Author |
Share Topic Topic Search Topic Options
|
bjk
Groupie
Joined: 23 May 2016
Location: Hillsboro, OR
Online Status: Offline
Posts: 65
|
Topic: Refrigerator on battery and propane Posted: 11 Aug 2016 at 11:56pm |
Originally posted by techntrek
Lots of tiny mice moving around because their feet get hot.
I gave a summary of the ammonia absorption cycle although I started to lose them near the end. |
I think I'd stick with the mice theory. Agitated mice with fans tied to their backs. The more agitated they get, the more they run around to fan things to cool them down. Around 100º+ they give up the ghost from sheer exhaustion and that stench coming from the fridge isn't the food,... it's the mice.
|
2016 HRE R-179 "CapPODccino"
2011 F-150 SLX
|
![Back to Top Back to Top](forum_images/back_to_top.png) |
techntrek
Admin Group - pHp
Joined: 29 Jul 2009
Location: MD
Online Status: Offline
Posts: 9062
|
Posted: 11 Aug 2016 at 10:29pm |
Lots of tiny mice moving around because their feet get hot.
I gave a summary of the ammonia absorption cycle although I started to lose them near the end.
|
|
![Back to Top Back to Top](forum_images/back_to_top.png) |
Patriot Dave
Senior Member
Joined: 06 Feb 2016
Location: LaSalle, Mi. 48
Online Status: Offline
Posts: 206
|
Posted: 11 Aug 2016 at 3:02pm |
Originally posted by techntrek
It was interesting last month when I mentioned to the family that the fridge is powered by a flame. DAD!?! How does THAT work?!? ![Clown Clown](smileys/smiley8.gif) |
And your answer was?
|
Dave & Joyce
Never Forget, In God We Trust; This Our National Motto.
Member; Patriot Guard Riders, Michigan Chapter
Retired; So Every Day is Saturday.... Except Sunday
|
![Back to Top Back to Top](forum_images/back_to_top.png) |
techntrek
Admin Group - pHp
Joined: 29 Jul 2009
Location: MD
Online Status: Offline
Posts: 9062
|
Posted: 10 Aug 2016 at 9:56pm |
It was interesting last month when I mentioned to the family that the fridge is powered by a flame. DAD!?! How does THAT work?!?
|
|
![Back to Top Back to Top](forum_images/back_to_top.png) |
Patriot Dave
Senior Member
Joined: 06 Feb 2016
Location: LaSalle, Mi. 48
Online Status: Offline
Posts: 206
|
Posted: 10 Aug 2016 at 6:40pm |
Originally posted by Mountainrev
Originally posted by WillThrill
Originally posted by Patriot Dave
I have this question, is either one.....gas or shore power any faster at cooling the frig down? |
I don't think it really makes a difference because either way, the ammonia mixture used in lieu of traditional coolant is being heated in order to eventually, through the ammonia absorption process, cool the refrigerator. Once it's sufficiently heated, I doubt that it would make a difference either way. In my experience, it takes a good 24 hours or so to cool the refrigerator down regardless of whether shore power or propane is being used. | In my experience, propane cools the fridge more quickly and efficiently than 110 volt. Case in point: On a recent camping trip, the ambient temp in our camper rose to the high 90s. I was running the fridge on shore power, set at the coolest setting, but the thermometer inside the fridge was at about 50. I immediately switched over to propane, and the temp quickly cooled to about 40.My uneducated theory is that the flame produced by propane is hotter than the heat generated by electricity, thus providing better circulation of the ammonia.
You may be right. However, I have been running on gas the past 24 hours and can't get the frig below 41 - 42. I am beginning to think when you have heat indexes at nearly a 100 and humidity hanging right there it's more than these frigs can overcome. They have exceeded their maximum capacity no mater what power source you are running on.
Thanks for the reply.
|
|
Dave & Joyce
Never Forget, In God We Trust; This Our National Motto.
