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Re:Peltier vs. compressor-based cooling (2019) by bloopernova on Saturday September 17, 2022 @09:24AM (#32877357)
After losing power in southeast Michigan for 3 days, a couple of weeks ago, I began wondering about low-power cooling. Something like a couple of solar panels, a battery of some kind, then a fan for an evaporator "swamp cooler" or something similar. I'd like to be able to cool a single room occupied by 2 adult humans and a couple of 75lb dogs.

How much power do those mini refrigeration compressors draw?

Re:Peltier vs. compressor-based cooling (2019) by rsaxvc on Saturday September 17, 2022 @11:11AM (#32878147)
Have you seen the new high emittance paints? You might skip the electricity step with new futuristic paint: https://www.coolingpost.com/world-news/radiative-cooling-pai...