From: '''newspam'''@nezumi.demon.co.uk   
      
   On 05/06/2020 20:45, jfrogers1950@gmail.com wrote:   
   > The refrigeration experts told me that an empty refrigerator with   
   > warm surrounding ambient temperatures will almost always run. With   
   > cold absorbing food in the refrigerator, the motor will come on just   
   > to restore the set temperature. This has nothing to do with opening   
   > doors or cold air flowing out. It is just the way that refrigerators   
   > are engineered.   
      
   That isn't correct. It is more efficient to have some thermal inertia   
   inside the fridge and especially freezer so that the thermal control   
   loop doesn't spend its time hunting. A large bottle of water should be   
   enough to provide the thermal inertia to keep things well behaved.   
      
   Any empty one will use more power than a moderately full one but it   
   shouldn't run continuously unless it is installed in one of the inner   
   circles of Hell or the coolant has mostly leaked out.   
      
   > Again, the simple question was what contents within the refrigerator   
   > will retain the cold so that the motor/compressor will only rarely   
   > come on?  The refrigerator is accessed only about once a month.   
      
   The largest possible thermal mass that you can put inside it then. Why   
   are you running a huge empty refrigerator empty in the first place?   
      
   Don't you think that buying a small well insulated fridge suited to the   
   intended usage might be a lot more cost effective?   
      
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   Regards,   
   Martin Brown   
      
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