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That's actually commonly done in industrial cooling applications with rapid turnover (think dockside food storage warehouses), but it's not practical for the heat output of domestic units.

Even in parts of Europe and Iceland with ready access to a common municipal heat exchange, household refrigerators don't have have enough heat output to justify the infrastructure.

The typical domestic fridge just needs to "get cold once" and the remainder of its duty-cycle (aside from the rare holiday feast or party) it's just trickle-cooling.




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