How cold should I expect?

An Arizona summer trick is to put frozen bottles of water in it when you turn it on.
Seems to cool down a little faster. Have always used a fridge fan too.

How cold depends on how it is set. Many, but not all, are adjustable that way. How fast it gets cold is pretty slow. Mine works well, is set to cool to around 35 in the fridge, but it takes it 6 to 8 hours to do that. Once it gets down there, it'll stay there (and has, for months, no problem). None of the absorption-type refrigerators cool off really fast.

That said, I have also noticed no particular difference in either the speed of cooling or the ultimate temperature between 120 v electricity and propane. I usually keep mine set on auto-switchover, and leave it running on propane while towing, and it cuts itself over to electric when I get shore power.

Yep. Gas is usually faster. And it does take awhile, especially in the hot weather. It seems the freezer cools first.

There are a few ways to help it cool down faster. Letting the AC blow the hot air out helps a little. Also putting cold things in it helps a lot.

3 ways do not cool quickly, I leave mine on 100% of the time and let it switch between AC/propane automatically.

Not a lot of difference but it is a little better on LP for cooling.

On mine the fridge takes longer to cool than freezer. If empty it will cool off overnight. If loaded with unrefrigerated liquids it could take longer than that.

I try to run it at least four or five hours (preferably overnight) and then stock it with already chilled items.

Some refers cool down rather quickly, like mine. It takes maybe 4-6 hours to get cold.

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