Would anyone want a Refrigeratoras a place to store the AV equipment? - Blu-ray Forum

matthewrounds · 07-25-2007, 04:59 AM

Seriously, why not make a glass front to a refrigerated TV stand that will house all the AV equipment (receiver, BD player, etc) and not have to worry about fan noise (except from the refrigerator of course), overheating, etc. Plus a glass front would look pretty cool.

What does everyone think? Am I crazy, disturbed, or on the money?

T-Town Oil · 07-25-2007, 05:12 AM

I'm all for your idea as long as there is room for some cold beer...

Goodguy818 · 07-25-2007, 05:19 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by T-Town Oil

I'm all for your idea as long as there is room for some cold beer...

Genius!

dakota81 · 07-25-2007, 06:19 AM

Refrigerator motors are not built to cool things that generate heat, especially the kind of heat modern electronics generate.

Zaphod · 07-25-2007, 08:38 AM

Plus another problem you would run into is that you would have to constantly cool the equipment. If you were to turn on the cooling when you started everything and then turned it off with everything, you would then introduce water to the electronics from condensation and this would be bad...

What'sHD · 07-25-2007, 09:13 AM

How about an AV stand that continually has multiple air streams piped in (one per shelf) and silently vented to the outside of the house via piping?

Keeps the equipment at room temperature cool and no condensation issues.

Zaphod · 07-25-2007, 09:25 AM

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Originally Posted by What'sHD

How about an AV stand that continually has multiple air streams piped in (one per shelf) and silently vented to the outside of the house via piping?

Keeps the equipment at room temperature cool and no condensation issues.

There would probably be different ways of going about this, however would probably be difficult in the implementation of it. Physics wise you would have to be able to move the air without collision against another air stream that would cause resistance. Also you have to take into account that some components generate more heat so the air mass will be different on each shelf and trying to exhaust the air through one pipeline could cause some shelves to cool less efficiently since the air mass could be thinner than what is in the exhaust pipe and thus back up the process and thus defeating the point. Maybe there is a reason no one has come up with something like this and implemented it yet.

GasCat · 07-25-2007, 09:27 AM

I accidentally left the door to my fridge open today. I caught it after 30 minutes but there was quite a bit of condensation on the glass shelves. That would scare me if I had devices in there.

MrBogey · 07-25-2007, 01:43 PM

Yup... condensation would build up since you're blowing cold moist air across warm electronics.

WickyWoo · 07-25-2007, 03:16 PM

Yeah, you'd need a good de-humidifier and a ducted system. I'm going to say it's not worth it.

haushausman · 07-25-2007, 03:30 PM

Moisture build-up will destroy everything...

You would have to submerge it in Pure Mineral Oil. My little brother did this to his PC. Very cool stuff, check it out: HERE

bluraydog · 07-25-2007, 03:44 PM

nice thought to try to keep ur stuff cool but it would just end up messing everything up.

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07-25-2007, 04:59 AM	#1
matthewrounds Expert Member Member since:Apr 2007 Location:Tucson, AZ Home Theater Gallery:19 Blu-ray collection:52 Trading Score:21	Would anyone want a Refrigeratoras a place to store the AV equipment? Seriously, why not make a glass front to a refrigerated TV stand that will house all the AV equipment (receiver, BD player, etc) and not have to worry about fan noise (except from the refrigerator of course), overheating, etc. Plus a glass front would look pretty cool. What does everyone think? Am I crazy, disturbed, or on the money?

07-25-2007, 05:12 AM	#2
T-Town Oil Expert Member Top ranked HT gallery Member since:Jul 2007 Location:Tulsa, Oklahoma Home Theater Gallery:20 Blu-ray collection:42 Blu-ray reviews:3	Whats up...new member here! I'm all for your idea as long as there is room for some cold beer...

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07-25-2007, 06:19 AM	#4
dakota81 Expert Member Member since:Apr 2007	Refrigerator motors are not built to cool things that generate heat, especially the kind of heat modern electronics generate.

07-25-2007, 08:38 AM	#5
Zaphod Blu-ray Samurai Member since:Apr 2007 Location:A small planet somewhere in the vicinity of Betelgeuse. Blu-ray collection:350 Trading Score:4	Plus another problem you would run into is that you would have to constantly cool the equipment. If you were to turn on the cooling when you started everything and then turned it off with everything, you would then introduce water to the electronics from condensation and this would be bad...

07-25-2007, 09:13 AM	#6
What'sHD Senior Member Member since:Feb 2007	How about an AV stand that continually has multiple air streams piped in (one per shelf) and silently vented to the outside of the house via piping? Keeps the equipment at room temperature cool and no condensation issues.

07-25-2007, 09:27 AM	#8
GasCat Special Member Member since:Jan 2007 Blu-ray reviews:1	I accidentally left the door to my fridge open today. I caught it after 30 minutes but there was quite a bit of condensation on the glass shelves. That would scare me if I had devices in there.

07-25-2007, 01:43 PM	#9
MrBogey Expert Member Member since:Jan 2007	Yup... condensation would build up since you're blowing cold moist air across warm electronics.

07-25-2007, 03:16 PM	#10
WickyWoo Blu-ray Champion Member since:May 2007 Trading Score:2	Yeah, you'd need a good de-humidifier and a ducted system. I'm going to say it's not worth it.

07-25-2007, 03:30 PM	#11
haushausman Special Member Member since:Jan 2007 Location:Chicago Home Theater Gallery:12 Blu-ray collection:343 Blu-ray reviews: 5	Moisture build-up will destroy everything... You would have to submerge it in Pure Mineral Oil. My little brother did this to his PC. Very cool stuff, check it out: HERE

07-25-2007, 03:44 PM	#12
bluraydog Active Member Member since:Jun 2007	nice thought to try to keep ur stuff cool but it would just end up messing everything up.

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