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Except you're just turning the problem around. While now, if it's hot outside, the fridge heats up the air in the house, just like you said. With your system,
by relix 16y ago
Except you're just turning the problem around. While now, if it's hot outside, the fridge heats up the air in the house, just like you said.
With your system, if it's cold outside, the fridge cools down the air in the house (since the heat extracted from inside the fridge comes from the air inside the house, which is heated by your central heating system).
You're losing energy either way.
- vl 16y agoYep, it's not ideal in the cold weather, but presumably split-system fridge itself is well insulated and thus not cooling the house interior significantly. And house heating system is capable of delivering heat to the right places more efficiently than in the case of traditional fridge "we heat the kitchen because that's where the back wall of the fridge is." But of course only real modeling and prototyping will tell for sure.
- relix 16y agoAgreed, heating is much more efficient than cooling anyway, so you'd still get a profit with your system, even though your heating exoenses might rise just a bit.