Are electric motors used in the refrigerator!

Do you have a plug that you insert into a wall socket? If so, then yes.

Thanks, @gailcalled. It seems to me that I have been waiting several days for the Voice of Reason on Fluther.

@dpworkin: Ohm. (Yesterday I spotted a mature bald eagle – my first sighting – soaring over the little Chatham public library.)

They use an electric pump to move the refrigerant and transfer heat.

You can get more frequent sightings at the sanctuary near Bash-Bish.

So there is an electric motor in it? I know it uses electricity…but an ELECTRIC MOTOR?

Yes, unless you have a gas refrigerator.

I believe they’re also used in Frizzers as well.

No. They use electric eels and magic.

@AstroChuck No. They use electric eels and magic.

Shhhhsh! Now everyone will know.

good grief!

a refrigerator system is composed of four basic components. a compressor, a condenser, an expansion valve, and an evaporator. a refrigerant fluid is circulated between these four components. it enters the compressor as a vapor where work is inputted to increase its pressure. then it flows to the condenser where it becomes a liquid by rejecting heat to the surrounding medium (the air of the kitchen). then it enters the expansion valve and its pressure and temperature drop dramatically. the low-temperature refrigerant then enters the evaporator, which is in contact with the air of the refrigeration space. it absorbs heat from the food and vaporizes, and then flows back to the compressor to restart the cycle. heat engines do the exact opposite, they take in natural heat flow from a warm body, convert some of it to useful work, and then excess heat flows to a heat sink.

@OP : Actually, you just gave me a great idea involving Stirling engines, some hydraulics and a fridge with its compressor on the top.

@Fenris don’t set yourself on fire with the cutting torch, ya hear?

BTW, I like the ! at the end of this question. Lurve.

but my bad, there is usually an electric motor driving the compressor of the refrigerator