Anyone here remembering when the MacOS Wacom tablet driver would slow down the boot process to minutes - and partially the system, too? And everybody was just accepting it 🤷

Interesting.

I will look out for the garage ready label, have never read or seen that before.

We have only very few days where we have extreme icecoldness around. It’s a moderate climate. I never monitored how much less power it uses outside than inside… But It stricked me that the cooling cycles are much shorter in winter after I had put it outside.

That is how I got the idea initially. I moved and didn’t have a fridge and temporarily stored some stuff on the window shelves. Then the neighbors asked what I was doing with the food outside. Which led me to think “no, what are THEY actually doing with the food inside?” Haha

Kind of… Maybe… I never did the math or monitor consumption. The cooling cycles of the compressor are much shorter, that I can tell for sure.

You mean lower than outside? If it is freezing outside the fridge but the food inside needs just fridge temperatures?

Fact? Is it the same model and type? Does it also run the same lengths? I would think the outside fridge would have longer standby phases (not using power) than the inside fridge. I don’t do feasibility studies, I just take long showers.

Maybe someone will do the math.

Some old farm houses still have that around here. But it is outside below a small hill or a slope. Some call it Kartoffel Keller. And some still use it for long time storage.

You are way way beyond my initial shower thought. I was offgrid for four years, but only 7-9 months a year (the warmer) and I was living in a very sunny climate where solar would provide me with electricity for the most important things. It was beautiful. But I must admit I am glad to be “home” again, since I have family now.

I am using a fridge outside: It is like a small balcony first floor with a roof and cool most of the year. So #1 and #2 are checked. For #3 I have a small Japanese compressor fridge in the kitchen, only for the very important daily things like milk. The mustard stays in the outside fridge. The kitchen fridge never uses more than 30W for cooling. But only IF it runs. So that checks #3.

We usually don’t have that much snow around here, but for the few days each year that might be a valid … solution?

I do actually have a fridge outside under a roof in the first floor. Its like a closed balcony. Never had any stains, but small animals could potentially do so…

How about the fridge outside? /startofnewstory

I missed to mention to put the fridge outside of course. I actually do it for most of the year under a small roof where it is pretty cool, except for the very hot summer weeks. Then the fridge must do its heavy load. Or you bring it inside. Depends on the climate zone. Here it is moderate.

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Wait. Is the outside fridge the ground fridge? It always was. For thousands of years when they didn’t have electricity. In the very old country homes and on farmers’ premises they still use it today. It is a small cellar below a slope or a small hill. Here some call it Kartoffel Keller.

I kind of forgot to point out that I am actually storing the food outside BUT inside the fridge. Under a roof where it is pretty cool most of the year.

You are living in the wrong outside. Maybe a small defense turret will do. /s

What a trip! I like the idea of the two sided fridge in the outer wall.

I forgot to mention in my post, that I am actually using the fridge outside under a small roof. It’s pretty cool there most of the year. Just need to take care in the hot summer weeks.