Is this a bad circuit board? (fridge)
Its the type that uses the resistance probe. Which is all fine and dandy. I have not measured the ohms but assume its measuring accurately. Lets pretend the temp probe was hanging off the fins. Re...
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ernie1 wrote:
45deg F is 5deg above the temperature that its is safe to keep potentially hazardous foods at. Yes that temperature and anything above 40deg F can cause foods to grow bacteria that is harmful to the body. Foods don't have to appear or smell spoiled to be harmful nor does "spoiled" foods always make you sick. Keep in mind that the longer the time at the wrong temperature will cause the bacteria to grow more and probably make you sick or worse.
You have forgot about "time".
Takes time and temperature to ruin food otherwise you would not be able to buy food at a store, transport it 5 minutes-30 minutes in 90F+ temps to your fridge.
But, one of the major flaws of DIY refridgeration temp monitoring is folks stick a probe into thin air inside a fridge, doing so you are simply monitoring the air temp in the location of that probe which may not be an accurate assessment of the fridge operation.
That does not tell the complete story.
RV fridges do not have fans inside to move the cold air from near the fins, overcrowding the fridge can block air movement and can result in warm and cold spots inside the fridge and false readings at the temp probe.
Ideal way to monitor the fridge operation is to place probe in say a water bottle and monitor the temps of that bottle of water.
Alternately but may not be as accurate as the water method is to thermally fix the temp probe to one of the metal shelves, but thin air is least effective for monitoring fridge operation.
