Mike
I did think about that retrospectively but the way I had my coil, wound like a light bulb filament with holes drilled top and bottom in the fridge didn't allow me to try it. I think if I pursue this, see how my electric bills develop with the window shaker, I will cut the fridge casing away (v carefully of course) from the compressor and heat exchanger and place the cooling plate in a cool box completely immersed in water and then back to the aluminium tube etc. Therefore completely removing the air from the heat transfer circuit.
I was also considering how I could integrate a thermostat to this and came up with using a household central heating/cooling thermostat inside the cool box to tell the fridge when to turn on but would need a relay for the power, and I'm not sure where to source such an item.
All I set out to do was save myself $500ish on a chiller.......lol
Davey Bee |