... Laren.....do you still feel a chest design is the superior design for a fridge? If so....is it even possible to buy an off the shelf CHEST fridge?...
Hi Laren, Thanks very much for this information! Between your info and the earlier input about running a fridge on its back, I'd say we're happy leaving things...
You might find one if someone was going from off-grid (e.g. 12-24v) to grid-tied. But they're still really expensive, still very efficient. My guess is that...
It was recently mentioned that the main thermal energy loss is through the door seals of frig's and/or freezers. So what's a better thermal design for the...
Roger, I compared the specs of the Sunfrost and the Vestfrost Conserv, and decided the Conserv is a better buy at about half the price (and I think a more...
Hello, All. I was a member of this group a while back. My name is Rose, I'm 58, I live in rural upstate New York, Zone 5. We already live very simply - no...
... Interesting What would you do for lighting? And what abt running water and toilet? And heat and cooling? I ask ...cause I hope to learn something and maybe...
Hi, JM. I'll try to answer your questions with our (Fred and me) thoughts. Remember, though, that we're in upstate New York, Zone 5. Lighting: Fred had a...
... OK ... Great idea! Ive played around with using my LED headlamp as household lighting myself. But are you saying that by "running a line" you would have...
Hi, JM. You asked: "But are you saying that by "running a line" you would have some built into the cabin such as a run around the perimeter?" Not the whole...
... We live in Upstate, Zone 4a. We're in Saratoga county. Where are you? ... What do you do for purity issues? There's a lot of natural issues with our...
Hi, Juliet. I'm more central to the state, closer to Ithaca. As far as purity issues go, the water collection is rainwater and we filter that. As far as the...
Hi Rose, We live in a very small off-grid house. Although we do run an electric RV-size fridge off our battery bank (fed by PV panels and a windmill), we are...
Sue, what we've done in the past during the winter when we did not have a refrigerator - we did that for a couple of years, actually - is just use various...
Rose Lieberman wrote:My name is Rose, I'm 58, I live in rural upstate New York, Zone 5. My only concerns are power for a laptop, since I want to stay...
Hi Wish, It's been my experience that the wind-up mechanism in those radios, like most moving parts, breaks easily. (Mine only lasted a few years, and that...
... Hello Genesee County, I'm from Utica, though I currently live in Virginia. ... Have you thought about a mini-itx format computer? Native 12v., but can run...
Genesse is beautiful country! My wish list includes a cold cellar, whether it's under a house or dug into a hill. That would be the best thing! Cold enough...
The windup radio we have has stood up pretty well. I believe we got it through Lehmans catalog. And when I wind it, I'm not very gentle. I'm looking at it...
... I wanted to comment on this. Part of my work involves taking up to several hundred digital images a day, so I go through a lot of batteries. I've used...
One excellent alternaltive to a refrigerator was posted here in the past called a crosley icyball. One of these coupled with a very well insulated chest type...
Interesting What would you do for lighting? And what abt running water and toilet? And heat and cooling? I ask ...cause I hope to learn something and maybe try...
... Great post... thanks! On the portable CF lights..... do you use automobile trouble lights that are CF based? That way you can plug them into the inverter...
I would like to take this opportunity to wish every veteran in this country a Happy Veteran's day.Some of you who are in more than one group with me will see...
Hi 'wish' ? Re: wind up radios I have a freeplay s360 (think it's the original type of freeplay radio) and have been using it for about 5 years now everytime I...
I believe this will be of interest to fellow Refrigeration Alternatives listers. The book (The Emperor's New Hydrogen Economy) I began researching and writing...
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