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Re: Iceland fridge freezer doesn’t like the cold.
My kitchen is impossible to heat. Outside walls to 3 sides and no insulation. Typical of houses in this area of N. Wales. Weather is fierce sometimes too.
I heat the room I’m using in the evening and no more. I simply can’t afford to heat a room I’m not in. I stopped ordering oil last winter because it got too expensive. I guess that’s why the freezer worked up until then, because the boiler is in the kitchen. That was the only heating I had for the kitchen. Now, all I have is the wood burner in my sitting room. That room is cosy. Not sharing it with an appliance though.
It’s not as though it is below the minimum ambient temp that often or for that long so maybe condensation wouldn’t be that much of an issue.
Short of wrapping it in a duvet with an electric blanket inside, not a lot else I can do. ๐
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Sounds like you’re between a rock and a hard place then on this one. ๐
There’s little hope it will work correctly if the ambient is below +10รลกC and that is just about it I’m afraid to say. In any event it’s either going to cost you in additional electricity to run it I suspect or you lose food. Worse, you could have food you think is okay that actually isn’t.
Sorry Kathy, there’s no easy answer.
K.
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Hi
If you purchase a fridge freezer that has a Low Abient temprature switch inside the fridge (normally a orange switch next to the thermostat)Then this should be OK.
It sounds like at the moment you have a fridge freezer that has 2 compressors.What is the full model number of your fridge freezer ?
Bryan
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The appliance is an Iceland Kyoto DD210. It’s not a twin compressor model though.
Just read on another forum the idea of leaving the internal light on when it’s too cold in the fridge. As my light is turned off by a door shelf it would be a simple matter to remove it when the forecast is for Baltic. It would be interesting to pop a thermometer in to see what effect this has.
Anyone’s thoughts on this?
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if you leave the internal light on it will melt the bulb housing around it, not to mention warm up the inside of the fridge which is not what you want.
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As I understand it the inside of the fridge is getting too cold in the winter so warming up the inside of the fridge is exactly what I need.
Isn’t the bulb holder designed to withstand the heat from the bulb for very long?
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yes but how will you control when the bulb turns on and off, if its left on for great lengths of time it will melt plastic.
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I’m working on that idea….maybe remove the plastic cover and shield the bulb from the wall of the fridge….maybe a lower wattage bulb can be got which has the same fitting or, if not, a resistor could be wired in parallel….maybe have the fridge on a timer so the bulb only comes on at intervals….
Just brainstorming and fully expecting to be told that all of the above will not work.
I just read this though:
“certain Bosch fridge/freezers have a fast freeze button which simply leaves the inside light on (at reduced power), even when the door is shut. This forces the fridge temp up, to keep the cooling circuit running and hence keep the freezer going.”
Hi Kathy…it’s not really a fast freeze button….we call it a winter switch as it’s designed to allow the frige freezer to be used in slightly colder conditions. It does indeed leave the light on at about 20{e5d1b7155a01ef1f3b9c9968eaba33524ee81600d00d4be2b4d93ac2e58cec2d} i think.
If you get a chance of looking round a shop , look for a model number KGV28xxx . These are not frost free but should have the winter switch function. You can see it in action by pushing the door switch whilst the door is open to see the light change intensity.
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Just noticed a tiny patch of rust on the fridge when moving house and remembered this thread. Thought I’d let you know how it went. I installed a low wattage bulb in the fridge and have been leaving it on when the weather threatened to freeze for 6 years now. It worked like a dream. The bulb was low power enough that it only slightly raised the temperature in the fridge, but it was enough to keep the freezer frozen. I did make sure I was more careful than usual with food left in the fridge, but I haven’t poisoned anyone in 6 years. Now the fridge is about 14 years old, but it is finally living in a warm kitchen. I imagine the shock may well kill it. ๐
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Hi, Congrats on your initiative.It reminds me of an Electrolux absorption fridge RA510 in the late 70’s which had a built in freezer box, It shut down for days in cold weather.
The company developed a 3″square 10watt heater plate which we fitted just below the thermostat and wired in so it came on in the off cycle,took a bit of explaining to customers, shame they aren’t available now although electronic controlled ones might make it that more difficult to overcome.
Seems like a 10 watt light bulb (is there one available?) left on, if they can stand it will do the same.
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