100 Whr Per Day Refrigerator

From Meara

This appears to be the least expensive and also open source chest-fridge to refrigerator converter from Meara's friend. This yields lifetime of service/ability, so we can modify/fabricate with a basic CNC mill, which is part of the basic GVCS package.

http://blog.holyscraphotsprings.com/2010/09/chest-freezer-to-fridge-conversion-1900.html

From Daren

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

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

From Abe at Velacreations

According to Abe, his Sundanzer uses 50 Watt hours per day, but it is a small refrigerator.

>>>>How much is the Sundanzer, and what kind of lifetime is expected from a fridge like that?

Ours was $800 direct from the factory (it had a cosmetic blemish). The lifetime is 20 years+, pretty much like any fridge or freezer. It is a chest fridge, extra insulation, very efficient. You can get them in freezer models as well.