tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14977872.post5657843824595170588..comments2024-03-29T01:17:20.238-04:00Comments on georgesworkshop: superinsulating my refrigerator freezerGeorge Plhakhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11832386563569915660noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14977872.post-37385882985300705162022-12-10T15:48:33.146-05:002022-12-10T15:48:33.146-05:00Hi George, Mojave Mike here. I am a retired mech...Hi George, Mojave Mike here. I am a retired mechanical engineer, so I was already familiar with heat transfer. The manual calculations are pages long, so I was thrilled to find this calculator, which is pretty comprehensive for the different types of heat transfer.<br /><br />https://durathermfluids.com/resources/calculators/heat-transfer/<br /><br /><br /> By measuring the internal, and Mojave Mikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02259267366649710884noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14977872.post-15800643565462693522022-12-10T15:22:45.039-05:002022-12-10T15:22:45.039-05:00Hello George, I live in the Mojave Desert. We use...Hello George, I live in the Mojave Desert. We use an evaporative cooler in the summer and ours is located rooftop. Temperatures up there can exceed 50°C. I used an online heat transfer calculator to determine that we were wasting 10-17 MILLION Btu/hr. I added 2" of styrofoam and a metal shell to protect it from 110km/hr winds. The new calculation determined that we were saving 90% of Mojave Mikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02259267366649710884noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14977872.post-11623838723876123752022-09-12T06:08:20.621-04:002022-09-12T06:08:20.621-04:00Thanks George, I am a hobby frugalist and apprecia...Thanks George, I am a hobby frugalist and appreciate your sharing.. about to insulate my old worktop freezer, for EXACTLY the same reasons.<br />Last year during a holiday I put it on a timer VERY low temp, timed to off peak, plus short boosts ..Harry Verdaircheehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12783801805271271807noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14977872.post-42281062238113767142021-09-01T06:18:32.080-04:002021-09-01T06:18:32.080-04:00part 2: https://georgesworkshop.blogspot.com/2016/...part 2: https://georgesworkshop.blogspot.com/2016/07/insulated-refrigerator-freezer-result.html<br /><br />part 3: https://georgesworkshop.blogspot.com/2016/08/insulated-refrigerator-freezer-2.html<br /><br />Please see the index.George Plhakhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11832386563569915660noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14977872.post-83035875758664297962021-08-30T16:19:08.374-04:002021-08-30T16:19:08.374-04:00Well, what did you find out?
Well, what did you find out? <br />Randal Sonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10834771145724938545noreply@blogger.com