[Noisebridge-discuss] another fridge for bridge?
Rachel McConnell
rachel at xtreme.com
Mon Dec 13 23:30:17 UTC 2010
Well we'd have to adjust how the compressor is attached since that won't
work unless it's upright. I'd love to do this, though. Check the
instructable that someone else posted in this thread.
Shannon Lee wrote:
> We could just turn the fridge on its side...
>
> On Mon, Dec 13, 2010 at 10:30 AM, Christina Olson <daravinne at gmail.com
> <mailto: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
> <mailto: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 <mailto: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.
> > >>
> > >> * Location: SF bay area
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