Pre cooling a residential fridge
For those of you that have one in your rig, what do you do to pre-cool it? I have the standard 3-way fridge now and go the night before and fire it up on propane. We have been recently looking at some...
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I'm confused:
For a residential (compressor) fridge, it will get to operating temperature regardless of what's inside in a few hours.
An absorption fridge will take a lot longer. Those cases, I use hard sided gel packs and toss the perishables in the fridge already cold so everything is pre-chilled. Then, the freezer will be at a usable temperature almost immediately and be able to maintain it in 2-3 hours. The fridge may take a bit longer, but the gel packs and a small fan help a lot.
For a residential (compressor) fridge, it will get to operating temperature regardless of what's inside in a few hours.
An absorption fridge will take a lot longer. Those cases, I use hard sided gel packs and toss the perishables in the fridge already cold so everything is pre-chilled. Then, the freezer will be at a usable temperature almost immediately and be able to maintain it in 2-3 hours. The fridge may take a bit longer, but the gel packs and a small fan help a lot.
