Post AhyzF4nNumRS2jWioa by rusty@ma.zcx.cc
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 (DIR) Post #AhyzF4nNumRS2jWioa by rusty@ma.zcx.cc
       2024-04-30T06:41:22Z
       
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       In pretty much every house I've ever lived in, there has been a kitchen cabinet over the refrigerator. These are slowly going to be fading away , or perhaps not so slowly. The problem is that none of them leave enough space between the underside of the cabinet, and the floor for modern refrigerators. because we're reapidly aiming for the day when the refrigerator you set up is effectively a walk in pantry with a frozen foods section, food storage, and pending composting sections.\
       
 (DIR) Post #AhyzF6tq5knEZKYu9Y by rusty@ma.zcx.cc
       2024-04-30T06:46:02Z
       
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       The common recommendation when this is brought up as a problem with choosing a new refrigerator is to "Have the cabinet removed. After all, "What do you really use that cabinet for anyway?" For most people it is an inconvenient cabinet that you can't use very well, but we're not 'Most people" now are we? My vision for this cabinet is that this is where the kitchen server and home automation server including alarms, should be resident. There are several advantages to this.\
       
 (DIR) Post #AhyzF97jp36DT1525w by rusty@ma.zcx.cc
       2024-04-30T06:50:12Z
       
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       They are things you don't need to touch often, with modern hardware like a Zima board, they won't draw very much power, and you can access nearly every service they offer with a tablet or phone.The location is nearly always convenient for power unless the electrician who wired your house put in a single outlet for the fridge, you can probably run a low clearance extension cord up into the cabinet, and most home intruders won't root around in that cabinet. \
       
 (DIR) Post #AhyzFBndsDo5lYhWgi by rusty@ma.zcx.cc
       2024-04-30T06:54:46Z
       
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       Give the cabinet some electric locks that don't show to the outside, and give them doors without handles that make them look like the decorative face under your kitchen sink (Which, yes, most of mine have ended up with hidden hinges and trays to hold things out of the way as well) and you will have even fewer people "checking to see what 'valuable dishes you keep there." (none! Dishes that is, what is there is valuable though..)\
       
 (DIR) Post #AhyzFEcPORbUVaT65w by rusty@ma.zcx.cc
       2024-04-30T07:02:37Z
       
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       There are other advantages as well, especially for home automation. A significant percentage of these are located fairly close to the center of the house. I't is the spot where the refrigerator is likely to have the most stable temperature to work with. The biggest down side I see is that refrigerators have historically dumped a lot of heat into the space above them. Maybe that is an opportunity to consider running a heat pump water heater loop into a utility closet? Another bag of tricks...?