On 05/03/2018 18:40, Andy Burns wrote:
Nightjar wrote:

Jethro_uk wrote:

a gas powered fridge ...

They have been with us as a commercial product for the best part of a
century

We had one in the 70's, Dad worked for the gas-board and got discount.

I had one until about 2006. Made by electrolux and it had an electric
heater, but they also sold kits that allowed it to run on gas or
paraffin. Any source of heat really. It was completely silent which
was their main selling feature in this country. My house was built
in 1976 with a 1/2 inch gas point in the kitchen for just such a fridge
but you could also get gas tumble driers in those days too.

We had one in the path labs at Barts in the 70's, but it leaked and
filled the whole path block with ammonia. We had to get LFB out to
ventilate the building and chuck the offending fridge out.

Still common in Oz I believe for people in the outback. These days
I expect solar panels with batteries and an inverter would be more
effective.