On Monday 10 April 2017 16:17:34 Kurt Jacobson wrote: > Gene, that is very interesting. I have a friend that has an old > sulphur dioxide > refrigerator in his shop. It works great and maintains the most > consistent temperature I have ever seen, even if it is 100F out the > Pepsi in it will be just a little slushy, which is the way I like it. > > Here is a picture: > https://goo.gl/photos/76idPzpZ5JPunsAt6 > > He did a power draw test on it and a small dorm fridge, and the > modern, much smaller, energy star rated fridge used noticeably more > energy, and it did not have a freezer section to speak of. > > I guess if those sulphur dioxide units are put together right to begin > with can last 80+ years, but if not ... > > Cheers, > Kurt
[...] I am not surprised, they were and are very efficient. And I have not seen one of those in the wild since back in the late 50's. The one that leaked and tried to snuff the aunt, we threw over the hill a few days later after the place was aired out in the early 50's. They were just across the creek from our place. Both places were little pieces of a farm my grandfather had bought and letting the kids have it for peanuts made it easier to farm the rest because the tractor or team didn't have to muck around in a small corner to work it. Tractors didn't have power steering in those days, where the team did their own power steering with nothing but a muttered gee, haw, tsk tsk, giddyup, back or whoa. And it made no diff if you were up on the wagons front bench or walking beside/behind them picking corn. I recall once grandpa bringing in a wagon load of oats from the combine, but all I could see was the team and wagon. Long day, grandpa was sitting in the middle of the double-tree, out of sight. That never stopped him when there was work to be done. Old School. And I got so involved here I forgot a skillet on the stove with dinner in it. Edible but singed a bit. Oh look, a pony... Cheers, Gene Heskett -- "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) Genes Web page <http://geneslinuxbox.net:6309/gene> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
