On 11/16/05, Christopher Gronski <gronski@gmail.com> wrote: > > OK I realize this is kind of theoretical at this pint but what about > running the water from the water tank? The fridge only runs an hour a > day. > > In fact here's a thought... create a second "hot water tank", run your > fridge off of the water from it, then use the (now hot) water to > shower in the morning. If you're at an RV campsite you may even be > able to hook up city water and send it to grey water afterwards.
ooooo....I like that idea! You'd probably never get truly HOT water out of the deal, but I bet you could get that thermal mass in the fridge pretty cold and end up with a tank of decently warm water-- at least as warm as those stupid sun showers seem to get. I wonder how much all this stuff weighs though. Probably not much more than a couple blocks of ice, which is my current refrigeration technique.
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