[pvusers] Refrigerator Excess heat removal....

["gig" <justinsgramps@flashmail.com>]

> Most new refrigerators you cannot do that with - in fact, it makes it
worse.
> The majority dont have coils to dissapate heat any more - they dissiipate
it
> through the walls of the refrigerator or freezer. I found that by simply
> installing a tiny 12 watt fan to move the air around the outside of our
> freezer that it reduced consumption about 10% - but it was sitting in a
dead
> air spot in the house. One sitting in a better place probably would have
no
> effect.

I thought, that when I build a new solar type home.... I would put a heat
exhaust pipe above the fridge which would be located in an enclosed box
like area, so that all heat could be sucked up the pipe and out of the
house...

The 6 inch pipe would have a valve for winter use, to release the heat into
the room...  would that work?... it would seem that the pipe, connected
to a wind driven turban on the roof, would be a low tech, non powered,
solution to remove unwanted heat, in a solar (PV) home...

Gig

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