Richard - Good information. Thanks.
Tom Parker -----Original Message----- From: Rick Kerschner <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Wed, May 19, 2010 2:20 pm Subject: RE: [pestlist] Pest Treaments Darsita, I have no idea on cost of the So-Low freezers, but we simply bought a new, manual defrost chest freezer from Sears and had the thermostat wired to a switch so that we could switch it out of the circuit. That would cause the compressor to run continually and the temperature then gets down to -25F. It is a simple job for an electrician of appliance repair person. We keep the freezer on for up to a week ant a time and were told that this would not hurt the compressor. We have been using it to freeze textiles for at least 10 years and it works great. I think the freezer cost around $300. Richard L. Kerschner Director of Preservation and Conservation Shelburne Museum PO Box 10, Route 7 Shelburne, VT 05482 (802) 985-3348 x3361 [email protected] From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Darsita Ryan Sent: Wednesday, May 19, 2010 2:00 PM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: [pestlist] Pest Treaments Hello, I work in the collections department at a center in the Chandler, Arizona area. I’m interested in purchasing a small freezer to treat organic material and I’d like to know if anyone can recommend a one. Currently, I’m looking at So-Low model ch25-13 freezer to -25 degrees Celsius. Any information will be greatly appreciated. Thank you. Sincerely, [email protected] From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Abigail Stevens" <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, May 18, 2010 2:25 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [pestlist] Pest Treaments Dear all, I work at the Manchester Museum in the UK, and we are about to embark on a redevelopment of our Mammals Gallery. All the taxidermy specimens on display will have to be moved to elsewhere in the Museum (including other collection stores) due to lack of storage space, and so to be on the safe side I would like to treat all the specimens as soon as they come off the gallery and before they go into their new/temporary home. We have a small chest freezer at the Museum that we use for treating small specimens, but there are an awful lot of specimens on the gallery, as well as several very large ones. We have used the walk-in freezer at Liverpool Conservation Centre in the past, but this would involve a great deal of journeys back and forth, and would be very time consuming. Please can anyone recommend a company in the north west that could provide the facilities to treat a large number of specimens on site? Ideally we are looking for a mobile freezer unit? Many thanks, Abby Abby Stevens Preventive Conservator Manchester Museum, The University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester, M13 9PL 0161 3061590 [email protected] Disclaimer: The information contained in this e-mail message is information protected by attorney-client and/or the attorney-work product privilege. It is intended only for the use of the individual named above and the privileges are not waived by virtue of this having been sent by e-mail. If the person actually receiving this e-mail or any other reader of the e-mail is not the named recipient or the employee or agent responsible to deliver it to the named recipient, any use, dissemination, distribution, or copying of the communication is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please immediately notify us by replying to this e-mail and delete the original message.
