electrolux refrigerator from 1957
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cfz2882
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I knew that was going to be an ammonia absorbsion type as soon as i seen the title 
Very common in camping and travel trailers since the late '50s to at least the '90s I have a 1982 one from a wrecked trailer in storage. very cool. Looks like that one is electric only ? .
Very common in camping and travel trailers since the late '50s to at least the '90s I have a 1982 one from a wrecked trailer in storage. very cool. Looks like that one is electric only ? .villematias1
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Ollut alkuperäisen omistajan suvun hallussa uudesta asti, periytyen kerrostalosta 57 vuotta.
Google translated from Finnish:
Has been in the possession of the original owner's family since new, inherited from the apartment building for 57 years.
Those absorption fridges are astonishingly inefficient. That little thing will use way more power than a big two door side by side regular fridge.
cfz2882
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I have heard those are inefficient and also they can get plugged with ammonia crystals or something-at least in camping trailer installations.Decades ago,mostly around 1975-82, in the US,some big commercial AC units used natural gas fired absorption chiller
I missed buying a pair of 10 ton absorption chillers that had been used in a lab at ASU a few years back. They required hot water and a means of ejecting heat (cooling tower) -about 16 tons worth for a 10 ton net cooling. So yeah, the basic design is not at all efficient. I was dreaming of a fully solar powered system that would cool my home and a couple neighbors. Once I got into the "reality" section of the design, I found that it would have been less expensive to install enough PV panels to drive the mini-splits we all currently use. It would have been cool to have the cooling tower and pumps humming away all day, but I'd have spent a small fortune on something that would've required me to be home all summer just to try to keep it all going...
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