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Do you own a Combicool?

Reason I am asking is, I was wondering does it freeze stuff and if so would it be possible to put frozen stuff at one end near the cooling element and Fridge stuff at the other without freezing the milk and things,  or maybe it Would be  possible to make 2 compartments with polystyrene to keep the milk compartment a bit warmer if you know what i mean.

hi there we have a combicool, used it for 10 days on one 907 camping gaz bottle in the lake district 2 weeks ago. no problem with it, keep the milk away from the cooler plate. hey my wife love the ice cubes it make in her vodie, think we will get another ice tray for it.

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 hope this helps..

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Whether of not it freezes stuff depends on the ambient temperature.

We've frozen ice cubes on that shelf at the back in the UK, but in France we couldn't get it to freeze because the fridge was working hard enough just to keep things cold. That was on mains, not gas.

Quote: Originally posted by rinty on 19/08/2004

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Whether of not it freezes stuff depends on the ambient temperature.

We've frozen ice cubes on that shelf at the back in the UK, but in France we couldn't get it to freeze because the fridge was working hard enough just to keep things cold. That was on mains, not gas.

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mmm well ours was fine & the temp in our tent went up to 38c, used on gas.

also used in our shed in the garden to test it when it was very hot, even hotter in the shed than outside! worked well again....my beer was well chilled almost too much.

Quote: Originally posted by chindley on 19/08/2004

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Does it work better on Gas then?

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So how do you make ice cubes (deliberately!) in the SIbir, then?

Graine

Quote: Originally posted by Peter42 on 20/08/2004

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The ambient temperature should be irrelevant as the fridge is thermostatically controlled.

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No it isn't. The absorbtion process is not as an efficient cooling process as that of a fridge with a compressor, and a portable fridge has nowhere near the same level of insulation. This means the ambient temperture can play a very real part in how cold the fridge gets.

This is why we were able to freeze stuff in the UK, but not in France where it was at least 10 degrees warmer.

I suspect gas cools better because the flame generates more heat than the electric filament so the absorbtion process is quicker.

That and the fact that the people I know who use one always run it on maximum gas

And the way to deliberately make ice cubes is...?

Graine

In France, the lack of wind and the very high temperatures a couple of weeks ago was making the fridge work very inefficiently.  In order for the fridge to work it needs to cool down the heat exchange fins at the top(rear).  Therefore I purchased a domestic fan from the supermarket and put this at the top part of the fridge at the rear.  This then dramatically reduced the temperature at the heat exchanger (thus allowing the refrigerant to cool).  The improvement was noticed because ice started to form again on the plate inside the fridge after a while during the afternoon sun.

This works in the same way as a fan on a car cools the coolant in the radiator (heat exchanger).

I small 12v van fitted to the rear (near the heat exchanger) would give very worthwhile results in hot weather.