Thanks to all. So a mere factor of 1000 error! Bah! I went over those 
calculations at least three times. I guess I had been opening and 
closing the door for beer too much or something last night - at least 
now I don't have to feel guilty about getting more beer out.

  Someone said that if the cans are different sizes then the packing 
density will be even worse but that's not quite true if one has really 
skinny cans that fit in the spaces between the big cans and then an even 
more tiny set to fit in those spaces and etc. That's why concrete has 
rocks, gravel, and sand.

I think it may have been Russell that said a major loss is through the 
insulation, so why not have refrigerator blankets like the water heater 
blankets?


 > so, 50kWsec/60= 833 KWmin = 13.8 KWhr  at $.10/KWHr = $1.38 / cooldown
 >  Can this be so?  I'm never gonna open that sucker again as long as I
 >  live!! At least not till I need the next cold beer.


50kWsec = 0.833 KWminutes=0.0138 KWhrs=0.1 cents per cooldown
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Looking forward,
Al Shinn


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