Ice making machine- who has one

[FisHard]

Has anyone done the maths of how much the electricity costs to keep one of these babies running? Just sayin...

[NothinSuss]

My advice is buy a big one, mine makes about 300-350 litres of ice in 12 hours, usually flick it on the night before, fill the eskies in the morning, and bag the rest up into calico bags then drop into the freezer dedicated for ice. Cost me 3 grand from a fridgy mate, my unit new is around 10 grand. If ya got the cash buy a big one. Mines single phase, a mate has 3 phase unit, both are comercial units.

Dont really care what it costs to run makes a bucket load of ice, would have paid the 3 g of over and over by now I've made that much ice.

[Spiderpig]

I am paying roughly 23c per Kwh in regional Qld.

For the $500 machine

If it draws 380w continuously:

0.380kw x 24hours x 0.23c/kwh = $2.01

So it will cost approximately $2 a day.

There is a lot of difference between the rated “50kg of ice/24 hrs” in the specifications and “50kg in 2 hours” written in the description at the top.

I am seriously considering purchasing one today. I have been searching the net since buying a new freezer earlier in the week and I couldn’t find any this cheap. I think it will pay for itself within a year or two.

[jmwarner]

Does anyone else just use 2L milk cartons, Chinese containers ect. and smash them up? Being younger and with a mortgage any way to save money means I can go fishing more often.

[thelump]

Guys.

There is a commercial ice machine for sale new with a Min 50 kg per 24 hours and 7kg holding capacity for $503. I'm seriously thinking of buying it. It is stainless steel.it is a plumb system.

i also got a quote from a secondhand guy. Wanted $1500 then dropped it to $900 and no warranty. Will give this guy a miss.

Block ice just doesn't work for me. It smashes what's ever is in the esky.

Then bust up the block ice before you put it in the esky. I put my blocks in a brattice bag and a big swing into the driveway they explode leaving good cricket ball size lumps that last longer than party ice. These machines would be OK but ice last longer the longer it has been frozen for so if you are turning it on the day before a trip just to get some ice I wouldn't imagine it would be very good???

[Gon Fishun]

Does anyone else just use 2L milk cartons, Chinese containers ect. and smash them up? Being younger and with a mortgage any way to save money means I can go fishing more often.

Yep, thats me. Small chest freezer in the shed. Ice cream containers etc. Works fine for me, and cheap.

[Crunchy]

Always wondered if you could put blocks of ice through one of those cheap home garden tree mulchers to create instant crushed ice - if they can break tree trunks into wood chips could they break ice into shavings?

[fund1999]

[QUOTE=team_mongo;1531322]$100 on ebay
makes 25kg of ice a day.
have 60kg of ice in the freezer ready to go.

My advice is, If you have the cash get a plumbed in system.

Team Mongo
Can you post the E bay address for this ice maker
Cliff

[timddo]

I am paying roughly 23c per Kwh in regional Qld.

For the $500 machine

If it draws 380w continuously:

0.380kw x 24hours x 0.23c/kwh = $2.01

So it will cost approximately $2 a day.

There is a lot of difference between the rated “50kg of ice/24 hrs” in the specifications and “50kg in 2 hours” written in the description at the top.

I am seriously considering purchasing one today. I have been searching the net since buying a new freezer earlier in the week and I couldn’t find any this cheap. I think it will pay for itself within a year or two.

Piggy

I asked the same question regarding 50 kg over 2 hours. It's actually 50kg in 24 hours.

i'm buying the Polar ice model for $798 due to the size of the storage bin ( becoz i'm lazy to empty every 3 hours or so). The bin size is 23kg which makes it perfect for a day's fishing. The machine will only be turned on 1 days b4 i go or left on when the weather is good and i'm on holidays.

[Spiderpig]

I just bought the $500 one.

If you share the item through email with 3 friends you get a further 15% off; which bought it down to $433.

7kg storage is definitely too small, I will be modifying it to drop ice into one of my eskys or my old 200l chest freezer which I was only going to sell for $50 anyway.

I like the blocks lads, but you need party ice as well if icing a lot of fish down and you like drinking ice cold beer!

[Spiderpig]

I am paying roughly 23c per Kwh in regional Qld.

For the $500 machine

If it draws 380w continuously:

0.380kw x 24hours x 0.23c/kwh = $2.01

So it will cost approximately $2 a day.

There is a lot of difference between the rated “50kg of ice/24 hrs” in the specifications and “50kg in 2 hours” written in the description at the top.

I am seriously considering purchasing one today. I have been searching the net since buying a new freezer earlier in the week and I couldn’t find any this cheap. I think it will pay for itself within a year or two.

I was using an old bill from 2012. Turns out power is now pretty much 30c/kwh.

0.380kw x 24hours x 0.3c/kwh = $2.01

So it will cost approximately $2.74 a day.

[rids01]

I keep half a dozen 2L and 3L water bottles in the freezer. I load them in the esky and put a few inches of salt water in. It's not a slurry but it seems to kill fish pretty quick when I drop them in.

[FisHard]

I was using an old bill from 2012. Turns out power is now pretty much 30c/kwh.

0.380kw x 24hours x 0.3c/kwh = $2.01

So it will cost approximately $2.74 a day.

If I was running one of these, each trips ice would have cost about $100 at least!!!
New years resolution : go fishing more often!

[Spiderpig]

If I was running one of these, each trips ice would have cost about $100 at least!!!
New years resolution : go fishing more often!

That makes no sense at all

[team_mongo]

I got it 4 years ago, direct from china in less than week. They are no longer a seller on eBay.

there are plenty on eBay in the $150-200 range.

maybe fishard goes thru 1000kg of ice per trip ...

tm