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Forum: Appliances & Gadgets 01-16-18, 06:18 PM
Replies: 81
Views: 66,031
Posted By AC_Hacker
Update on freezerator project

I wanted to post an update to the crappy little, used upright freezer that I converted to an ultra-efficient refrigerator by adding a cheap temperature controller to throttle back the freezer.

It...
Forum: Appliances & Gadgets 10-06-15, 12:39 PM
Replies: 81
Views: 66,031
Posted By AC_Hacker
Thanks for that, I wasn't aware. The...

Thanks for that, I wasn't aware.

The temperature does cycle, and runs in the 38F - 40F range.

-AC
Forum: Appliances & Gadgets 09-19-15, 10:56 PM
Replies: 81
Views: 66,031
Posted By AC_Hacker
I really don't see that pull down is an issue. I...

I really don't see that pull down is an issue. I mean the Freezerator is actually a freezer, which has ample cooling power, but you are asking the compressor to run until a higher target temp is...
Forum: Appliances & Gadgets 09-18-15, 09:38 AM
Replies: 81
Views: 66,031
Posted By AC_Hacker
I'd say that the Freezerator hack has been a huge...

I'd say that the Freezerator hack has been a huge success.

I have mentioned this before, the Freezerator is in a perpetual defrost mode, and the inside is always damp. This turns out to be...
Forum: Appliances & Gadgets 09-18-15, 09:28 AM
Replies: 81
Views: 66,031
Posted By AC_Hacker
The evaporator temperature is a moving target......

The evaporator temperature is a moving target... do you mean peak-chill?

And what temp are you looking for to compare it to?

-AC
Forum: Appliances & Gadgets 06-16-15, 06:05 PM
Replies: 81
Views: 66,031
Posted By AC_Hacker
I know what you mean. The unit I chose was...

I know what you mean.

The unit I chose was chosen on the basis that I found it on Craig's list, it was cheap, and my girlfriend could help with transportation.

I already knew that the model I...
Forum: Appliances & Gadgets 06-16-15, 03:57 PM
Replies: 81
Views: 66,031
Posted By AC_Hacker
Freezerator Update...

The freezerator keeps chugging along.

It is still condensing frost on a continual basis, so there is no buildup.

Produce that is in the freezerator still lasts surprisingly longer than in...
Forum: Appliances & Gadgets 06-30-14, 11:17 AM
Replies: 81
Views: 66,031
Posted By AC_Hacker
OK, so on with the project! -AC

OK, so on with the project!

-AC
Forum: Appliances & Gadgets 06-29-14, 11:05 PM
Replies: 81
Views: 66,031
Posted By AC_Hacker
I realize that you are addressing your question...

I realize that you are addressing your question to ecomoder, but I think that adding insulation to an existing refrig will result in only marginal improvement.

However if you gave up on your...
Forum: Appliances & Gadgets 06-29-14, 01:11 AM
Replies: 81
Views: 66,031
Posted By AC_Hacker
I wish your insights were as useful as you...

I wish your insights were as useful as you imagine them to be.

-AC
Forum: Appliances & Gadgets 06-28-14, 07:40 PM
Replies: 81
Views: 66,031
Posted By AC_Hacker
OK, I understand that part. So, how can...

OK, I understand that part.

So, how can this fact be beneficial to you in your real-world life?

That is the part that I do not understand?

-AC
Forum: Appliances & Gadgets 06-28-14, 11:37 AM
Replies: 81
Views: 66,031
Posted By AC_Hacker
I'm afraid that I don't understand what your...

I'm afraid that I don't understand what your calculations imply.

Could you explain?

-AC
Forum: Appliances & Gadgets 06-02-14, 12:03 AM
Replies: 81
Views: 66,031
Posted By AC_Hacker
The Freezerator is doing just great. The...

The Freezerator is doing just great. The temperature controller is still cranking along just fine, no problem with the Chinese unit. The current from starting the little freezer compressor is not so...
Forum: Appliances & Gadgets 01-22-14, 10:13 AM
Replies: 81
Views: 66,031
Posted By AC_Hacker
Yep, that's the one. Really a badly designed...

