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I agree but...........it would be a great way to test the CO detector (assuming one survived to see the results)!
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HuronSailor ![]() podders Helping podders - pHp ![]() ![]() Joined: 10 Jun 2009 Location: Owosso MI Online Status: Offline Posts: 704 |
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Found this info on cold weather RVing, lots of info on the reefer here.
No experience myself in this area, but one thing they do talk about is blocking off the outside vents. If you're running on propane this seems like a really bad idea to me ...
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this_is_nascar ![]() Senior Member ![]() ![]() Joined: 24 Jan 2010 Location: NJ Online Status: Offline Posts: 466 |
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Thanks for the responses.
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I just went to Dometic's website and found a similar model's operating manual. I don't see any mention of a minimum or maximum operating temperature. http://www.dometic.com/4e0e2322-4af5-4b4c-b50f-daa71478e943.fodoc I also looked at Wikipedia's article on the ammonia absorption process and didn't see any mention of operating temperature. However, it did mention that the boiling point of the refrigerant is around 0 F (-18 C). It is a mixture of ammonia, water and hydrogen in a pressurized system. I would imagine that the process will work as long as the refrigerant is above its freezing point. The article didn't mention what that is, but ammonia by itself freezes at -77 C and boils at -33 C. So I'm sure the freezing point of the mixture has a similarly low temperature. Let's say it is -50 C, or -58 F. There are few places in North America that get that cold and so the process should work anywhere you go, any season. Hopefully a chemist can chime in here to confirm or blow this completely out of the water! One other thing to consider is the heat sources (flame or electric resistance elements) don't output that much heat. On the fridge I mentioned above I think the AC heater is rated for 175 watts. Eventually the atmospheric temperature will be cold enough to rob the system of enough heat to operate the absorption process unless more insulation is added. |
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If it's that cold out, we just use a cooler set outside.
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When it's 30, 20, 10 degress outside, will the refrigerator still work properly on either electric or propane or is there some temp limit that stops it from working?
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