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Old 04-02-2015, 10:01 PM
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Originally Posted by mldee View Post
Peter, Slightly off topic, but do you think one of those would cool a chest-type freezer using 100mm insulation, for off-grid homes, rather than the normal compressor unit? Dunno which is the more efficient.
G'day Mike.

Short answer is yes. Long answer is yes BUT it depends how big the chest-freezer is, what it's construction materials are and how much power you want to push into it.

These units (the double-peltier type) are now fairly commonly seen in cheap wine fridges and the like where the priotity is chilling not freezing. They are good at keeping temps between 10-15C but of the 3 I've owned over the past 5 years, none has lasted longer then 2 years. If you want to freeze stuff, I'm not sure these have got the grunt to do it.

Peter
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