FridgeFreezer in unheated room

Corncrake2

zax47 wrote: »

You need a model with twin thermostats
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Most specifications will say if it is a twin thermostat model.

Well spotted zax !

No specs in my literature, online specs said 1 thermostat, phoned them to complain about the stupidity of only one, turns out that is 1 user adjustable stat. but there is an internal one for the freezer.
So that's ok then

Corncrake2

update, not quite on the original topic ! *
The new fridgefreezer is parked beside a new freezer and it appears that the insulation is not as good as that wot was used years ago on our previous fridge/freezers and freezers.
Let me elaborate :
both are quite cold to the touch ( not previously observed in years gonebye on previous units) and frequently have condensation upon them.
In the inch or so gap between them both surfaces are wet with condensation and on humid days it is sufficient to cause puddles on the floor
I am not best pleased

Apart from constructing polystyrene jackets for them wot is to be done ?
It doesnt say much for these "efficiency" ratings

* give me a min. and I'll think of a new subject to post under !!

jackieb

My son has a Hotpoint FF in his garage. He's had it for 2 winters and it's been okay (I hope I haven't jinxed it now )

jackieb

Just read back and his should be okay because they have separate thermostats (I know because I have the same model in my kitchen).

Corncrake2

Hi jackieb,
do your or your son get troubled by condensation dripping off the sides of your things on humid days ?
It seems to me that the insulation on my new machines leaves a lot to be desired compared to my old ones

jackieb

Corncrake2 wrote: »

Hi jackieb,
do your or your son get troubled by condensation dripping off the sides of your things on humid days ?

Hmmm, reading that back it doesnt sound polite ! but I hope you know what I mean !
It seems to me that the insulation on my new machines leaves a lot to be desired compared to my old ones

I haven't noticed anything when i've been in his garage, and he hasn't said anything. If condensation would have been a problem I would've thought that there might have been signs of mould on the outside of the FF, and there isn't.

If you mean the contents and not the actual appliance, I don't know. Not a problem in my one, but my FF is in the house and not outside.

Corncrake2

jackieb wrote: »

If condensation would have been a problem I would've thought that there might have been signs of mould on the outside of the FF, and there isn't.

If you mean the contents and not the actual appliance, I don't know. Not a problem in my one, but my FF is in the house and not outside.

Thanks for that, interesting,
I've not had mine long enough yet for mold to be a problem, but thanks for the alert.

No, not the contents.
I mean the outside surfaces of both the fridgefreezer and the freezer, they are both cold to the touch all the time and on humid days they have a film of condensation on all the outside surfaces.
On the most humid days the two surfaces facing each other (the two appliances are about an inch apart) get so wet that it drips down onto the floor! So we have to mop up periodically
I'll have to find space to move them apart.
They are both in the (unheated) kitchen.