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Freezer to Fridge conversion | 20 comments (20 topical, 0 editorial)

Re: Freezer to Fridge conversion (3.00 / 0) (#13)
by BT Humble (bt_humble@bigpond.com) on Sun Mar 2nd, 2008 at 02:46:19 PM MST
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When I tried this a couple of years ago with a real old clunker of a freezer, I maanged 750Wh per day.

http://www.fieldlines.com/story/2006/1/29/215131/553

Bear in mind, this was a freezer that had been dumped, which took several hours to get down to zero celsius.

BTH

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Re: Freezer to Fridge conversion (3.00 / 0) (#14)
by Gog on Mon Mar 3rd, 2008 at 02:30:04 AM MST
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Would replacing the freezer thermostat with a fridge one do the same job as the external thermostat,
( I know it would be more fiddly )
Or am I missing something.

Cheers
Keith

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Re: Freezer to Fridge conversion (3.00 / 0) (#15)
by BT Humble (bt_humble@bigpond.com) on Mon Mar 3rd, 2008 at 03:51:57 AM MST
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Would replacing the freezer thermostat with a fridge one do the same job as the external thermostat,
( I know it would be more fiddly )
Or am I missing something.

I don't see why that wouldn't work. The major benefit of using an "external" thermostat is that you don't modify the freezer, and to use it as a freezer again you just have to plug it into a power outlet as normal.

BTH

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Re: Freezer to Fridge conversion (3.00 / 0) (#16)
by Volvo farmer on Mon Mar 3rd, 2008 at 06:41:52 AM MST
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I see one possible problem with that. Refrigerator thermostats generally sense air temperature. Chest freezer thermostats have the sensor shoved into a long tube along the evaporator coil. While it might work, the differential for an air sensing thermostat and a surface sensing thermostat might be different. Results might be large swings in interior temperature or compressor cycling in too short of intervals.

Volvo Farmer

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Freezer to Fridge conversion | 20 comments (20 topical, 0 editorial)

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