[Noisebridge-discuss] another fridge for bridge?
meredith scheff
satiredun at gmail.com
Tue Dec 14 02:26:11 UTC 2010
because we need more rotting food in noisebridge...
On Mon, Dec 13, 2010 at 3:30 PM, Rachel McConnell <rachel at xtreme.com> wrote:
> 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)
> > > >>
> > > >>
> >
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> > > >> Date: 2010-12-10, 11:41AM PST
> > > >> Reply to:sale-tzfte-2105908490 at craigslist.org<to%3Asale-tzfte-2105908490 at craigslist.org>
> > <mailto:to%3Asale-tzfte-2105908490 at craigslist.org<to%253Asale-tzfte-2105908490 at craigslist.org>
> >
> > > >> <mailto:sale-tzfte-2105908490 at craigslist.org
> > <mailto:sale-tzfte-2105908490 at craigslist.org
> >?subject=Free%20large%20Ref%20(SF%20bay%20area)&body=%0A%0Ahttp%3A%2F%
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> > <http://2Fsfbay.craigslist.org
> >%2Fsfc%2Fzip%2F2105908490.html%0A>^[Errors
> > > >> when replying to ads?
> > > >> <http://www.craigslist.org/about/help/replying_to_posts>]
> > > >>
> >
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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
> > > >> * it's NOT ok to contact this poster with services or
> other
> > > >> commercial interests
> > > >>
> > > >> image 2105908490-0 image 2105908490-1
> > > >>
> > > >>
> > > >>
> > > >>
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