• Semester3383@lemmy.world
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    5 days ago

    That’s… Kind of what it already does though. It’s just that it’s not cooling the inside enough to heat very much of your house.

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      5 days ago

      Why did I have to scroll to the bottom to find this? Like, where did you think the removed heat was going otherwise???

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          3 days ago

          The heat also came from that environment in the first place. So a fridge doesn’t actually heat up a house (ignoring the negligible losses)

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            2 days ago

            Not so negligible! If your fridge draws, say, 1500 W while it’s running, then it releases 1500 W of heat into your living space PLUS the heat it’s removing from its interior. That’s pretty substantial while it’s running! But hopefully it’s not running full-tilt 24 hours per day lol

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              2 days ago

              A fridge definitely doesn’t draw 1500 W continuously. You might be thinking of the start-up surge power draw

              My double-door draws 300 W while the compressor is running (average power is obviously a lot less than that)

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                2 days ago

                That would be one hell of a fridge if it did! But my number was meant as an illustration of how the math works, not necessarily accurate to any specific refrigeration device.

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        5 days ago

        Wow, I wooshed myself even harder than they to whomst I was replying. Good job me.