Hi Nancy, Thanks very much for the useful information. I'm encouraged to see that we've received several responses so far and are figuring how to best compile the info. I will keep you posted!
All best, Emily -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of nmccartn Sent: Tuesday, January 20, 2009 10:35 AM To: [email protected] Cc: [email protected] Subject: Re: call for freezer specifications This is a message from the Pest Management Database List. To post to this list send it as an email to [email protected] To unsubscribe please look at the footer of this email. -----------------------------------------------------------Hi. I have a Revco chest freezer (http://www.pacificcombustion.com/manufacturer/revco/UltraLow&CryogenicF reezers/EliteSeries-40C.htm) ULT 2050 3 D31 purchased in August 2005 for ca. $6000. Goes down to -41. No independent confirmation of that however. Motor went out in October 05, service people came from Tulsa and promptly replaced it (within warranty, no longer so, I fear...). Bugs not gone, but at least I have a weapon when loans come back from who knows what conditions. Inside dimensions large enough for whole mount gray fox: 20"wide, 26" deep, 70" long. Note: large, heavy, ungainly objects are only delivered on Friday afternoons at 4 pm when there is no one there, temp in 90s, halls cluttered with items from a lab that was in the process of moving, and truck driver has 30 seconds to complete delivery. Figure your corners exactly. NMcC Nancy Glover McCartney, PhD Curator of Zoology UA Collections Facility 2435 Hatch Fayetteville, AR 72701 http://www.uark.edu/~arsc/collections/index.html Phone: 479-575-4370 FAX: 479-575-7464 Quoting "Kaplan, Emily" <[email protected]>: > Hello all, > > (Apologies for cross-posting) > > > > The IPM working group treatment subgroup is looking for examples of > freezer specifications from various institutions. Our hope is to compile > these specifications and post them on the museumpests.net site as a > resource for institutions looking into purchasing freezers. This > information would accompany fact sheets already posted about > recommendations and procedures for low temperature treatments, which can > be found on the http://museumpests.net/tools/treatments.htm (along with > fact sheets for other types of treatments). > > > > If your institution has a freezer you are happy with (or if you have > cautionary tales of freezers you have not been happy with) it would be > enormously helpful if you can find the time to put together the basic > specs. We can edit and compile them for posting. We won't use the name > of your institution unless you give us permission but your location will > be helpful information - i.e. country, and if US what region. . > > > > Here is the basic information we are looking for, based on the > recommended minimum temperature at 20 degrees below 0 Celsius, > maintained constantly so that cycling (as in "frost-free" freezers) does > not bring freezer temperature above that. > > > > Type - i.e. chest freezer, walk-in > > Brand > > Model > > Size > > Price > > Year purchased > > Brief description of capabilities - lowest temperature capable of > reaching and maintaining > > Have you had adjustments made to the freezer so that it can maintain > adequate low temperature? > > How do you monitor the temperature? Are you doing any independent check > of the temperature (e.g. dataloggers) and if so what equipment are you > using? > > Comments on maintenance and any other related experiences > > > > > > An example can be found on http://museumpests.net/tools/treatments.htm > > in the posted document "Pest Treatment Case Study: Low Temperature Pest > Management Treatment at the Smithsonian National Museum of the American > Indian " > > > > Please send your information to me at the address below. > > > > Thanks very much! > > Emily (chair, IPM Working Group Treatments subgroup) > > > > Emily Kaplan > > Conservator > > National Museum of the American Indian > > Cultural Resources Center > > 4220 Silver Hill Rd > > Suitland MD 20746 > > 301.238.1418 > > fax 301.238.3201 > > [email protected] > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------- To send an email to the list, send your msg to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this list send an email to [email protected] and in the body put: "unsubscribe pestlist" Any problems email [email protected]
