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Leaving freezer on /open
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Re: Leaving freezer on /open
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by JW1111 on Sat Jun 7th, 2008 at 07:25:15 AM MST
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Im off the grid and do not have the 12 amps or so required to power an air conditioner. What i had in mind was to build a foam insulation box around 300 cases of wine and put the freezer in there with the hot air from the unit venting outside of the box and the cool air from inside the unit is driven out into the box with a small fan. The unit is run off a dump load and only turns on for a few hours during peak daylight to keep my wine cool. I know it is not the best but air conditioning is hard to come by when your limited for power and have to come up with something in a pinch to save losing a small fortune.
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Re: Leaving freezer on /open
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by kurt on Sat Jun 7th, 2008 at 05:51:29 PM MST
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you do not need air conditioning you need to dig a cellar for your wine. that is how wine has been kept cool for thousands of years before mechanical cooling was invented.......
http://www.reresource.org/
IRC
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Re: Leaving freezer on /open
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by wooferhound (
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http://wooferhound.com
So . . .
You want to cool down 300 cases of wine, with 1 refrigerator running as a dump load for about 3 hours a day ?
W o o f -={(
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