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Old 07-29-2016, 08:41 AM   #1
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154BH Refrigerator question

This might be a no brainier answer but we find that even when hooked to electric for 24 hours our Refrigerator doesn't really get COLD. The freezer does freeze so its working but the fridge just isnt getting cold. Thoughts? just the reality of a small TT fridge?
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This might be a no brainier answer but we find that even when hooked to electric for 24 hours our Refrigerator doesn't really get COLD. The freezer does freeze so its working but the fridge just isnt getting cold. Thoughts? just the reality of a small TT fridge?
Absolute thermometer reading in the fridge cavity after the door has been closed for more than an hour?

What's the outdoor temperature? Gas absorption fridges loose effectiveness when the temps go above 90F or below 32F.
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ours doesn't seem to really get cold till we stock with food which i really can't understand
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ours doesn't seem to really get cold till we stock with food which i really can't understand
As soon as you open the door, all the cold air falls out of the fridge.

The food acts as a thermal mass and not as much air tumbles out. You stick your hand into a full fridge and you are feeling the cool air around the food.
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well that sounds about right didn't think of that

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well that sounds about right didn't think of that

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Yeah, lots of 'problems' are more often perception issues.
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i knew the frig was working as the first time we used it the thing just didn't seem cold so i turned it wide open. and got up the next morning and my half/half was frozen. had to thaw for coffee
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i knew the frig was working as the first time we used it the thing just didn't seem cold so i turned it wide open. and got up the next morning and my half/half was frozen. had to thaw for coffee
Ewwww....

Half and half?

2% Much better!
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2% dang that's just water with a squirt of milk raised on a farm we like the real thing
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You also have to leave a gap on each side of your fridge so the cold air can push the warmer air up to be cooled again. Sounds crazy but it helps. They actually make a fan to circulate the air about 20 bucks. All posts I have read they like these fans, and they work.
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