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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 :D

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?
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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 :D

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. :hmmm:
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Count Steer wrote: Sun Apr 14, 2024 3:53 pm
Mr. Dazzle wrote: Sun Apr 14, 2024 2:44 pm
Count Steer wrote: Sat Apr 13, 2024 3:21 pm

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.
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Rockburner wrote: Sun Apr 14, 2024 7:30 pm
Count Steer wrote: Sun Apr 14, 2024 3:53 pm
Mr. Dazzle wrote: Sun Apr 14, 2024 2:44 pm

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.
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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 😆😇
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Sitting in a crap airport hotel . Take off for Malta at 0625 tomorrow morning.
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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.
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Cousin Jack wrote: Thu Apr 25, 2024 7:03 pm
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.
Nice place 👍 Will do 😆 Have fun! 😎
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10 mins south, and eight hours earlier :mrgreen:
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Sunny wrote: Fri Apr 26, 2024 3:41 pm 10 mins south, and eight hours earlier :mrgreen:

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You had the better weather. Cloudy here this evening, and a bit chilly.
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Cousin Jack wrote: Fri Apr 26, 2024 5:58 pm
Sunny wrote: Fri Apr 26, 2024 3:41 pm 10 mins south, and eight hours earlier :mrgreen:

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You had the better weather. Cloudy here this evening, and a bit chilly.
It pissed it down on Wednesday afternoon/evening if that helps! Lovely yesterday and this morning though 😊
Here's hoping you get more of that 👍
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