Count Steer wrote: ↑Sat Apr 13, 2024 1:40 pm
Does the shed stay warm enough in winter for the fridge and freezer to work properly?
???? Do they need to be warm to work?? I see loads out on balconies here!!!
I think it's less of a problem for freezers but iirc if the exterior temperature is less than the device interior they can go into reverse or summat.
(Me and Hairy Ben helped RB move a fridge/freezer into the kitchen out of the garage because, again iirc, it stopped working properly when the weather got cold).
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"Of all the stories you told me, which ones were true and which ones weren't?"
"My dear Doctor, they're all true."
"Even the lies?"
"Especially the lies."
The 'hot side' is always outside the box, I can't think of way for a fridge to run in reverse but I certainly haven't spent an enormous amount of time poking around domestic fridges
Way more fundamentally though, if the interior gets very cold then the thermostat just won't kick in anyway. The fridge won't try and run 'cause the inside is already cold. At which point it just becomes an overblown cupboard?
Mr. Dazzle wrote: ↑Sun Apr 14, 2024 4:17 pm
I wouldn't have thought so, but maybe...
The 'hot side' is always outside the box, I can't think of way for a fridge to run in reverse but I certainly haven't spent an enormous amount of time poking around domestic fridges
Way more fundamentally though, if the interior gets very cold then the thermostat just won't kick in anyway. The fridge won't try and run 'cause the inside is already cold. At which point it just becomes an overblown cupboard?
There's a few explanations if you Google 'why don't fridges work in the cold' inc coolant operating temperature range, thermostat. One thing suggested that, because there's only one compressor on a fridge/freezer and the fridge thermostat thinks everything is cold enough...the freezer thaws out.
I think it's less of a problem for freezers but iirc if the exterior temperature is less than the device interior they can go into reverse or summat.
Kinda don't need the fridge in that situation anyway right, even if it were the case?
If it goes into reverse heat pump mode it may heat the inside? @Rockburner will probably remember what the issue was.
The inside didn't get hot. It just didn't get cold enough because iirc a domestic fridge it's designed for an exterior temperature above about 7 degrees, (or something). Below that they just don't operate, and the internal temp rises to match the external.
Picking up after having two Bobcats* fighting in the house. Like a bastard wrecking crew when they are chasing each other around the place and fighting! Good entertainment though!
Washed the bike ready for MOT, so did the car too, just got to vac it. Off out for a ride after vac and cuppa.
Then some sleep ready for nights later.
Suns out, 9 degrees but it’ll do for now!!
Mick
Kinda don't need the fridge in that situation anyway right, even if it were the case?
If it goes into reverse heat pump mode it may heat the inside? @Rockburner will probably remember what the issue was.
The inside didn't get hot. It just didn't get cold enough because iirc a domestic fridge it's designed for an exterior temperature above about 7 degrees, (or something). Below that they just don't operate, and the internal temp rises to match the external.
The reason I read years ago was some fridge freezers only have one thermostat in the fridge which controls cooling for both, if the unit is used in freezing temps then the fridge thermostat never gets warm enough to switch on and the freezer ends up defrosting.
So fridge freezers with 2 thermostats would be ok.
Standing at a very cold bus station. Looks like the bus times have changed bus no one has amended any of the info! Here’s hoping the 19:15 one arrives cos I’ll be peeved if it doesn’t
Life is for living. Buy the shoes. Eat the cake. Ride the bikes. Just, ride the bikes!!
Sunny wrote: ↑Thu Apr 25, 2024 5:17 pm
Chilling with a pre-dinner glass of fizz on the rooftop terrace of the Malta Marriott on my last visit here for possibly ever.
Unless I set up a near-shore office here for my new place
We (me and Mrs CJ) arrive tomorrow, staying at the Phonecia. Wave as you go to the airport.
Sunny wrote: ↑Thu Apr 25, 2024 5:17 pm
Chilling with a pre-dinner glass of fizz on the rooftop terrace of the Malta Marriott on my last visit here for possibly ever.
Unless I set up a near-shore office here for my new place
We (me and Mrs CJ) arrive tomorrow, staying at the Phonecia. Wave as you go to the airport.
"Of all the stories you told me, which ones were true and which ones weren't?"
"My dear Doctor, they're all true."
"Even the lies?"
"Especially the lies."
)
Good entertainment though! 
Will do 