/diy/ — >Only 10% the space of a regular fridge, still uses half the

Basically every time I've ever seen one of those, they're on someone else's power bill. A dorm room, an office etc.

>>2987943 (OP)
I'm not posting a picture of my wife, anon... Nice try.

space consumption is an aspect of efficiency

>>2987943 (OP)
they would have more room if they put the compressor under, on top of, or behind the unit.

>>2987943 (OP)
>still uses half the power or more.
A standard fridge uses about 5 amps max.
small ones like that you 1 amp max.
so 1/5 the power.

>>2987953
A chevy tahoe with a 1 gallon gas tank vs 40 gallon doesn't use less gass just needs to fill up every mile. Hope my analogy works for you

>>2987943 (OP)
Maintaining cool air uses the same energy in an insulated space.

>>2987963
space is smaller so easier to cool.

Your complaints are valid but it lets me have cold drinks in my garage/shop, where a full-size fridge would be impractical, so it's worth it to me.

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>>2987946
>thanks for playing fact hunt

>>2987943 (OP)
cause its a peltier cooler
there exists cooling cycle noisy mini fridges tho

>>2987994
every dorm fridge ive had was a regular compressor/refrigerant system

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>>2987943 (OP)
Should be we toast bread on a heat pump?

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>>2988027
entropy says everything is a toaster in the grand scheme of things

I worked for a small appliance manufacturer, not going to tell you which one, and about once every two or three years we got a complaint about our >1W vampire current draw. Out of about a million units sold every year.

>>2987945
Yep, that was me. Had a cheap peltier type fridge under my desk at the office. My employer, a top law firm, was incredibly rich so I didn't care about the electric use and doubt they would have either.

Samsung claims their AI fridge makes peltier cooling efficient in a hybrid construct.
https://news.samsung.com/global/samsung-unveils-new-refrigerators-with-innovative-ai-hybrid-cooling-technology-at-ces-2025

>>2987953
Yeah this is silly. They’re way cheaper to run.
>>2987943 (OP)
If you somehow got a messed up one just attach $5 of insulation to the outside.

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My 20 cubic foot LG LTCS20020S is running between 50 and 60 watts for a total of around 0.75kwh a day. If it didn't have to defrost it would probably be around 0.5kwh a day.

>>2987971
Easier to heat too. Square-cube law is a bitch and in this case, smaller is worse

>>2988170
>My 20 cubic foot
>.7kwh
this anon's .5 a day for only 3.5 cubic feet lol >>2975408 >>2975405

>>2987945
Pretty much. It's a good indicator that the person has a substance use problem when in a private domicile

>>2990937
That used to be true for me, but it wasn't my own substance abuse problem - my brother is a raging alcoholic and when we lived together I couldn't leave anything alcoholic where he could get to it or it'd be gone by the next morning.

>>2988170
I have an inverter fridge thats supposed to be pretty cheap to run, but it is the fan runs constantly and is stupid noisy

>>2987943 (OP)
Volume increases with the cube of the dimension. Surface area, with the square.

Bigger is better.

Get one without the useless "freezer" part. I did and it's better. It just fills up with hard ice anyways.

>>2987943 (OP)
Thats the brice of freedom :DD

>>2987943 (OP)
>xhir didn't buy a chest freezer/fridge

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was cleaning out my pantry and remembered that there was an oddly placed outlet in the back. found one of these Cuisinart Wine Fridges on Marketplace for $50 and it fit perfectly. turn it down to lowest setting of 39 degrees F and it keeps normal drinks cold enough and you can fit two 12 oz cans where a single bottle of wine would go.

not sure about the power usage but it does produce a bit of heat out of the back but nothing crazy.

>>2990937
>It's a good indicator that the person has a substance use problem when in a private domicile
wait, what makes you think this?

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Birkeland–Eyde; pvt gas law there is more than one varible that can be adjusted and bigger the delta from room the more energy.

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Considering a Electrolux EBE4302BD-L because it has 6 energy stars, and is left hinge open. anyone have a clue about it?

>>2994977
>left hinge open
Your fridges won't let you flip the door to the other side? I've only ever seen that on the cheapest models of fridge. Like mini-fridges or bottom of the line one off models and shit.

>>2995075
this particular one doesn't, it comes in two varieties instead. I'm mainly attracted to the energy savings of having such an efficient fridge