[Greenbuilding] Greenbuilding Digest, Vol 4, Issue 5

Corwyn corwyn at midcoast.com
Mon Dec 6 10:23:56 CST 2010


On 12/6/2010 9:22 AM, Clarke Olsen wrote:
> The old question: make the heat transfer more efficient by putting the
> unit in a cold space,
> or make the system more efficient by reclaiming the exhausted heat.

Why not both?  Mine sits in my basement which is (basically) unheated 
living space.

On Sun, Dec 5, 2010 at 1:32 PM, Ross Elliott wrote:
>     It IS rather baffling, though, why most fridges and freezers allow their
>     coils to "reheat" the box they're trying to cool because they're hidden
>     inside the sheet metal shell for protection; coils should be fully
>     exposed like they used to be.

Well, I suspect that coils mounted to a large metal plate comprise a far 
better heat dissipation mechanism than those same coils in open air. 
Given that it probably makes sense to put the vulnerable coils on the 
inside of that metal plate rather than the outside.  Then, the only 
remaining question is whether and how to get circulation behind it.

Thank You Kindly,

Corwyn

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