Fridge quit cooling in the deep cold

[Gardner Yeaw]

Refrigerators do not work well in the cold. I put one in a cabin in
New York State and the label said it wouldn't operate well below 35
degrees.

--- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, "freewill2008"
wrote:
>
> While living in the cold north, we heard that freezers act strange
when
> the air outside the freezer gets as cold as the inside. Standard
> practice was to keep the freezer in the house rather than an
unheated
> porch or garage. I don't know refrigeration well enough to
understand
> why, but expect you are seeing an example of this because the
backside
> of our RV fridges are exposed to outdoor temps.
>
> Bob Griesel '84 fC31 WLII WA
>
> --- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, "Ryan Wright"
> wrote:
> >
> > Temperatures have been running between 0 and 20 degrees this past
> > week, and I noticed my fridge quit cooling. In fact, the freezer
> > warmed up and thawed everything out. At least I only had some
cookies
> > and a quarter cube of butter in there to throw away.
> >
> > I've been running it on AC power. I cleaned it all up and flipped
it
> > over to gas just now, thinking maybe the 120 volt heater does not
have
> > enough oomph to keep it going when it's this cold outside? Any
> > thoughts?
> >
> > -Ryan
> > '86 PT-40 8V92
> >
>