Ammonia versus Compressor Fridge...
After all the talk about Danfoss compressor fridges and how much better they were than the old school Ammonia Units, I decided to 'fiddle with mine and do a long term test using a remote digital recor...
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rexlion wrote:well I LIVE in the SW, and if we have 100degree temps in July, it's a cold spell. I replaced the ammonia cooling unit with He last year (so now my fire hazard is gone too). When we came back from the beach it was 102+ at the house... a perfect test.. the RV sat in front of the house for two days with the afternoon sun on the fridge side for several hours, and night time temps in the low 80's iirc. After two days, watching both the fridge and the freezer with tracking thermometers, the fridge maintained temps approx 34 and the freezer in single digits. There was a 2 degree swing total from Sunday afternoon to Wed night.
Take a vacation to the SW US in July. 100+ degree daytime temps. You will see the need.
So... I fail to see the need
