grouchy old Don finds it hard to believe

[franksolich]

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=287x9234

Oh my.

NNN0LHI  (1000+ posts)      Mon Jul-04-11 06:55 AM
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Hard to believe its 2011 and someone hasn't invented a better refrigerator design yet

http://www.chicagotribune.com/classified/realestate/hom...

<snip>Electricity powers a compressor that pumps refrigerant through coils of pipes that provide cooling and exhaust heat. No one has come up with a workable design that exhausts the warm air outside like an air conditioner, or brings in cold air in winter so the compressor doesn't have to work as hard. And from an energy efficiency perspective, it's crazy paying for electricity to maintain a fridge temperature below 40 degrees when it's below freezing outside.

It doesn't make much sense to produce heat just below a compartment you want to keep cool, either. But that's the arrangement — and why it makes a difference to keep the operating guts of the system working efficiently. As a practical matter, that means free of accumulated dust that retards temperature transfer, makes the compressor work harder, shortens its life, and drives up the electric bill. If you haven't pulled out the fridge and looked back there for a few years, especially if you have cats or dogs that shed, be prepared to find a blanket clogging the inlets.

Mist  (1000+ posts)        Mon Jul-04-11 10:04 AM
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1. Didn't the old ones with the rounded tops work better than the "streamlined" models that started coming out (IIRC) in the '60s? Something about having the motor on top make them work better.

Well, it's hard to believe that grouchy old Don hasn't figured out that many of his current woes are caused by his supporting corrupt Democrat machine politics and the bosses the past forty years.

[Chris_]

Don seems to have plenty of free time.  Come on, man... let's see what you got.