Does turning off a 230 ltr Vitrifrigo fridge whist van is in storage in our garage have a detrimental affect on the fridge.
PeterD said
02:21 PM Sep 17, 2018
Not if you dry it out properly and chock the door ajar. It could do damage to your battery however if there is an automatic reversion to battery power and you do not switch that off as well.
kgarnett said
12:40 PM Sep 18, 2018
My fridge mechanic suggested it should be run for a short while about once per month.
Ken
Peter_n_Margaret said
01:08 PM Sep 18, 2018
Do you think they unpack them and run them in the shop after they come from the factory and before sale ????
I don't think so!
We turn ours off when not travelling (and leave the door ajar) for 4 to 8 months at a time and have always done so without detriment.
Cheers,
Peter
Mike Harding said
02:13 PM Sep 18, 2018
Peter_n_Margaret wrote:
Do you think they unpack them and run them in the shop after they come from the factory and before sale ????
And yet... the owners manual for my 4WD suggests the air conditioning is run for a few minutes every month or so to keep the seals lubricated, advice I have heard from other quarters too, an air conditioning unit is not radically different to a fridge and I suggest it would do no harm to run your fridge from time-to-time.
Peter_n_Margaret said
03:14 PM Sep 18, 2018
Mike Harding wrote:
Peter_n_Margaret wrote:
Do you think they unpack them and run them in the shop after they come from the factory and before sale ????
And yet... the owners manual for my 4WD suggests the air conditioning is run for a few minutes every month or so to keep the seals lubricated, advice I have heard from other quarters too, an air conditioning unit is not radically different to a fridge and I suggest it would do no harm to run your fridge from time-to-time.
Not remotely similar.
The Danfoss compressors in 12V fridges are a sealed unit, just like your fridge at home.
It has no seals.
Cheers,
Peter
PeterD said
04:39 PM Sep 18, 2018
Mike Harding wrote:
Peter_n_Margaret wrote:
Do you think they unpack them and run them in the shop after they come from the factory and before sale ????
And yet... the owners manual for my 4WD suggests the air conditioning is run for a few minutes every month or so to keep the seals lubricated, advice I have heard from other quarters too, an air conditioning unit is not radically different to a fridge and I suggest it would do no harm to run your fridge from time-to-time.
That advice is for refrigeration units where the compressor is driven by an external motor. That applies to our air conditioning units in our vehicles. Modern fridges use a sealed unit so running them periodically is not so important. Sealed units do not have seals where the gas can leak to the outside air.
Mike Harding said
05:32 PM Sep 18, 2018
Fair enough.
That's why I don't usually comment upon refrigeration :)
Does turning off a 230 ltr Vitrifrigo fridge whist van is in storage in our garage have a detrimental affect on the fridge.
Ken
I don't think so!
We turn ours off when not travelling (and leave the door ajar) for 4 to 8 months at a time and have always done so without detriment.
Cheers,
Peter
And yet... the owners manual for my 4WD suggests the air conditioning is run for a few minutes every month or so to keep the seals lubricated, advice I have heard from other quarters too, an air conditioning unit is not radically different to a fridge and I suggest it would do no harm to run your fridge from time-to-time.
Not remotely similar.
The Danfoss compressors in 12V fridges are a sealed unit, just like your fridge at home.
It has no seals.
Cheers,
Peter
That advice is for refrigeration units where the compressor is driven by an external motor. That applies to our air conditioning units in our vehicles. Modern fridges use a sealed unit so running them periodically is not so important. Sealed units do not have seals where the gas can leak to the outside air.
Fair enough.
That's why I don't usually comment upon refrigeration :)
Thank you for the corrections.