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2 HN users recommended this between 2016 and 2022, in 2 comments.
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2 HN users recommended this between 2016 and 2022, in 2 comments.
Each tall tick is one HN user's first recommendation. A short tick is the same user again. Click a tick to jump to the comment.
Or there's this article about how to change the temperature range of a chest freezer with one simple screw adjustment.[1] Or this off the shelf external mechanical thermostat.[2] Designing your own analog electronic thermostat is not really necessary.
[1] http://www.homebrewtalk.com/showthread.php?t=249612 [2] https://www.amazon.com/Johnson-Controls-A19AAT-2C-Temperatur...
But while you might be optimizing for convenience, this is optimizing for energy conservation. Seems like a great opportunity to be creative with an organization system.
I would bet that most people that are doing this conversion (and there are many, this idea has been around for years [0]) are already doing weird stuff for off-grid living, so turning a freezer into a fridge isn't a big deal - the inconveniences are just different.
The article does not mention that a thermostat coupled to a mechanical switch [1] is typically used to regulate the temperature.
[0]: https://duckduckgo.com/?t=ffab&q=freezer+fridge+conversion
[1]: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0002EAL58