Quote: Originally posted by dbice on 27/7/2011
i didnt know you could get gas fridges! ... do they make the poisonous fumes too? ( how does a gas fridge work ??? - i thought gas made heat, not cold? )
so if you have a gas fridge, do you have to turn it off before going to sleep too? ( wont everything be warm by the morning then ? )
this is all new to me. iv just bought another led lantern, 24 leds, takes 3 D batteries and has a dimmer switch for £9.95 at the petrol station. was going to buy a gas lantern now - but am frightened of using a gas anything inside the tent after reading all this on here.
iv bought a tent extension, so the main tent door can be closed, we'll cook in the extension from now on with the extension door open so gas cant go into the tent.
so glad i read all this in here.
This is in very simple terms.
A gas fridge is called and absorption fridge it works by heating up ammonia which changes into gas (this is where the cold comes from as the ammonia evaporating produces cold), the gas then cools down, the gas then cools back into a liquid and the whole process starts again.
A normal household fridge works in the same way, except it is much more efficent and can cool to MUCH lower temps far more easier.
Typicall absorption fridges cool between 20c to 30c below ambient temp. These fridges are a excellent purchase especially if you have no electricity, my fridge has been used for many years now and always performs as it did when new, it can even make ice cubes!
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