One thing you should do no matter what, is keep your fridge full. Every time you open the door, the cool air gets replaced by warmer air from outside. If there is more air in your fridge, your fridge is less efficient. You can always fill more space with items such as beer.
The fridge will be working to get the water chilled but if it was empty space than it’d be working to simply chill that air too, plus whenever you open the fridge door, all the cold air falls out the bottom - heat rising and all - so the compressor ends up working more on an empty fridge. Whereas if you chill 35 12oz bottles of water and open the fridge door, you’ll lose the air (but there’s less of it) but yr not gonna effect the water temp.
I built my fridges from chest freezers which I got for free off Craigslist. I used freezers since they’re more effective getting to lower temp, and basically set them on their warmest setting. One compressor for the fridges, which are directly underneath my counters. The counters themselves are hinged and sealed, they lift up and are the door. I have 5sided sealed and lidded drawers along the bottom. You pull them out then lift the lid, like a box with one side the outward face of the cabinetry. Those are the freezers, with their own compressor. Insulating a box isn’t rocket science, and transferring the compressor and radiators isn’t difficult either, just know what your dealing with and the particular chemistry of your units. Don’t kink lines, etc.
Reach in (down) fridges save a TON of electricity.
Its more than pennies. When the compressor kicks in it’ll take 100-200wh a day just to balance the temperature out. In England thats an average of 50p a week, or £26 approx a year. You can get around some of this by using clear drawers like you often find in the bottom of the fridge as it will hold the cold in and stop the cold air falling out s yo open the door.
This is wrong. Too empty and it works hard because the cold is lost quickly (nothing to hold it). Too full and it’s working against the food that’s consuming the cold.
heat doesnt like state changes. That’s how insulation foam works. presumably the solids and liquids you’re refrigerating would be more reluctant to provide heat transfer to the warm air youre letting in, allowing the refrigerator to work less hard and just cool the new air. you may be able to pack insulation foam in there strategically , as far from the cooling mechanism as possible with little harm if your refrigerator is too empty. I did not vote on your comment.
One thing you should do no matter what, is keep your fridge full. Every time you open the door, the cool air gets replaced by warmer air from outside. If there is more air in your fridge, your fridge is less efficient. You can always fill more space with items such as beer.
Beer? Smh.
Refill bottled water and fill the empty spaces in your fridge with it.
Take it from someone who lives off grid, that’s how you save and use less energy.
I prefer beer
Yeah, take it from someone who lives on the grid ;)
What’s your favourite?
There’s literally hundreds to choose from! I simply don’t have a favourite (I’m usually too drunk to fairly rate them anyway).
That being said, something not too bitter or overly sour, not too heavy, and around 6%. As a common one, Desperados is nice.
I quite like ciders too, if that counts.
why not empty closed bottle then? Or paper
edit: just thought about power failure, could be a way to keep it cold for a longer time
Thermal mass, my man.
Air will fluctuate temp much faster than water.
The fridge will be working to get the water chilled but if it was empty space than it’d be working to simply chill that air too, plus whenever you open the fridge door, all the cold air falls out the bottom - heat rising and all - so the compressor ends up working more on an empty fridge. Whereas if you chill 35 12oz bottles of water and open the fridge door, you’ll lose the air (but there’s less of it) but yr not gonna effect the water temp.
I built my fridges from chest freezers which I got for free off Craigslist. I used freezers since they’re more effective getting to lower temp, and basically set them on their warmest setting. One compressor for the fridges, which are directly underneath my counters. The counters themselves are hinged and sealed, they lift up and are the door. I have 5sided sealed and lidded drawers along the bottom. You pull them out then lift the lid, like a box with one side the outward face of the cabinetry. Those are the freezers, with their own compressor. Insulating a box isn’t rocket science, and transferring the compressor and radiators isn’t difficult either, just know what your dealing with and the particular chemistry of your units. Don’t kink lines, etc.
Reach in (down) fridges save a TON of electricity.
You’re talking about pennies, literally pennies, in power consumption differences over the course of a year
Its more than pennies. When the compressor kicks in it’ll take 100-200wh a day just to balance the temperature out. In England thats an average of 50p a week, or £26 approx a year. You can get around some of this by using clear drawers like you often find in the bottom of the fridge as it will hold the cold in and stop the cold air falling out s yo open the door.
That just means I open the door more often.
This is wrong. Too empty and it works hard because the cold is lost quickly (nothing to hold it). Too full and it’s working against the food that’s consuming the cold.
They say 3/4 full is ideal.
heat doesnt like state changes. That’s how insulation foam works. presumably the solids and liquids you’re refrigerating would be more reluctant to provide heat transfer to the warm air youre letting in, allowing the refrigerator to work less hard and just cool the new air. you may be able to pack insulation foam in there strategically , as far from the cooling mechanism as possible with little harm if your refrigerator is too empty. I did not vote on your comment.