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Designed For The Unborn

Posted on August 18, 2016 by mcpletcher — 1 Comment

Let it be known that I do not want to sell refrigerators, own patents, market products, or operate anything which could be construed as a business. That being said, a guy has to make a living, so that if I…

Beginning the Modular Refrigerator

Posted on July 10, 2016 by mcpletcher — 4 Comments

Beginning a few weeks ago, I’ve embarked on a project to construct a modular, long lasting cooling system for domestic purposes. I’ve outlined my reasoning for this elsewhere on this site. 100 Year Fridge The majority of my documentation is…

Tagged with: diy refrigeration, hc refrigerant, modular design, propane refrigerant, R-290, r290, r600a
Posted in Refrigeration, Refrigerator, The Squatch

A Refrigerator For The Ages

Posted on July 5, 2016 by mcpletcher — 2 Comments

Over the course of the next several years I will be illustrating a plan for a long lasting, modular refrigeration system which encompasses my values in the realm of design and simplicity. Here I will begin that process by trying…

Tagged with: diy refrigeration, modular design, planned obsolesence, refrigeration, refrigerator
Posted in Personal, Philosophy, Refrigeration, Refrigerator

Who’d Build a Refrigerator?

Posted on October 6, 2015 by mcpletcher — 4 Comments

In the previous post, I proposed some design principles for the construction of a better refrigerator, and suggested that an “open source design” model could be used to improve it continually through collaborative effort, and an iterative process. Being that…

Tagged with: collaborative consumption, modular design, open design, open source, refrigerator
Posted in Refrigeration, Refrigerator

A Philosophy Behind Technological Development.

Posted on February 27, 2013 by mcpletcher — 1 Comment

I have a lot of technical designs I hope to apply to the real world, even if they only suit me personally because they are either too impractical or simply undesirable for most. Anyone who has read any of my…