jamesgangnc wrote:
On Aug 5, 2:20 pm, "Grumpy" wrote:
"ransley" wrote in message

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On Aug 5, 5:36 am, Bob Villa wrote:

If you buy a thermo-electric (Peltier type) mini fridge, be aware of
their limitations: they can only lower the ambient temperature by 40
degrees.
(Don't expect cold beer when it's in a 90 deg. garage) : (
What is the efficency of those units.= Very poor

Not neccesarily, many don't use much electricity. I remember a really
old one that used a regular incandesent light bulb for heat.

I think you are mistaken, he said it was the Peltier type. I don't know
what they call the ones that use heat to cool. But I hear they work
great with some sun and a magnifying glass.