grid", you're still buying propane to keep it running, what's the difference if you spend it on propane or mail it to the electric company? LOL

[@TheNorthwoodsman1]

I think most propane refrigerators are in use because there is no power line to get electricity from. They serve a good purpose when there is no other choice and are needed when you are "off the grid."

[@georgiylevashov]

There is a good choice - 12v refrigerator, but your power would need to to be upgraded with more solar panels and one wind turbine.

[@benparker6825]

I think the difference here is that he has never said his goal was to live off of the grid. He is simply trying to enjoy a place that is off of the grid. Great set up, Martin!

[@Smurf431]

This site is total junk...