Re: [GBlist] energy efficient refrigerators

[Alan Courtright <acourtri@linknet.kitsap.lib.wa.us>]

On Thu, 28 Mar 2002, Sacie H Lambertson wrote:

> Why is a refrigerator with a freezer at the bottom more efficient than
> those with freezers at the top?    Sacie Lambertson

Because heat rises (or, looked at the other way, cold sinks).  Which means
that the cold from the fridge part drops down to the freezer, displacing
the warmer air which rises up constantly, and that cold air requires less
energy to remove the heat since there's less of it.

                         -|//*Alan Courtright*\\|=   
                                Poulsbo, WA
                             acourtri@krl.org
                       



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