Re: [pvusers] refrigeration once again

[Jeff Clearwater <clrwater@earthlink.net>]

Hi All,

I also have known Larry for years and sold and installed several 
Sunfrosts over the years.  I agree with Michael the Larry is totally 
trustworthy and the company gives good tech and customer support.

That said, I unfortunately have to agree that the economics of 
Sunfrosts are getting harder to justify with the advent of less than 
1.5KHW/day fridges on the market given the price difference.  I am 
hoping that Larry or someone can raise the bar even more and come out 
with a full size fridge at .5KHW/day or less.  I think that could be 
accomplished using the now available vacuum panels and/or scroll 
compressors and/or some innovative design that would keep the door 
opening from dumping all the cold (assuming one needs to stay 
upright).

Fridges are such a large part of the total energy budget that I find 
it's really important to run the fridge choice vs. more panels 
numbers very carefully.  That also said I tend to go with gas fridges 
for my customers!

May your choices serve you!

Jeff Clearwater
Ecovillage Design


>I understand, and I read the post.
>
>I also read the post where someone else (YOU!) was intending to pass 
>on to another list the message saying that Sun Frost was 
>untrustworthy.
>
>That would be a totally inappropriate thing for you to do.
>
>gig wrote at 11:11 AM 04/24/2002 -0500:
>
>>>  Sun Frosts are not for everyone. But for many they are the only way to go.
>>You have to decide if it is the right fridge for you, but please do not
>>spread around a post that Sun Frost is not to be trusted.
>>
>>That post that you mention came from Arizona Wind and Sun....
>>the big supplier of solar equipment in Arizona, which requested,
>>(from the Sun Frost people) but never received any good data
>>on Sun Frost fridges... one particular request, was data on the
>>use of Sun Frost fridges when using Inverters...
>>
>>Arizona Wind and Sun no longer markets the Sun Frost
>>line of  Fridges...
>
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