Comment on Increasing the efficiency of (some) refrigerators with insulating foam, potentially cutting yearly energy use in half

Brkdncr@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

• JimmyBigSausage@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  My fridge in a fridge in a fridge. Where’s the milk?

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• basmati@lemmus.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  The enclosure would decrease efficiency, not increase it. Many fridges have heat exchange pipes along the outer walls, insulating them would cause the phase change to take longer, requiring more on time for the compressor.

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  • Brkdncr@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    Of course you would need a fridge with exposed coils and a way to route the heat away. I’d look for one that’s designed to be built-in and does the air exchange at the front/bottom.

    I have a counter-height wine fridge designed like this.

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• ProdigalFrog@slrpnk.net ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  You mean like a shell to go around the foam? That would make it take up even more space, but it could be a cool project for someone who doesn’t mind. :)

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  • Brkdncr@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    I’m thinking more like build a cabinet/walls around. If done right it would look built-in.

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