Fridge Flue Temperature

Travelin2 wrote:

Chris Bryant wrote:
From the pics, that install is not great. The space should be baffled to the condenser (top) coils, so all air has to flow over them. The spec is now pretty much zero clearance to the back.

Thanks for chiming in Chris. I have been reading a lot of old threads about fridges including numerous posts of yours and other who have helped me here. I have learned a lot.

I did read some threads concerning the distance between the coils and the enclosure. Mine measures 4 inches air gap. I will take you advice and fabricate a baffle. I think I read somewhere that cutting a piece out of a section of galvanized AC ducting pipe works well.

I do have a question that you probably have the answer to. This older fridge is of the manual ignition (Piezo) type so the unit does not have the ability to shut down the heating flame and reignite it. So, that being the case, when running on gas and the fridge reaches the desired level of coolness, like on setting #4 on the knob, how does the unit cut down on the cooling effect applied to the freezer/refer area of the refridgerator?