Comment on hot-wired a fridge mystery component. Nothing happened. What is it?
Nomad@infosec.pub 4 days ago
If this is indeed a non us fridge, this is probably a heat pump fridge. Compressor in the back should confirm it. The plate probably allows the coolant to expand and thereby cool down inside the fridge.
diyrebel@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 days ago
It’s a non-US fridge. But I’m curious about you calling it a heat pump fridge. The one thing all fridges have in common is using a compressor for refrigeration, which is the same as a heat pump but stressing that the goal is to cool rather than heat a space. Are there US fridges that do not use a compressor?
moonshadow@slrpnk.net 2 days ago
The only exception I’m aware of to all fridges having a compressor is propane models. There’s a vessel they heat to build pressure in its place, and sometimes an (incredibly inefficient) electric mode where a resistive heater acts on that vessel. They’re very uncommon, pretty much exclusively used off-grid, and in no way specific to the US.