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    Posted: 18 Oct 2013 at 6:11pm
Originally posted by furpod


so can being eaten by an alligator while walking your dog..


Not in Wisconsin thank God!
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[QUOTE=furpod] I MIGHT ALSO NOTE>> The Linked text says 15 degrees..  Not 50.. big difference.

So my guess is.. it *can* happen.. so can being eaten by an alligator while walking your dog..

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We have had several dogs being eaten by alligators while walking here in Florida.  (Sorry, I could not resist).
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Originally posted by techntrek

I've NEVER heard of issues with "gelling".  I just looked up the freeze point of ammonia and it is -108 F (-77 C).  Anyone around here camp at -108 F?  There is also some hydrogen gas, which doesn't freeze until you get close to absolute zero...
 
I just read through some user manuals on the Dometic web site.  There is no mention of ambient air temperature restrictions - hot or cold.  I'm calling BS on this, sorry.

campfires are very nice at -108.  perfect temp range!  

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I've NEVER heard of issues with "gelling".  I just looked up the freeze point of ammonia and it is -108 F (-77 C).  Anyone around here camp at -108 F?  There is also some hydrogen gas, which doesn't freeze until you get close to absolute zero...
 
I just read through some user manuals on the Dometic web site.  There is no mention of ambient air temperature restrictions - hot or cold.  I'm calling BS on this, sorry.
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Originally posted by David and Danette

  Perhaps as long as it is running it generates enough warmth in the back of the fridge to keep it from freezing up. Maybe if you were to turn it on in very cold weather it would not work. Living in south Fla. I don't think about it being to cold, being to hot is more of a problem.  David

^This is very pertinent.  

That box is hotter than hades at times when the fridge is running.  Your aux fan flip on switch has a 105 degree sensor that it has to hit in there before your fans kick on.  And plenty of us know there are times when those fans run.

So yes, freezing cold outside it isn't going to get 105 in there, but it also isn't going to get to 15 in there by the time it heats up and you have heat from inside the pod keeping partial amounts of the fridge at warmer temps also.
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We've used our fridge when the outside temps have been in the low 40s with no issues. I wouldn't worry about it. 

Has anyone on this forum ever had personal experience with this happening?
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I MIGHT ALSO NOTE>> The Linked text says 15 degrees..  Not 50.. big difference.


If it "gels up" (which I have never heard of happening)The "fix" is for it to warm up.. No big deal, and I would guess no real damage/problem. People use RV fridges all over this country.. even in Alaska where even in the summer it is often freezing at night, my father takes his to the high Sierra where it snows in July (totally freaked my wife out) and I have never heard of it.

So my guess is.. it *can* happen.. so can being eaten by an alligator while walking your dog..
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  Perhaps as long as it is running it generates enough warmth in the back of the fridge to keep it from freezing up. Maybe if you were to turn it on in very cold weather it would not work. Living in south Fla. I don't think about it being to cold, being to hot is more of a problem.  David
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Posts: 866 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: 17 Oct 2013 at 8:38pm
we ran ours up in brown co Indiana yesterday and it was 44 d/f this morning and the fridge was ok, good and cold inside.
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Just got back from a 5+ week trip to Colorado. Nighttime temps were typically in the 30s and 40s. One night it got down to 26 degrees F. No problems with the fridge running on gas. 
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