re: refrigerators
12 sep 2002
d.a.kopf wrote:
>since a refrigerator cycles on and off it's not a good match for
>a batteryless connection to a pv panel...
how about an ice battery? it takes about 200k btu to melt a 3' ice cube.
in a 70 f room, with 54 ft^2 of r10 insulation, it would gain (70-32)5.4
= 205 btu/h and melt in about 1,000 hours, ie about 40 days.
nick
