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A refrigerator consumes 200 watts. That is equivalent to 2-3 old lightbulbs. Sorry, but there is nothing to heat up with this power, even if you could use it 10
by whatever1 6y ago
A refrigerator consumes 200 watts. That is equivalent to 2-3 old lightbulbs. Sorry, but there is nothing to heat up with this power, even if you could use it 100% efficiently. For reference a water kettle is 1200watts.
- sampo 6y agoI understand the coefficient of performance for a heat pump in a refrigerator can be 5, so consuming 200W of electricity, you can get 1200W of heat. (But that heat won't be hot enough for boiling water.)
- csours 6y agoIt could be hot enough for a pre-stage on a water heater. Many houses don't have the fridge close to the water heater, but some do, and if you were designing a house around a system like this, you could choose your layout.
- throwaheyy 6y agoSure it only consumes 200W but it moves a lot more than that, which is what can be taken advantage of instead of radiating/convecting it off the back of the fridge
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