cooling the fridge in a hurry

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Turn the fridge on GAS for the quickest cool down.

coolbreeze01 wrote:
Ours seems to cool down quicker on propane. Never takes longer than overnight. Only 100 degrees out though.

If I start ours up in the afternoon, and put in some watered ice trays, the trays will be ice the next morning.

Ours seems to cool down quicker on propane. Never takes longer than overnight. Only 100 degrees out though.

I plugged in last night on max but its pushing 100 outside. no ac. ill see what its at when I get home tonight but im guessing not cold enough to pack. so ill ice it down for a few hours then fill it.

Buy a couple bags of ice at the local market to put in fridge before getting ready to load camper for trip. That helps alot to reduce the cool down time. You can re-use the ice in the beer cooler after fridge has cooled down.

Also if you can run the A/C, or a vent fan in the TT. Anything to try and keep the interior temperature under control. Even with 90+ degree days ours will cool down if I start it the day before.. however our fridge is fairly small as well..

If you need something to compare to.

Here are the cool down temps on our Norcold 821 : (using elec not propane. Will do propane next defrost time)



Time............Fridge.................Freezer

750PM...........78.....................78 (and 78 is outside temp at time)

906Pm...........66.....................46

1010pm..........59.....................16

1108pm..........51......................7

1200 midnight...47......................-1

We usually have a frozen made ahead casserole or two or frozen steaks
and put them in the fridge to a. thaw b. help cool the fridge down.

And dont put anything warm in eg bottled water, beer, soft drinks, etc.

Freeze some water bottles and put some of them in there. Cool it down faster and u can use them when they thaw out..Also no dripping water mess like there would be to deal with using an ice block. I also put frozen water bottles in our cooler. It helps on ice and cooling the cooler as well.