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[23 May 2009 | 27 Comments | ]
My Chest Fridge Conversion

I finally got the chance to set up my chest freezer as a fridge a couple of weeks ago, and I’ve been testing it out so I could write up this post.

You may recall I mentioned that we had an old fridge/freezer running in our garage as a second fridge. With three young kids in [...]

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[23 Apr 2009 | 2 Comments | ]

My FridgeMate Mk II digital temperature controller arrived in the post today.

If you are thinking of a similar project, or just looking for home brew supplies, I highly recommend MashMaster.

I left a question about the FridgeMate for them via their web site, and they answered it within a few hours (and this was outside of [...]

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[21 Apr 2009 | 9 Comments | ]

One of the big energy hogs in our house is our clunky old second fridge in the garage. I measured its energy consumption with the MS6115 power meter, and it uses a whopping 2.5 kWh/day!

Many Aussie houses have one of these beasts, which is a big reason why the NSW State Government is now offering [...]