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<blockquote data-quote="Dick Rees" data-source="post: 73335" data-attributes="member: 16"><p>Re: Home building/living suggestions wanted.</p><p></p><p>JR.....</p><p></p><p>It has been a little fantasy of mine to reduce energy usage in two areas:</p><p></p><p>Refrigeration</p><p></p><p>Clothes drying</p><p></p><p>Up here in the North it should be possible to build a "winter refrigerator" using outside cold air for cooling for a number of months/year. I would think a fairly simple set of sensors/controls could handle the air exchange and keep things from spoiling or freezing in a well-insulated box.</p><p></p><p>As for the clothes drying..... When I was living in Scandinavia some of the houses had "closets" which would dry clothes with air exchange using interior air rather than heated air. Took a bit longer but worked well enough for a small household. Or you could use an old-fashioned clothesline.....</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Dick Rees, post: 73335, member: 16"] Re: Home building/living suggestions wanted. JR..... It has been a little fantasy of mine to reduce energy usage in two areas: Refrigeration Clothes drying Up here in the North it should be possible to build a "winter refrigerator" using outside cold air for cooling for a number of months/year. I would think a fairly simple set of sensors/controls could handle the air exchange and keep things from spoiling or freezing in a well-insulated box. As for the clothes drying..... When I was living in Scandinavia some of the houses had "closets" which would dry clothes with air exchange using interior air rather than heated air. Took a bit longer but worked well enough for a small household. Or you could use an old-fashioned clothesline..... [/QUOTE]
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