Why are fridges in cold climate countries not mounted into the wall of a house so the ambient air could cool the inside?
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Fun fact! I live in The San Francisco Bay Area. Our weather here is surprisingly predictable most of the year. It tends to drop into the 50s F overnight, and warm up to the mid-70s during the day.
Houses here constructed before refrigerators were common often included a “California Cooler,” which was a cabinet in the kitchen including two mesh-covered vents: One in the bottom of the cabinet, and one in the top, with slatted shelves for good airflow.
Overnight, the warm air would rise out the top, drawing in cooler air from the bottom. As the temperature rose outside during the day, the cabinet would stay (relatively) cool during the highest temperatures of the day.
I rented a house for a few years that included this, and it was a neat place to store things like bread and fruit to get a little more life out of them.
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