[Noisebridge-discuss] another fridge for bridge?

[Shannon Lee]

We could just turn the fridge on its side...

On Mon, Dec 13, 2010 at 10:30 AM, Christina Olson <daravinne at gmail.com>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....
>> > >>
>> > >>
>> > >>     Free large Ref (SF bay area)
>> > >>
>> > >>
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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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