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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3>Forget tearing
into the walls, most chest freezers have the coils near the outer sheetmetal in
front and both sides, you would just make a mess of a new freezer.
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3>Date: Fri, 3
Dec 2010 21:34:11 -0800<BR>From: Reuben Deumling <</FONT><A
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face="Times New Roman" size=3>Subject: [Greenbuilding] finding coils inside
(new) chest freezer<BR>walls?<BR>Message-ID:<BR><</FONT><A
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charset="iso-8859-1"<BR><BR>This is a rather specific question, but since there
are so many tinkerers on<BR>these three lists I figured it wouldn't hurt to ask.
We are going to be<BR>getting a chest freezer--it goes against my better
judgment to add a<BR>kWh-sucking appliance to the list, but I didn't get a vote
on this one. But<BR>I digress. I've had good luck adding rigid foam insulation
panels to the<BR>exterior of our refrigerator--it makes do with about 125-150
kWh/yr--and I<BR>would like to imagine doing something similar to the
yet-to-be-purchased<BR>chest freezer. The trouble is, I don't think any current
chest freezers, and<BR>I'm looking at ones that are rated to use <300 kWh/yr,
have the coils<BR>mounted externally.<BR>Question 1: are any of you aware of a
chest freezer I could buy today with<BR>visible/external coils?<BR>Question 2:
on the assumption that the answer to question 1 is no, is it<BR>reasonable to
assume that (a) I might find the coils by feeling for warm<BR>spots once it is
plugged in and running?, and (b) what are the chances that<BR>the coils will be
confined to one of the four walls?<BR>Question 3: If in fact I do find the coils
and they are confined to one<BR>wall, am I inviting all sorts of trouble if I
try to gain access to them<BR>(cut the external sheetmetal which I expect will
be fused to the foam.....)<BR>with the intent of gently adjusting things so that
I could squeeze some<BR>additional panel of insulation between the now visible
coils and the<BR>interior of the freezer?<BR><BR>Any and all suggestions are
appreciated.<BR><BR>The freezer is likely to live in our basement. In the long
run I expect I'll<BR>try to carve out a dry space for it under our back porch to
more fully take<BR>advantage of the cooler outdoor
temperatures.<BR><BR><BR>Thanks everyone.<BR><BR>Reuben
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