Yep, that's the one. Really a badly designed freezer.

But it brilliantly illustrates the Freezerator principle of increasing efficiency by running a freezer at refrigerator temperatures.

If the...
Forum: Appliances & Gadgets 01-22-14, 12:35 AM
Replies: 81
Views: 66,031
Posted By AC_Hacker
I think it's pretty much THIS ONE...

I think it's pretty much THIS ONE (http://www.homedepot.com/p/Summit-Appliance-5-0-cu-ft-Upright-Freezer-in-White-FS60/202694669).

You should be able to find the specs yourself.

There is...
Forum: Appliances & Gadgets 09-27-13, 06:01 PM
Replies: 81
Views: 66,031
Posted By AC_Hacker
Daox, I saw your summation HERE...

Daox,

I saw your summation HERE (http://ecorenovator.org/forum/ecorenovator-blog-discussion/3177-freezer-refrigerator-conversion-new-post.html), you did a nice job.

Thanks,

-AC
Forum: Appliances & Gadgets 09-21-13, 10:02 AM
Replies: 81
Views: 66,031
Posted By AC_Hacker
They were built to last, and I thought often...

They were built to last, and I thought often about the fact that I was using a refrigerator that could have been bought by my grandparents when they were younger.

Those old units (one refrigerator...
Forum: Appliances & Gadgets 09-20-13, 10:40 PM
Replies: 81
Views: 66,031
Posted By AC_Hacker
Well, that depends on how far back in history we...

Well, that depends on how far back in history we want to go.

This is a page from my notebook on refrigerator comparison
...
Forum: Appliances & Gadgets 09-14-13, 03:37 PM
Replies: 81
Views: 66,031
Posted By AC_Hacker
So far... I have my fingers crossed. I...

So far... I have my fingers crossed.

I checked out the board that the controller has, and there's a small electro-mechanical relay, which is rated well above Freezerator loads.

But I am...
Forum: Appliances & Gadgets 09-13-13, 08:39 PM
Replies: 81
Views: 66,031
Posted By AC_Hacker
Sure thing... It is still a proof of concept...

Sure thing...

It is still a proof of concept until I can find the mini-freezer of my dreams. Then I'll make it pretty.

But here are some photos, in all their hacked-together glory:

This...
Forum: Appliances & Gadgets 07-24-13, 07:05 PM
Replies: 81
Views: 66,031
Posted By AC_Hacker
Freezerator Update...

I was looking about for a spare Kill-a-Watt, when I realized that I had left one attached to the Freezerator since March (1705 hours to be exact).

So I ran the numbers from the stored data (28.08...
Forum: Appliances & Gadgets 07-20-13, 12:23 PM
Replies: 81
Views: 66,031
Posted By AC_Hacker
By "newer", you must be referring to newer used...

By "newer", you must be referring to newer used equipment.

R22 equipment is no longer allowed to be sold as new.

But the R22 used stuff is a very good fit for R290, and that makes it very...
Forum: Appliances & Gadgets 07-19-13, 08:05 PM
Replies: 81
Views: 66,031
Posted By AC_Hacker
Good thinking here. I've done some serious...

Good thinking here.

I've done some serious looking into available compressors (probably no surprise there), and small refrigerator compressors are available in the 100 to 200 watt size. Trouble...
Forum: Appliances & Gadgets 07-17-13, 05:34 PM
Replies: 81
Views: 66,031
Posted By AC_Hacker
If the size of the refrigerators was determined...

If the size of the refrigerators was determined by a chainsaw, this would be correct, but smaller refrigerators tend to become narrower, and sometimes shallower, too.



Yes, it would have a very...
Forum: Appliances & Gadgets 07-17-13, 03:24 PM
Replies: 81
Views: 66,031
Posted By AC_Hacker
All things being equal, a smaller frig will...

All things being equal, a smaller frig will require smaller power. But the relationship is not linear, because area increases at roughly a square function, and volume increases at roughly a cubic...
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