[Noisebridge-discuss] another fridge for bridge? [yet another link]

[jim]

here's a link re knocking a fridge on its back: 
http://www.instructables.com/id/How-to-Convert-a-mini-fridge-to-a-chest-refrigerat/ 


On Mon, 2010-12-13 at 11:33 -0800, jim wrote:
> great idea! 
>    here's a link to an alternate site of someone who's 
> made that conversion: interesting list of benefits. 
> http://www.energyconservationinfo.org/chestfridge.htm 
> 
> 
> 
> On Mon, 2010-12-13 at 10:30 -0800, Christina Olson wrote:
> > Dunno if anyone's thought of this, but hacking a chest freezer's
> > temperature control makes for a very cost efficient fridge.  Every
> > time you open the door on a regular vertical fridge all the cold air
> > basically falls out, because it's heavier than the hotter air outside
> > the fridge, and then the fridge has to work harder (meaning use more
> > power [ power == dollars]) to replace all the cold air that just went
> > poof.  Chest units don't have this problem, because, well, they're
> > horizontal, cold air stays where it is when you open the top.  I saw a
> > hacked unit like this at PS:1 in Chicago.  
> > 
> > 
> > Half assed googling gets me this article:
> >  http://hackaday.com/2009/08/27/energy-efficient-fridge-hack/  > "In
> > the end, his fridge only used 103 Wh of electricity on the first day
> > to reach and maintain between 4° and 7° C (39° to 45° F), and he noted
> > that 30% of that was just getting it up to temperature. After that,
> > the fridge only turned on for roughly 90 seconds an hour, making it a
> > very quiet fridge as well."  There's also a link to a pdf with a
> > somewhat vague (to me who is not overly familiar with appliance
> > circuits) set of instructions on how to screw with the thermostat.  
> > 
> > 
> > Less power + greater efficiency per dollar == fewer dollars per month
> > to have cold things
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > On Mon, Dec 13, 2010 at 9:48 AM, jim <jim at systemateka.com> wrote:
> >         
> >           refrigerators take a lot of current == power == dollars
> >         per month
> >         
> >         
> >         
> >         On Sun, 2010-12-12 at 23:29 -0800, Kelly wrote:
> >         > You guys, Noisebridge already has two fridges. Just saying.
> >         >
> >         > And the temperature of Noisebridge generally is probably not
> >         going to
> >         > vary far from the wine-fridge window (50-57°F)...
> >         >
> >         > JUST SAYING.
> >         >
> >         > -K
> >         >
> >         > On Fri, Dec 10, 2010 at 16:55, Patrick Keys
> >         <citizenkeys at gmail.com> wrote:
> >         > > On the topic of fridges...
> >         > > Noisebridge has a small wine fridge that somebody, for
> >         some reason, cut
> >         > > the power cable.
> >         > >
> >         > > If anybody can fix that power cable, I think it would be
> >         great for
> >         > > noisebridge to have a stash of wine on-hand.
> >         > >
> >         > >
> >         > > Patrick
> >         > >
> >         > >
> >         > > On 12/10/2010 1:11 PM, maestro wrote:
> >         > >> some here now thought we the house could use another....
> >         > >>
> >         > >>
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> >         > >> I got this from my parent a few years ago.It has been
> >         sitting in my
> >         > >> garage since I bought a new one last month.It works
> >         perfectly though it
> >         > >> has a few blemishes.I'm giving it for free to someone who
> >         needs it.Just
> >         > >> email me for pick-up details.
> >         > >>
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