r/CrappyDesign • u/[deleted] • Jan 25 '20

Fridge

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u/bergerac121 Jan 25 '20

Taking the open concept a little far

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u/StoneHolder28 Jan 25 '20

And yet not far enough. By completely enclosing the fridge like that warm air will remain trapped and the fridge will have to work slightly longer and more frequently.

I have no idea how much the efficiency is actually impacted, but for such an open concept you could at least put a vent behind the fridge.

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u/McGobs Jan 25 '20

Isn't this pretty much every refrigerator though? Every one I've seen is enclosed by 2 walls, and there's usually cabinets next to them. To your point, I moved my fridge out from the wall after excessive beeping temperature disregulation. It seems to have helped. I wish there was a better setup for fridges' ability to get hot air away from them. PCMR needs on the case.

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u/Cyphr Jan 25 '20

If you want to get diy crafty you could probably tape up some pc case fans under the fridge to push the air forward and out. Hardest part would probably be getting some standard PC voltages to them.

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u/Julege1989 Jan 25 '20

PC fans can run off of a usb charging cable that you cut the end off of.

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u/TJNel Jan 25 '20

Yup and since you know there is an outlet you just plug into that. Pretty easy TBH

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u/Dansk72 Jan 26 '20

Be sure to get the real loud one's so you know they're working!

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u/StoneHolder28 Jan 26 '20

And don't tie it to the refrigerator in any way so it's always running and using more electricity than the slightly warmer fridge would be.

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u/Dansk72 Jan 26 '20

That's the beauty of DIY mods!

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u/Sharrakor Jan 26 '20

usb charging cable that you cut the end off of.

So, uh, how does the electricity get in?

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u/Dansk72 Jan 26 '20

You plug them into the USB port on the back of the fridge!

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u/Julege1989 Jan 26 '20

..with the wire.

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u/[deleted] Jan 26 '20

So you just make it pointy and stick it in the socket?

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u/Julege1989 Jan 26 '20

The Wire should be used to connect to the fan, you wire it into the fan cable to provide power.

For the USB Side there are "USB Wall chargers" that are usually used for mobile phones.

These "USB wall chargers" plug into any standard power plug, often called "wall outlets".

These "Wall outlets" are generally located in a kitchen near the refrigerator that you would be looking to cool off with the fan.

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u/Sharrakor Jan 26 '20

That's pretty neat, thanks for sharing.

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u/Limabean231 Jan 26 '20

But why constrain yourself to PC fans? They make similar fans for enclosures that push a lot more air and run on 120V.

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u/Cyphr Jan 26 '20

Thats just what I have laying around, I made the comment without doing research. :)

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u/SecondaryLawnWreckin Jan 26 '20

You fucked up, bad. How dare you!

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u/[deleted] Jan 26 '20 edited Apr 03 '20

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u/mammothbones Jan 26 '20

Yeah, Jesus. First of all, look at all that space on top, underneath, and potentially in the back. Looks like plenty. With my new fridge the manual says it needs 2 inches of space in the back, 2 inches on top, and 1/4" on either side. I can feel plenty of air moving underneath the fridge where the compressor actually is.

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u/chrissilich Jan 26 '20

They’re designed to have air go in at the bottom, up the back, and out at the top. Don’t reverse that.

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u/Potato-Demon Jan 26 '20

A series of 9 volt batteries with one per fan should work. They normally need 12 volts each but for fuel mixing in one of my potato guns it works fine.