Caravan fridges tend to be chilled by the icebox. So if you're making ice in the freezer the rest of the box should chill down automatically. I don't think you'll find there's any other chilling equipment in the fridge to reduce the temperature in the chilled area.

I've just removed sticky tape on our compressor fridge that was used by the manufacturer to fix the light cover and drip tray in place when it was built ten years ago. Obviously the converters never removed it and the one owner for the last ten years didn't bother either.

Quote: eribaMotters wrote in post #18

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I wonder if fridge performance is part of the pdi.

Colin

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Quote: steamdrivenandy wrote in post #16

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Caravan fridges tend to be chilled by the icebox. So if you're making ice in the freezer the rest of the box should chill down automatically. I don't think you'll find there's any other chilling equipment in the fridge to reduce the temperature in the chilled area.

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I'm not sure that there is another element in the ice box of the absorption models or whether all the chilling comes from that heatsink behind and below the icebox.

Compressor fridges don't have a visible heatsink like absorptions. As I say they run in the same way as a domestic fridge.

I notice that on the Thetford 90 litre compressor fridge handbook it says that it has a day and a nightime setting. The nightime uses less power as the door is not opened so much and therefore less heat is introduced to the cabinet. In a way that makes sense but in another, it doesn't. In the dead of night you can usually hear a compressor fridge when the motor runs. There tends to be a slight 'click' as the thermostat kicks in and then a faint whirr, usually from the fan on the motor. Of course an absorption fridge is totally silent most of the time. Now if it's running on less power, even though at night it's likely to start up less, but when it does run, it will surely run for longer to get to the set temperature and potentially disturb slumber for longer. If it's on a hook up you might as well leave it on day setting and get the fridge up to temperature quicker.

Quote: steamdrivenandy wrote in post #21

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If it's on a hook up you might as well leave it on day setting and get the fridge up to temperature quicker.

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