WhiteBox
19-01-2009, 09:14 PM
Hi,
Although there are many posts on the Net about using (ie converting) a freezer as a fridge I have seen a few posts both here and on the Net in general with the general advice that a freezer should be used as such and not as a fridge.
However I cannot find any technical explanation as to why this might not be a good idea, only that it might shorten the life of the compressor.
Apart from the obvious fact that a freezer cools to much lower temparatures, can anybody explain what other differences there might be that could shorten the compressor life if a freezer were converted to cool at around 4C instead of the usual -17c ?
Although there are many posts on the Net about using (ie converting) a freezer as a fridge I have seen a few posts both here and on the Net in general with the general advice that a freezer should be used as such and not as a fridge.
However I cannot find any technical explanation as to why this might not be a good idea, only that it might shorten the life of the compressor.
Apart from the obvious fact that a freezer cools to much lower temparatures, can anybody explain what other differences there might be that could shorten the compressor life if a freezer were converted to cool at around 4C instead of the usual -17c ?