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Because, refrigerators do not produce cold. The system is like that of an air-conditioner. The freon in the cooling lines absorbs the heat and is then pumped to the back of the refrigerator where the heat dissipates into the surrounding air and the freon is pumped back into the refrigerator to repeat the task again. So, any heat removed from the air would just be released into the air on the other side of the fridge. that is why the heat dissipation side of air conditioners is outside.

P.S. Cold can not be generated cold is the absence of heat. Hence the existence of absolute zero. To cool you transfer heat from one place to another.

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Is it possible to cool down a room on a heat summer day by leaving the refrigerator door open?

No, the fridge puts as much heat out its back as it will put out the door.


Would opening the refrigerator cool a room in a house?

If you opened the refrigerator door a person can cool themselves off. It would not be energy efficient though to try to cool an entire room or house through use of a refrigerator. A refrigerator would not be capable of cooling that large of an area.


Why a room can be warmed by leaving open the door of an oven but cannot be cooled by leaving open the door of a kitchen refrigerator?

the second law of thermodynamics proves that heat always flows from hot to cold. It is hard to give good every day examples, since when you open the refrigerator door you feel cold but actually the room is warming the fridge.


Do the refrigerator get the heat out or cool in?

A refrigerator is a form of heat pump. It pumps heat out of something.


Is it possible to cool down a room on a hot summer day by leaving the refrigerator door open?

Assuming I've interpreted your question correctly, the answer is No: A refrigerator is a heat exchanger; it removes heat from the inside and pumps it to the outside -- to plates on the rear of the fridge. If you feel the back of a refrigerator, it will be warm. You may think that if you separated the plates from the "cooling" part of the fridge and put them outside the room, it would cool the room. And in that case, you'd be correct -- that's how air conditioning works.

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Describe the process that occurs in a refrigerator?

what happens is that all the heat is taken out of the refrigerator, leaving it cool on the inside and warm on the outside.


Why cant opening the door of the refrigerator will cool the kitchen?

If you have noticed the warm air blowing from behind your refrigerator, that is the heat that was in the air that is inside your refrigerator. If you leave the door open the air around the refrigerator will briefly feel cold, but it will warm back up and the food in the refrigerator will go bad.


Is it possible to cool down a room on a heat summer day by leaving the refrigerator door open?

No, the fridge puts as much heat out its back as it will put out the door.


Long form for refrigerator?

Refrigerator. I answered my own question! cool.


Why does a refrigerator not cool then begin to cool again?

It has lots of frost on it


Why when you open a refrigerator will you feel a cool sensation on your legs?

You feel a cool sensation because the refrigerator is full of cold air.


How do you sell a refrigerator to an eskimos?

Even if Eskimos live in cold places they need a refrigerator to keep your food products as you cant leave them outside even though your surroundings are cool. Also you can control the temperature inside a refrigerator while you cannot control the room temperature. This could be a major factor in selling a refrigerator to a eskimo


Where should you cool food?

In the refrigerator.


Would opening the refrigerator cool a room in a house?

If you opened the refrigerator door a person can cool themselves off. It would not be energy efficient though to try to cool an entire room or house through use of a refrigerator. A refrigerator would not be capable of cooling that large of an area.


Forgot to put cooked fish in frig last night apt is cool temp can it be eaten?

Only if your apartment is as cold as a refrigerator. Otherwise, the fish could have already grown infective doses of pathogens.


What does it mean to be cool?

To go in a refrigerator and get frostbite. All cool people do it.


Why a room can be warmed by leaving open the door of an oven but cannot be cooled by leaving open the door of a kitchen refrigerator?

the second law of thermodynamics proves that heat always flows from hot to cold. It is hard to give good every day examples, since when you open the refrigerator door you feel cold but actually the room is warming the fridge.