converting chest freezer into chest refrigerator

I was thinking about my cabin, and about power needs. The two biggest power needs will be refrigeration and heating ventilation/fans. I was thinking about the refrigeration and started wondering about chest refrigerators.

Chest refrigerators are much more energy efficient than the standard upright refrigerator, because when you open them, the cold air stays in the fridge.

Of course, someone has done all the math and explained how to convert a chest freezer into a chest refrigerator.

The comments are good to read:

Steve says: November 13, 2014 at 8:13 am
I had good luck doing this too. I bought a $15 digital temp switch through Amazon and converted a $154 5.0 cuft chest freezer from Walmart. The freezer is rated at 240kwh/year as a freezer. It’s using about 70kwh/year as a fridge.

In dollars, the fridge it replaced used about $6/month. The new chest fridge, about $0.70/month.

It would be a little more inconvenient to use, but honestly, I don't go into the fridge that much -- mostly for milk and to store and retrieve leftovers.

greenhouse

So I don't loose it, here's an interesting plan for a year-round greenhouse.

Also, here's an interesting mini wind turbin.