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Reviews (6)
Jun 05, 2017
got my old turntable workiong, again!
Belt arrived and, following a YouTube instructional video, was easy to install
:)
Jan 10, 2022
Enables me to charge my Garmin Swim2
I just received it and it works as expected. I cannot vouchsafe its longevity. Stay tuned?
May 16, 2023
double-wall polycarbonate panels make this worth the effort
For winter use, this cold frame needs to have an internal heater. With a 12-V power supply, four 3-Ohm, 10W wirewound, ceramic-filled resistors in series dissipate a total of roughly 12 Watts of heat. If you use only three of these 3-Ohm resistors in series, they dissipate roughly 16 Watts, or more than 5W per resistor, and under these conditions the resistors get hot enough that they should not touch the plants you are trying to keep alive.
As received, this cold frame earns 1-star ratings, due to the glaring design defect associated with the attachment of the two roof panels:
1. The roof panels tend to fly up in a high wind
2. This can exert enormous force on the two woefully-short (8-36 “National Fine” thread) machine screws (Part #F3) that Outsunny supplied to attach the roof panels to the rest of the cold frame, damaging part #W1.
3. Overall result: Dissatisfied customers and 1-star ratings
Recommendations:
1. Do not use the short 8-36 screws (F3) that Outsunny provides. The screw opening in W1 is not pre-tapped for this thread and the screws are not self-tapping
2. If the wind does flap the panel with force into the “up” position, using a longer screw will spread the wind-caused force along a larger area of the aluminum channel in W1 and decrease the risk of damaging the screw hole. I suggest using at least 2”-long, coarse-thread #6 drywall or wood screws. ) see 1st photo
3. In principle, you could use 3½”-long (0.135”-diam.) 16d box nails that you coat with polyurethane against rust; I have not tried this
Make sure that whatever screw or nail you use leaves some slack between W1 and the mounting plate S2, so that the roof moves easily, when you want it to move.
4. Caveat for page 4. You are assembling the edge pedestals (part#6) with the side panels and aluminum edges using parts B3 and B4 and the instructions fail to warn you to install crossbar part #8 (See page5) BEFORE you attach parts B3 and B4 with three bolts and nuts, each. Please see 2nd photo. Part#8 has only vertical slots and determines the horizontal spacing of pedestals #4 and #6, along with the panels.
5. Do-It-Yourselfers – invent a way to keep the roof panels from flying up in an intense wind! See what I did in photo 3 (stationery clamps, cut thick plastic pieces from to-go food packages to protect the clear panels from the steel clamps, and old shoelaces). You can do better than I did.
Unintended load-bearing test of cold-frame roof panels by one of our animals. When closed, roof panels easily support a 9.5-lb cat. Fortunately, not tested by our 42-lb dog. See photo 4
Further thoughts:
When you want to “lock” both panels in the open position (better access to sun or rain), once again you need to keep the force of the wind from damaging W1.
I use a long branch that I pruned off of a tree, pushed deep into the ground and steel garden staples: see photo 5. It is a bit difficult to see, but both roof panels are fully up and secured with the garden staples and a long, pruned branch.
Also – a strong wind can blow the entire cold frame down the street, so it is a good idea to use ties to garden stakes or pruned branches, stuck deep into the ground, to secure the entire frame.
Personally, I purchased pieces of 96-inch-long, 3/4-inch, 90-degree extruded aluminum from Orange Aluminum Co and cut 4 pieces about 30" long to screw onto the 4 corner pedestals of the cold frame. These anchored more than a foot into the ground and allowed protection of larger habanero plants, so long as I placed old Styrofoam packing panels between the panel bottoms (parts #1 and #2) and the ground to keep cold air out.
This double-wall style cold frame protects my habaneros better than a same-size Palram, which uses single-wall panels.