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that links to this product - [http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0002EAL58?ie=UTF8&tag=selfsufficientlife-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B0002EAL58]
that links to this product - [http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0002EAL58?ie=UTF8&tag=selfsufficientlife-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B0002EAL58]
The point of the above is that you can get a chest freezer to function as a refrigerator - with a factor of 10 energy reduction (150 Watt hours per day, or equivalent to running a laptop for 2 hours) compared to the USA average of about 1500 watt hours per day [http://www.eia.doe.gov/emeu/reps/enduse/er01_us.html].


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Revision as of 03:49, 8 December 2010

From Daren

Article on converting a chest freezer to a refrigerator - [1]

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that links to this product - [2]

The point of the above is that you can get a chest freezer to function as a refrigerator - with a factor of 10 energy reduction (150 Watt hours per day, or equivalent to running a laptop for 2 hours) compared to the USA average of about 1500 watt hours per day [3].

From Thad

this is very promising - how to convert chest freezers to extreme efficiency refrigerators that use about 100Wh/day:

http://mtbest.net/chest_fridge.html