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unbob
Explorer
Aug 13, 2014

Ambient temperature effect on refer interior temp

I know that RB gas/electric refrigerator efficiency is degraded as ambient temperature increases, but at what rate? For example, yesterday's outside temperature reached 107F at my location and my refe...
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randallb
Explorer
Aug 14, 2014
When we purchased our 08 HR the reefer needed to be set at 5 to cool to 40F. I installed a solar chimney fan and a D battery powered blue box fan inside the reefer. We were able to back the temp setting down 2 positions and we had consistent cooling even in 100+ weather with the reefer on the sunny side.
Randy

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