Will your Freezer freeze ice?
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Topic: Will your Freezer freeze ice?
Posted By: kymooses
Subject: Will your Freezer freeze ice?
Date Posted: 01 Aug 2011 at 10:52am
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Curious if anyone actually has or does make ice cubes in trays in their freezer. We've managed to keep frozen foods relatively frozenish in the past but haven't actually tried to covert liquid water into ice. Because my DW is notorious for making Rum Runners throughout our trips she always wants fresh ice. Sometimes the cooler ice will get some debris from around camp inside and she was asking me if I thought she could make maybe one tray of ice at a time in the freezer?!?! Reason I now ask everyone here is because on this past weekend trip the DW came up with another brilliant permanent addition to our summer camping pack list. This was the addition of Otter Pops to our food selection. I hadn't had these since I was a kid and at first laughed at her for wanting them. First let me publicly apologize and thank her for being smarter than me because on high 90's and mid 100 temperature days, a frozen Otter Pop is quite possibly the most amazing thing in the world. Here's the kicker though, our freezer was empty sans the Otter Pops and they were frozen solid before the move to the Pod freezer. I moved them over Friday morning and I think, now on Saturday when we got them out they were slushy at best. The ones at the back of the freezer next to the metal piece were frozen pretty well though but again most the others were a nice icy slush. So now I'm curious if we could actually start with liquid water and turn it into ice, and I'm also wondering if anyone else's freezer performs similar to ours or if maybe we have an issue with the cooling.
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Posted By: Hodge-PODge
Date Posted: 01 Aug 2011 at 11:31am
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Yep, sounds just like my freezer! I actually did freeze 2 ice trays this past trip. The one on the bottom of the freezer froze overnight. The tray sitting on top of it took over TWO days to freeze solid enough. ------------- 2011 RP 177, the Hodge-PODge 2011 Mercedes ML350 "A man travels the world over in search of what he needs, and returns home to find it." |
Posted By: Damour
Date Posted: 01 Aug 2011 at 12:15pm
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This week end we also test the pod freezer and it's not cold enough to put fudge or things like that .
They were all half-melt ..
But somebody have tell me that it's almost normal in this little freezer.
I will never again put fudge or creamsicle in the Pod freezer .. ------------- rp 171 , from Québec with not a good english writing lol |
Posted By: secretbard
Date Posted: 01 Aug 2011 at 12:29pm
I don't know, I had Chunky Monkey in my freezer this past week and it stayed nice and frozen.  ------------- 2010 Rpod 172 :) 2004 Chevy Trailblazer |
Posted By: kymooses
Date Posted: 01 Aug 2011 at 1:09pm
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I'm thinking I didn't plug the fridge in at home early enough to get the freezer and everything to ideal temperatures before loading it up. In the past I usually give the fridge 1-2 days plugged up outside the garage before loading all of our food. I know how quickly the temp can drop every time you open the door and especially as you're loading it full of your trip's food. I think it just took a while to get back to freezing temp and plus the sun was beating on the fridge side of the Pod all weekend which never helps. ------------- https://calendar.google.com/calendar?cid=cnBvZC5zcG90dGVyQGdtYWlsLmNvbQ - RPod Rallies https://www.google.com/maps/d/embed?mid=1W1foQXGtrjf8aYly1uh0b-bHPfI&hl=en_US - RPod Owner Map |
Posted By: techntrek
Date Posted: 01 Aug 2011 at 1:17pm
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If you must have ice cubes on the go, you can buy portable ice cube makers. I've never owned one or seen one in action...
http://www.walmart.com/ip/Oster-Portable-Ice-Cube-Maker-Silver/14977099 - http://www.walmart.com/ip/Oster-Portable-Ice-Cube-Maker-Silver/14977099
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Posted By: Pawpod
Date Posted: 01 Aug 2011 at 3:52pm
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Tried freezing pop freezes and after 3 days still not froze. Got one of those fridge fans and they were froze the next day. ------------- Ready to pod around! |
Posted By: kymooses
Date Posted: 01 Aug 2011 at 3:55pm
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Posted By: Pawpod
Date Posted: 01 Aug 2011 at 6:27pm
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One of the ones that go inside the fridge ------------- Ready to pod around! |
Posted By: Iteach5th
Date Posted: 01 Aug 2011 at 8:25pm
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When I put some ice in my little cooler I fill a zip lock bag with ice and put that in my freezer. Helps keep temps down and I have ice for my drink. We usually bring a small cooler for lunch if we leave a campground to see the sights ------------- "Whether you think you can or think you can't, either way you are right"- Henry Ford 2011 RP-177 2009 Jeep Cherokee 1982 Coleman Redwood pup |
Posted By: furpod
Date Posted: 03 Aug 2011 at 11:42am
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Ok, we are still set up in the driveway.. partial shade, and you know the local temps.. running on 30amp AC, and A/C is on, set to about 75 degrees. Fridge is set on max. about a dozen bottles of water in it. Filled little ice maker tray last night. It is the only thing in the freezer compartment, set near the center. Solid ice when I just checked it. We do intend to use a portable ice maker when ever we have AC available. I go through a lot of ice. ------------- |
Posted By: TIDALWAVE
Date Posted: 03 Aug 2011 at 12:10pm
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I have found the only way to get an RV frig to really get cold throughout is have a battery powered fan running on the bottom shelf. I also pre-cool the frig before I go on a trip. I put a plastic container filled with ice-cubes in the freezer compartment before we leave. We usually then have an adequate supply of cubes to put in drinks but also to help pre-cool the frig. ------------- TIDALWAVE |
Posted By: Kickstart
Date Posted: 03 Aug 2011 at 12:27pm
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I agree with TIDALWAVE. Pre-cool a couple days, place prefrozen cubes in your freezer, and circulate the cold air with an interior battery powered fan. Good advice. Several years ago, I had a trailer with a Dometic fridge that I installed a non-thermostat controlled fan under the outside fridge vent. That helped some, too. Dometic fridges in RPods have a thermostatically controlled fan under the outside fridge cover, but they don't cycle to on until the outside temperature gets pretty hot. They're more of a temp holding device rather than really helping to cool.
RV fridges are notorious for their cooling inefficiency. The three Dometics I've had were all pretty poor. The one Norcold I owned was a little better.
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Posted By: techntrek
Date Posted: 03 Aug 2011 at 2:19pm
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I agree kickstart, I installed a fan in the rear comparment of our popup's fridge and still was never happy. Ended up only using it for non-perishable drinks, and took a dorm fridge with us all the time (with a compressor unlike many dorm fridges sold today). ------------- Doug ~ '10 171 (2009-2015) ~ 2008 Salem ~ http://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=1723 - Pod instruction manual
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