Comments on: Chest Fridge Controversy http://greenspree.ca/?p=523 Spreading green ideas Mon, 23 Aug 2010 23:01:57 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Robert http://greenspree.ca/?p=523&cpage=1#comment-4965 Robert Fri, 24 Apr 2009 04:13:07 +0000 http://greenspree.ca/?p=523#comment-4965 If one lives in a warm part of the world where the air conditioner is run most of the year then having a (custom built) refrigerator with the condensor located outdoors could be a good solution. In this case, as long as the efficiency of the refrigerator heat pump is on par with that of the air conditioner then the losses from opening the refrigerator door and from loss through the refrigerator walls does not matter since it serves to reduce the room cooling load. If one lives in a warm part of the world where the air conditioner is run most of the year then having a (custom built) refrigerator with the condensor located outdoors could be a good solution. In this case, as long as the efficiency of the refrigerator heat pump is on par with that of the air conditioner then the losses from opening the refrigerator door and from loss through the refrigerator walls does not matter since it serves to reduce the room cooling load.

]]> By: phil colbourn http://greenspree.ca/?p=523&cpage=1#comment-4000 phil colbourn Thu, 22 Jan 2009 11:10:51 +0000 http://greenspree.ca/?p=523#comment-4000 I was skeptical at first but the maths seems to work - and perhaps even lower energy consumption is possible. http://philatwarrimoo.blogspot.com/2009/01/diy-super-efficient-fridge-uses-01-kwh.html I was skeptical at first but the maths seems to work – and perhaps even lower energy consumption is possible.

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