Does humidity affect refrig. cooling?
Arrived in Branson, MO 2 days ago. Refrig worked fine till we got here. Been running on electric and then temps started to rise. Switched to propane last night and this A.M. temps were down to 4 fre...
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Relative humidity will have very little effect on cooling of the fridge.
Unlike a person, who perspires through skin water evaporation, the fridge only conducts heat away. The fridge will cool almost the same in dry and in humid air.
The differences will be less than 2%; un-perceivable if just measuring your temperature in the fridge.
You problems lie elsewhere.
Do you have a fan running behind the fridge? When you drive the air is flowing rapidly through the rear compartment, so fridge cools easier. When you stop the air stops and temps can rise behind the fridge, even with a fan running, but especially with no fan. If you park with fridge side to the sun in the sun then temps get higher and affect cooling.
If you run it off-level while parked for too long then you cook the anti-corrosive chemicals and ruin the fridge. It will not cool.
Unlike a person, who perspires through skin water evaporation, the fridge only conducts heat away. The fridge will cool almost the same in dry and in humid air.
The differences will be less than 2%; un-perceivable if just measuring your temperature in the fridge.
You problems lie elsewhere.
Do you have a fan running behind the fridge? When you drive the air is flowing rapidly through the rear compartment, so fridge cools easier. When you stop the air stops and temps can rise behind the fridge, even with a fan running, but especially with no fan. If you park with fridge side to the sun in the sun then temps get higher and affect cooling.
If you run it off-level while parked for too long then you cook the anti-corrosive chemicals and ruin the fridge. It will not cool.
