RE: Fridge for the AV room ?

["Bricknell, Tony" <tony.bricknell@xxxxxxx>]

Violent with it...???  The machine had moved house three times (I
think it
was over 10 years old when it fell into my possession).  After about 5
years
of operating quietly in the corner I noticed it wasn't cooling its
content
as much as it used to.  A couple of days later and we began noticing
the
smell.

Never did look into where the coolant was leaking from.  More a case
of
"that stinks, get it out the house" 

Still haven't got around to replacing it...


-----Original Message-----
From: Kenneth Watt [mailto:kennwatt@xxxxxxx]
Sent: 24 June 2002 13:31
To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
Subject: RE: [ukha_d] Fridge for the AV room ?


Yes, that'll be an ammonia heat exchange one then!  ;)

I would love to know how that leaked, they really never go unless
someone
gets a bit violent with it.

These types are very quiet, near silent in fact, but they are rare and
can
generally only used in specialist applications, like caravans, as they
can
be easily run off a 12V DC supply, not cheap though.

K.

-----Original Message-----
From: Bricknell, Tony [mailto:tony.bricknell@xxxxxxx] 
Sent: 24 June 2002 12:33
To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
Subject: RE: [ukha_d] Fridge for the AV room ?

I used to have a small "drinks" fridge that used a heat pump (not
Peltier)
and it was totally silent.  It had a heating coil 'round the back of
the
fridge to get the coolant moving and worked very well for years.  Then
it
sprung a leak and lost all it's coolant - what a smell!
As for the scan model, this heats as well as cools.  The only
single
technology that can do this is Peltier (which also accounts for the
high
power consumption and the fact it runs from 12V) and (not saying there
isn't
any) but I have never seen a Peltier Heat Pump fridge / cool-box that
doesn't use a fan - them 48 watts (plus the heat taken out of the inside
of
the fridge) have got to go somewhere... :o)
-----Original Message----- 
From: Stuart Whyte [mailto:lists@xxxxxxx] 
Sent: 24 June 2002 12:07 
To: 'ukha_d@xxxxxxx' 
Subject: RE: [ukha_d] Fridge for the AV room ? 

I know a guy who does pub refurbishments, and "acquired" a fridge
from him 
that the brewery didn't like cause it didn't have a light.  It sits in
the 
corner of my lounge and is SILENT.  It is my understanding that these
type 
of fridges are silent due to being designed for pubs where there are 4 or 5
of these behind the bar.  Could become V annoying if not! 


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