RV freezer damaged from "running on empty"??
We were proudly showing a friend our new travel trailer and he warned us to never operate the freezer with nothing in it because when he did that he ruined his and had to by a new refer/freezer. Is th...
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Pauljdav wrote:
As the other poster stated a compressor fridge will cycle a lot more with just air in there. I suspect the same for the absorption ones. I always keep a couple of gallon freezer bags of ice in my freezer to help with cycling. I also keep at least a few gallons of stuff in the fridge.
Maintaining thermal mass (frozen food) in the freezer in your home compressor type fridge will reduce the frequency of the compressor running. This will extend the life of the compressor unit as well as save electricity. With an absorption type fridge the only moving part is the gas valve when running on propane otherwise it would be the electric heating element cycling on and off. I doubt there would be much difference in the life of a rv absorption fridge regardless if full or empty.
