Why not just an entire out door kitchen? I laid out plans for a house with a large screened in room that was build behind the house... it was going to be my...
... We don't have the flat rate service charge as such but I assume the high prices for the first part of the usage is intended as the equivalent. For August,...
yes John... I've heard of BB-Q... takes a lot more energy and cost... with a removed kitchen it is not just the heat from the stove top... but also the heat...
Not a bad idea. A lot of the old southern houses used to have two kitchens, one for winter and one for summer. And I have seen second kitchens in cellars back...
... Midwest farm houses had summer kitchens in the late 19th and early 20 C. With lots of canning and cooking to do with wood heated stoves and ovens and...
What's the opinion on rebuilding an old chest freezer instead of trying to buy a high-end efficient model? Say I find a decent chest freezer, (made after the...
Why are you knocking the older chest freezers? I have one that is probably from the late 40s or mid 50s. It is an old Hotpoint. It has only failed once. We...
Greetings, When I moved to Texas from zone 2, I quickly realized that my electric didn't like me cooking in the kitchen, a two way waste of energy. Paying to...
Alan, I was specifically knocking freezers built in the 70s, basing my knowledge about refrigerators. As I understand it, old (pre 70s) fridges were pretty ...
You just told me more than I knew about the quality of freezers. Mine is like a tank. If it ever dies I will be sad indeed. I built this house in 1977 at 20...
Your rock solid, reliable old refrigerator or freezer may not be a bargain even if it is free. Older units use double or more electricity to operate compared...
Like I wrote in an earlier post,,,,,, That old Hotpoint freezer freezes better and runs a LOT less than my newer and smaller upright freezer does. It also...
-The heat exhausted by the Fridge puts heat into your Appt. saving just a little on heating cost. Also the compressor of refrigeration units do not last as...
Normally I'm just a lurker, but I do have some first hand info regarding this discussion. Last summer I decided to get serious about improving the energy ...
From: "Alan Bowen" <rustaholic777@...> ... Hi Alan; I have 1950s/40sfridge that I keep in my kitchen as a pantry, and my fridge is just a little 4.3cuft...
From: "mirakelworkre" <mirakelworkre@...> ... Put into other words, the heat extracted, then released from the condenser, equals the heat that enters the...
One thing when using a Kill-A-Watt meter on an older refrigerator is to make sure the coils are clean before you start testing. I had an older Sears frig that...
Greetings, One side note for those who live in the south where we use AC. We did replace an older fridge with a energy star, highly rated one in the late 90s....
WOW TJ, Send me that Kill-A-Watt device and I will check it out. 8>)) Alan Bowen Williamsburg, Michigan tjdavj <tj@...> wrote: Normally I'm just a lurker,...
From: "Garth & Kim Travis" <gartht@...> ... Hi Kim; Your explanation is simply impossible. There is something that you are misinterpreting. The only...
TWENTY BUCKS ??? Please tell me where I should look for one. I just called the following list in this order. Home Depot Menards Lowes Ace Hardware Radio Shack ...
Here's a link to the Google search on Kill-a-Watt: *http://tinyurl.com/29txp2 *Amazon has it for $20. Georgette ... [Non-text portions of this message have...
... From: Laren Corie ... for a refrigerator that has less energy going to it, to have more energy coming from it. [snip] If the cost of running the...
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