• elucubra@sopuli.xyz
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    1 month ago

    Modern heat pumps, which use the same principle as A/C, can achieve 4 to 1 efficiency. Old fridges can be tanks, but are horribly inefficient. A new high efficiency unit could probably pay itself off in 2 3 years.

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      1 month ago

      If you’re extra brave and handy with hardware hacking you can replace the internals with new tech

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        28 days ago

        True, but with the insulation upgrade you’d basically end up with a DIY fridge that will probaby cost more, work less well and fail sooner.