[Noisebridge-discuss] another fridge for bridge?
Rameen
emprameen at gmail.com
Tue Dec 14 03:23:11 UTC 2010
AND MORE BEER!!!
On Mon, Dec 13, 2010 at 6:26 PM, meredith scheff <satiredun at gmail.com>wrote:
> 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)
>> > > >>
>> > > >>
>> >
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>> > > >> Date: 2010-12-10, 11:41AM PST
>> > > >> Reply to:sale-tzfte-2105908490 at craigslist.org<to%3Asale-tzfte-2105908490 at craigslist.org>
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>> > <mailto:sale-tzfte-2105908490 at craigslist.org
>> >?subject=Free%20large%20Ref%20(SF%20bay%20area)&body=%0A%0Ahttp%3A%2F%
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>> > > >>
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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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