If the outer bucket does not have a drain hole, how does one prevent the bucket from overflowing as the salt melts the ice?
1492890
There is a small 1/3" overflow hole about two inches from the top rim of bucket. It's almost the height of the canister, so melting water will not flow into your ice cream.
1492891
There is a small hole at the top. Must not be pictured but there is a hole. Plus you don't need that much ice that it would overflow as it melts.
1492892
It does have a drain hole about 2-3 inches from the top. It suggests sitting the bucket in a sink or tray while it's plugged in just in case. So far, I haven't had the problem of overflowing at all.
1492893
Salt does not melt ice. Salt is used to prevent the ice from melting and lower the temp. Even with a small amount of melted ice, the water level will not reach the top of the ice cream can.
1492894
Salt does not melt ice. Salt is used to prevent the ice from melting and lower the temp. Even with a small amount of melted ice,the water level will not reach the top of the ice cream can.
806326
You're only suppose to fill it up to the last black line on top. Anything higher will cause it to overflow.
237474
I like to use a 1 gallon plastic ice cream bucket to freeze the water in for the best results, however if you have a semi round but kinda squarish bottom plastic mixing bowl that should work to
1599776
The ring will always be there and it will also create like a crust over the top of the salt. It helps if you desolve the product in water and add it to the brine tank when it has its most water in it. That's should help a bit, but it's tough to avoid the blue ring.
1919517
The bucket slides out from the front.There is a ridge at the back to stop the bucket from getting pushed in too far and leave an opening in the front.
450632
I use a 5 gallon bucket from lowe's or Home Depot. It has yet to tip over in transit and provides protection when it sits outside the 5th wheel.
2178378
The bucket is completely round, it has to be for equal distribution of ice.Hope this answers your question
649636
Ho how are you. Well i actually have not used it as of yet until next month on a house warming outdoors... so i really dont have an answer to that. Im sorry.. but i tell you that is well done to put ice for sure...on the bottom also has a small hole where u can drain the water out as well sort of like a wine cork. Is a bit tough to open and close it but eventually it is manageable.
2119153
I don't drain mine, I put a cover on it, plug the holes, remove the pump and crystal clear saltwater system.
649634
If you keep it open as pictured every couple hours you will need to add ice (drain out some water) if it is closed it lasted a lot longer
1703513
Shut water off, pull out hose, raise hose above the end for the water to drain, reel back in hose, pull off assembly off of bracket and store. If you can't, leave both ends disconnected after draining for the freeze/ thaw cycle. In case you don't know you should always turn your water valves for the outside off from the inside (to prevent line breakage) unless you have the long anti-siphon valves. Hope this helps.
156455
No you don't. If it produces ice while out, the ice will just go down in the water.
1142395
The overflow problem I had was with pot lid flowing in faster than can drop into pot. So I made drain hole slightly larger. Have not had issues since. Drains into pot fine w/o a mess
1431527
It will trap water dripping off your vehicle if it is rain. There are lines built into the mat that run in a north-south diretion that will conduct it to run that way. Now if you have big chunks of ice and snow falling off, then probably not. There is no higher edge or rim around the perimeter of the mat. I live in Wisconsin and so far this year, the melt water has not run over the edge. Ask me again in April.
673379
It does not have a drain or a gasket for the lid. I did not want to drain. I use the ice to take items down to Mexico. I then bring fresh and frozen fish back in the ice chest. It serves it's purpose well. The size works perfect for the airlines 50 pound weight limit.
2088121
The unit only keeps the small opening in the center ice free, not around the outer part of the unit. Did you put in water or on top of ice? It will not melt ice, in fact once the temperature gets to about 5 degrees for any length of time, the hole will freeze up.
2270269
No, there is no drain. The ice did melt, but the water remained very cold and kept the items in the buffet cold as well. We used it outside, so it was no problem to dump the water in the yard.