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I actually own one of these that run off a small solar panel and a battery. I've simply installed some "shelves" that I can pull up on rails to get access to th

I actually own one of these that run off a small solar panel and a battery. I've simply installed some "shelves" that I can pull up on rails to get access to the bottom. Dare I say, it's more convenient than my indoor stand-up as I don't need to rummage to get to the back (it also has pull out shelves, but not supported so everything would come sliding out if I pull to far or let it drop). When it's closed, the chest fridge functions as a table in my workshop. The only issue is having to run outside in my tighty whities in the middle of the night if I run out of milk in the main fridge.

rexreed 4y ago
what sort of pull-up shelves did you install?
- zikzak 4y ago
  When I worked as a cook, in smaller restaurants we would have a walk-in fridge but a chest freezer or two (mostly fresh ingredients). Each freezer was just a bunch of milk crates with frozen product in them. You just shuffle the crates around. I realize milk crates aren't as freely available to the general public as they once were but the system works.
  - frosted-flakes 4y ago
    Milk crates are still widely available. Home Depot sells them for $10 each, and I've seen them for sale at grocery and hardware stores. The lookalikes sold at Home Depot are about 1/2" smaller than the actual ones (so not suitable for vinyl records), but I haven't measured the other ones, but they looked more like the actual crates.
    - Scoundreller 4y ago
      People pay for those???
      - frosted-flakes 4y ago
        What do you do, steal one from the grocery store every time you buy milk?
        Scoundreller 4y ago
        Everyone that I know has borrowed one from the back of a national/international cafe chain.
    - zikzak 4y ago
      Years ago the resized them so they don't fit LPs, or so the legend goes. When I was a kid, every grocery store had a mountain of these behind it and every audiophile had a wall of records in them. When you get dairy deliveries at a restaurant, in my experience no one is counting the crates that closely so we'd just borrow a few.
- Aromasin 4y ago
  Think the wire utility shelving like you'd get in a garage or workshop but smaller (found it on Amazon), and I installed some drawer rails on the sides. The handle on the top is just some old wooden chair legs with some chain attached to the four corners of the shelving. Currently I just lift it out which is fine for me, but my partner struggles lifting and taking the stuff out simultaneously. I'm going to install a locking mechanism soon so it stays up at the top.
  - bombcar 4y ago
    There are "spring loaded shelf raisers" (this is one but sideways https://www.amazon.com/Rev-Shelf-RAS-ML-HDCR-Height-Cabinet/dp/B0042QB6M4 https://www.amazon.com/Rev-Shelf-RAS-ML-HDCR-Height-Cabinet/...) I can't find one right now but basically you push down and unlatch and then it has a spring that helps it raise, and to lower you just push down a bit harder. Something like this would be hilarious but probably work fine: https://www.amazon.com/Electric-Hydraulic-110V-240V-Platform-Electronic/dp/B07XW98Y5G/ https://www.amazon.com/Electric-Hydraulic-110V-240V-Platform...
jollyllama 4y ago
Also, if you're in an environment with tall ceilings, you could conceivable put wall shelves over top, or hang things above it (like from a cellar ceiling) to reclaim some of that space. Leaving enough room to access the fridge of course.

rexreed 4y ago

what sort of pull-up shelves did you install?

zikzak 4y ago
When I worked as a cook, in smaller restaurants we would have a walk-in fridge but a chest freezer or two (mostly fresh ingredients). Each freezer was just a bunch of milk crates with frozen product in them. You just shuffle the crates around. I realize milk crates aren't as freely available to the general public as they once were but the system works.
- frosted-flakes 4y ago
  Milk crates are still widely available. Home Depot sells them for $10 each, and I've seen them for sale at grocery and hardware stores. The lookalikes sold at Home Depot are about 1/2" smaller than the actual ones (so not suitable for vinyl records), but I haven't measured the other ones, but they looked more like the actual crates.
  - Scoundreller 4y ago
    People pay for those???
    - frosted-flakes 4y ago
      What do you do, steal one from the grocery store every time you buy milk?
      - Scoundreller 4y ago
        Everyone that I know has borrowed one from the back of a national/international cafe chain.
  - zikzak 4y ago
    Years ago the resized them so they don't fit LPs, or so the legend goes. When I was a kid, every grocery store had a mountain of these behind it and every audiophile had a wall of records in them. When you get dairy deliveries at a restaurant, in my experience no one is counting the crates that closely so we'd just borrow a few.
Aromasin 4y ago
Think the wire utility shelving like you'd get in a garage or workshop but smaller (found it on Amazon), and I installed some drawer rails on the sides. The handle on the top is just some old wooden chair legs with some chain attached to the four corners of the shelving. Currently I just lift it out which is fine for me, but my partner struggles lifting and taking the stuff out simultaneously. I'm going to install a locking mechanism soon so it stays up at the top.
- bombcar 4y ago
  There are "spring loaded shelf raisers" (this is one but sideways https://www.amazon.com/Rev-Shelf-RAS-ML-HDCR-Height-Cabinet/dp/B0042QB6M4 https://www.amazon.com/Rev-Shelf-RAS-ML-HDCR-Height-Cabinet/...) I can't find one right now but basically you push down and unlatch and then it has a spring that helps it raise, and to lower you just push down a bit harder. Something like this would be hilarious but probably work fine: https://www.amazon.com/Electric-Hydraulic-110V-240V-Platform-Electronic/dp/B07XW98Y5G/ https://www.amazon.com/Electric-Hydraulic-110V-240V-Platform...

jollyllama 4y ago

Also, if you're in an environment with tall ceilings, you could conceivable put wall shelves over top, or hang things above it (like from a cellar ceiling) to reclaim some of that space. Leaving enough room to access the fridge of course.