It seems that the days of the old gas refrigerator may be numbered as companies appear to be moving towards thermoelectric technologies with no moving parts and, it’s picking up some steam this week.
Phonetic’ CEO appears on CNBC’s Mad Money to explain the business case and that the company has done deal with Haier allowing them to produce fridges using this new technology that claims to reduce energy use by up to 25%.
The video segment is embedded below.
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For us, there’s not enough on how the things work but more about how it’s going to revolutionise the world of refrigeration and, that may well be the case but we’d like more tech info on how it works.
The reason being that most of the thermoelectric devices we’ve seen, mainly in small portable cooling boxes and bags, isn’t exactly awe inspiring. But Phononic under their Evolve brand have a medical grade freezer due to go on sale later this year.
Even going to the Phononic website doesn’t reveal too much detail however the tech has been used in commercial units and Haier have signed up so, it must work to some degree.
It is interesting for us to see how these new refrigeration technologies are advancing and it looks as if consumer products for domestic use may not be that far away after all.
We could have made a quip about cool new tech but, we resisted it.
