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Seperate condenser for fridge/freezer

Like a car A/C system, using an outside condenser
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Instead of a fridge/freezer coming with a fixed condenser radiator on the back, it should come with no refridgerant or radiator on the back.

Instead, you mount an outside condenser (preferably in a shady place) and connect it up to your fridge freezer using the thick hoses that car A/C systems use.

Shops could provide a coolant discharge/recharge with every purchase.

I think this would make fridge/freezers more efficient (particulalry in cold countries) by reducing compressor pump load and you wouldn't be fighting the home heating in cooling your fridge/freezer.

GarJE, Jul 09 2008

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Same idea, I think. [phoenix, Jul 09 2008]

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       You could have a cooling tower outside for your fridge's condenser to be mounted in.   

       The whole thing seems a bit dubious, economically speaking.
Texticle, Jul 09 2008
  

       I'm not sure I want to be messing about with the stuff - my kitchen will be swimming in Freon before I could say "frozen pastry".
Jinbish, Jul 09 2008
  

       sp separate
xenzag, Jul 10 2008
  

       Put your freezer outside. We do in our house (there isn't much space in the kitchen)
Bad Jim, Jul 11 2008
  

       This is already baked. Its a common practice for large commercial freezer units. Except instead of "thick hoses" they use the same thin copper tubing as central AC units. Central air is also a baked version of this idea, in many installations...
CaptainCrunch, Jul 12 2008
  
      
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