LIVING GREEN

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LIVING

GREEN

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Good

morning,

 

 

Have

you ever wondered how your refrigerator works? It is

 

 

pretty

simple and pretty ingenious. It uses the Second Law

 

 

of

Thermodynamics which says that when you have two things

 

 

that

are different temperatures that touch or are near

 

 

each

other, the hotter surface cools and the colder surface

 

 

warms

up.

 

 

 

 

 

Your

refrigerator capitalizes on this by pumping a chemical

 

 

gas

at different pressures through coils both inside the

 

 

fridge

and outside.

 

 

 

 

 

Inside

the freezer the chemical is turned from a liquid to

 

 

a

vapor. As it does this, the coils get colder and the

 

 

freezer

begins to get colder.

 

 

 

 

 

The

fridge pump then sucks the chemical as a vapor and forces

 

 

it

through thinner pipes which are on the outside of the re-

 

 

frigerator.

By compressing it, the chemical turns back into

 

 

a

liquid and heat is given off through the coil and is

 

 

absorbed

by the air around it.

 

 

 

 

 

Why

is it important to know all this? Scroll down to find out.

 

 

 

 

 

Thanks

for reading,

 

 

Your

Living Green editor

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

*

Other than being a pretty nifty trick, it becomes obvious,

 

 

once

you realize how your refrigerator works, that the coils

 

 

are

what conducts the heat from the inside to the outside of

 

 

the

compartment. As the coils on the outside of the fridge

 

 

pick

up dust and dirt from normal usage they begin to work

 

 

less

efficiently. Less efficiency means more energy use. If

 

 

it

has been several years, or never, since you have cleaned

 

 

those

coils, imagine how much dirt is built up on there!

 

 

 

 

 

*

Vacuum the coils on your refrigerator and freezer every 3

 

 

months

to improve efficiency and lower energy costs. When

 

 

you

use a vacuum cleaner you can use the long tube attachment

 

 

if

the coils don't have mesh. With the long tube attachment

 

 

you

can insert it into the coil area. The safest vacuum

 

 

cleaner

attachment to use on any refrigerator coils is the

 

 

soft

brush. The soft brush is meant to be used as a duster

 

 

and

works quite well to remove coil dust and dirt.

 

 

 

 

 

*

Remember that today's refrigerators are very energy ef-

 

 

ficient.

Ones sold today use about one-tenth the amount of

 

 

electricity

of ones that were built 20 years ago. So, if

 

 

you

have an old, old refrigerator, it's better to buy a

 

 

new

one because you'll save money (and energy) over a long

 

 

period

of time.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Goddess Bless!

 

 

GrannyMoon

 

 

 

 

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