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#310844 26-Nov-2023 17:07

My folks are downsizing their house, but want to retain their monster sized fridge unit.

Suggested that they put the monster in the garage, and keep the fridge that's part of the chattels where it is, and just use the monster as storage.

But no.... my mother wants it in the main house, but only place it can fit, is under a heat pump.

To my thinking, this is a bad move...... heat above, fridge below trying to keep things cold... will the fridge have to work extra to keep its job in check any time the heat pump is on ? (Obviously mainly winter)

Am I right in my thinking ?

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#3164051 26-Nov-2023 17:57

yep. you are correct.

its also going to generate heat which will fool the heatpump sensor...

where is the heatump?

surely not in the kitchen?

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#3164058 26-Nov-2023 18:08

Open plan, small place, heat pump points towards "lounge" area.

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#3164086 26-Nov-2023 19:23

don't overthink it. if you need to put the fridge there, you put the fridge there.

if house too hot turn the temp down, if too cold put the temp up on the heat pump. the fridge will work regardless.

life is too short to overthink heat pumps...

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#3164088 26-Nov-2023 19:40

It's not ideal, but I agree that it's a total overthink. It's certainly far better than having two fridges.

A fridge is typically going to produce a similar amount of heat to maybe a TV, and far less than a moderately hotted up PC.

That said, if the goal is downsizing, having a 'monster' fridge (especially if it's that plus another fridge) is a bit counter to that goal. A fridge for (presumably) two people does not need to feed a small army.

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#3164296 27-Nov-2023 07:08

I thought it was a combined fridge/freezer, but its not... its separate fridge/freezer, both monsters. So 2x the heat being output......

Why the heck they went for such monsters I have no clue.....

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#3164298 27-Nov-2023 07:54

We also had no room for our monster fridge after moving so it’s in the garage the merely large fridge is in the kitchen. As a five person family the main fridge is enough and the monster in the garage is under utilised apart from the handy ice and filtered water.

An older couple using two fridges does sound crazy and a waste of money and power.

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#3164300 27-Nov-2023 08:04

If your concern is the heat from the fridge/freezers messing with the heat pump sensors you can always use a Sensibo (or similar) to control the heatpump. The Sensibo unit has its own temperature and humidity sensors so you can locate it away from the freezers

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#3164430 27-Nov-2023 13:24

Does the kitchen have a fridge cavity for the one that comes with the house? If so, heat and power aside, seems silly wanting to keep a larger one that doesn't even fit in the kitchen? But I guess you already know that.

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#3164466 27-Nov-2023 15:20

Yes it does, and even has a fridge already there. But nope, my mother wants that removed and replaced with shelving, and these monsters to be put in place...... its a tiny place, and the fridge/freezer will dominate the room. But its what she wants......

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#3164478 27-Nov-2023 16:18

xpd:

Yes it does, and even has a fridge already there. But nope, my mother wants that removed and replaced with shelving, and these monsters to be put in place...... its a tiny place, and the fridge/freezer will dominate the room. But its what she wants......

Sounds like the classic "I want to downsize, but don't want to get rid of anything"!

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#3164481 27-Nov-2023 16:26

Paul1977:

xpd:

Yes it does, and even has a fridge already there. But nope, my mother wants that removed and replaced with shelving, and these monsters to be put in place...... its a tiny place, and the fridge/freezer will dominate the room. But its what she wants......

Sounds like the classic "I want to downsize, but don't want to get rid of anything"!

Bingo :D

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#3164482 27-Nov-2023 16:27

Is the real issue “freezer space”?

oldies love filling up freezers….if that’s the main reason then maybe talk them into a standalone single door freezer for that purpose and have a fridge freezer in the space it should be?