Member; Patriot Guard Riders, Michigan Chapter
Retired; So Every Day is Saturday.... Except Sunday
|
![Back to Top Back to Top](forum_images/back_to_top.png) |
Patriot Dave
Senior Member
Joined: 06 Feb 2016
Location: LaSalle, Mi. 48
Online Status: Offline
Posts: 206
|
Posted: 10 Aug 2016 at 6:34pm |
Originally posted by Mountainrev
Originally posted by WillThrill
Originally posted by Patriot Dave
I have this question, is either one.....gas or shore power any faster at cooling the frig down? |
I don't think it really makes a difference because either way, the ammonia mixture used in lieu of traditional coolant is being heated in order to eventually, through the ammonia absorption process, cool the refrigerator. Once it's sufficiently heated, I doubt that it would make a difference either way. In my experience, it takes a good 24 hours or so to cool the refrigerator down regardless of whether shore power or propane is being used. | In my experience, propane cools the fridge more quickly and efficiently than 110 volt. Case in point: On a recent camping trip, the ambient temp in our camper rose to the high 90s. I was running the fridge on shore power, set at the coolest setting, but the thermometer inside the fridge was at about 50. I immediately switched over to propane, and the temp quickly cooled to about 40.My uneducated theory is that the flame produced by propane is hotter than the heat generated by electricity, thus providing better circulation of the ammonia.
Thanks for the reply. Its just plain hot here. Heat index is almost 100 and humidity is heavy too. I sure hate hot and humid.
|
|
Dave & Joyce
Never Forget, In God We Trust; This Our National Motto.
Member; Patriot Guard Riders, Michigan Chapter
Retired; So Every Day is Saturday.... Except Sunday
|
![Back to Top Back to Top](forum_images/back_to_top.png) |
Mountainrev
Senior Member
Joined: 22 Jul 2014
Location: Eagle, Colorado
Online Status: Offline
Posts: 193
|
Posted: 10 Aug 2016 at 6:26pm |
Originally posted by WillThrill
Originally posted by Patriot Dave
I have this question, is either one.....gas or shore power any faster at cooling the frig down? |
I don't think it really makes a difference because either way, the ammonia mixture used in lieu of traditional coolant is being heated in order to eventually, through the ammonia absorption process, cool the refrigerator. Once it's sufficiently heated, I doubt that it would make a difference either way.
In my experience, it takes a good 24 hours or so to cool the refrigerator down regardless of whether shore power or propane is being used. |
In my experience, propane cools the fridge more quickly and efficiently than 110 volt. Case in point: On a recent camping trip, the ambient temp in our camper rose to the high 90s. I was running the fridge on shore power, set at the coolest setting, but the thermometer inside the fridge was at about 50. I immediately switched over to propane, and the temp quickly cooled to about 40. My uneducated theory is that the flame produced by propane is hotter than the heat generated by electricity, thus providing better circulation of the ammonia.
|
2014 177
2008 Jeep Grand Cherokee Turbodiesel
"I lift my eyes to the hills."
|
![Back to Top Back to Top](forum_images/back_to_top.png) |
WillThrill
Senior Member
Joined: 04 Jul 2014
Online Status: Offline
Posts: 298
|
Posted: 10 Aug 2016 at 6:03pm |
Originally posted by Patriot Dave
I have this question, is either one.....gas or shore power any faster at cooling the frig down? |
I don't think it really makes a difference because either way, the ammonia mixture used in lieu of traditional coolant is being heated in order to eventually, through the ammonia absorption process, cool the refrigerator. Once it's sufficiently heated, I doubt that it would make a difference either way.
In my experience, it takes a good 24 hours or so to cool the refrigerator down regardless of whether shore power or propane is being used.
|
"Not all those who wander are lost." Tolkien
2014 Hood River 177
2005 GMC Envoy XL
|
![Back to Top Back to Top](forum_images/back_to_top.png) |
Patriot Dave
Senior Member
Joined: 06 Feb 2016
Location: LaSalle, Mi. 48
Online Status: Offline
Posts: 206
|
Posted: 10 Aug 2016 at 7:43am |
I have this question, is either one.....gas or shore power any faster at cooling the frig down?
|
Dave & Joyce
Never Forget, In God We Trust; This Our National Motto.
Member; Patriot Guard Riders, Michigan Chapter
Retired; So Every Day is Saturday.... Except Sunday
|
![Back to Top Back to Top](forum_images/back_to_top.png) |
myownskin
Newbie
Joined: 29 May 2016
Location: Clarkston, MI
Online Status: Offline
Posts: 6
|
Posted: 07 Aug 2016 at 11:10pm |
ThAnks everyone for the help, really appreciate it. It will be about 4 days exactly, so I will be prepared to have to possibly charge it, and maybe will not have to. Just the answer and understanding I was hoping to get from this group.
|
![Back to Top Back to Top](forum_images/back_to_top.png) |