MS> i'm thinking of refrigerators
 MS> built in reverse where the heat could be 
 MS> pumped out of the room and
 MS> concentrated inside, say, a bucket of water that would eventually
 MS> evacuate the accumulated heat thru the kitchen's sink...

 JB> hmm, a air coinditioner with a water cooled condenser...  interwsting
 JB> idea...  it could result in a large water bill. the 
 JB> hotter the water gets
 JB> the less efficient the heat pump becomes.. after 
 JB> the difference hits about
 JB> 20C it stops working.

These actually exist, but state and city laws
put a damper on them when they were hooked up 
to home water supplies. Large water bill,
indeed.
 
Another type with plumbing connecting it to your
swimming pool is also in use. Of course you have
to have a swimming pool.
 
 

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