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Pig-Smoker
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Jun 14, 2013

Fridge

Not a problem , just a question. Why does the freezer get cold enough to freeze in a short time and the fridge take so long to get cold? I know there is a simple answer , and this is probably a dumb question , but I'm just wondering.
  • No expert here either, but my first guess would be the size of the cooling areas, the freezes evaporator coils are the first to begin the removal of heat making it the most efficient and are larger than the fridge evaporator… what you get is the combined effect of these and other things I guess…
  • Thanks , I know that was a crazy question , but if you don't know , you don't know. I've used bowls of ice in the past but I like the idea of jelpacks.
  • If you look closely at the back inside wall of the fridge, you'll notice there are a lot more (or more densely spaced) cooling coils than in the fridge section.
  • That is pretty common. It is just the way absorption fridges work. I usually switch out hard-sided blocks of freezer gel packs to help get the fridge side's temperature down quicker.