Fridge temperatures during lay-up

oldbloke · Guru

RE: Fridge temperatures during lay-up

boab · Senior Member

my 3 way fridge works in derby with temps well over 30 if a 3 way fridge is fitted correctly they work plenty well enough as not everyone wants to spend a lot of coin on solar everyone to there own

yobarr · Guru

boab wrote:
seems like Yobarr is off playing with himself again derby hardware exchange cost $39 dont let the truth get in the way of a good story

Another one of your positive,enormously helpful comments,I see.Regularly on my travels I have seen 9kg refills for $60,and when I was camped near Derby a fellow camper was crying that he had just had to pay $85 for his 9kg refill.Because I have no need for gas in my van,I have no direct knowledge, but supply and demand dictates price,which is why an outback town in Queensland sells diesel for $2.30/litre.Sure,you can hunt up low prices in an attempt to ridicule my comments,but I simply relate my experiences in an effort to help others.Hope this helps you? And if you care to look at the attached pricing,you might like to reconsider your comment "don't let the truth get in the way of a good story".

-- Edited by yobarr on Friday 31st of December 2021 02:17:19 PM

oldbloke · Guru

boab wrote:
my 3 way fridge works in derby with temps well over 30 if a 3 way fridge is fitted correctly they work plenty well enough as not everyone wants to spend a lot of coin on solar everyone to there own

Agree. Mine works just fine. Its like a lot of things in life, pros and cons. Often its simply compromise. For example some want to tow large 3t or 3.5t vans. Good luck to them. But I bet they are using at least 18 or 20 ltrs /100km. Now take my so called ****ty Triton by some here. You know, cheap and gutless. Well, that's just someone's unqualified opinion. Last short drive on the way home about 230k of 100% towing in to a head wind of about 20kph got 13.57 ltrs/100km. And that was typical. Five week trip averaged less than that. I'm happy with that.

boab · Senior Member

my goodness Yobarr your playing with yourself again you said a bottle was 80 odd dollars in derby now it seems that was just hearsay and you put a photo of mount barnet roadhouse to show the price of gas in derby?? if you have been to derby you will know the roadhouse is at least 300 klms from derby its saying fuel is $1 90 in perth then putting up a photo of fuel prices in southern cross

oldbloke · Guru

boab wrote:
my goodness Yobarr your playing with yourself again you said a bottle was 80 odd dollars in derby now it seems that was just hearsay and you put a photo of mount barnet roadhouse to show the price of gas in derby?? if you have been to derby you will know the roadhouse is at least 300 klms from derby its saying fuel is $1 90 in perth then putting up a photo of fuel prices in southern cross

Yes I spotted that too. Anything to win the argument or justify his very bias opinion. I guess the mods here will eventually wake up to him and do what the mods did on the caravan forum. Then we will get more positive posts, learn more and fewer arguments. Plenty of members are sick and tired of him.

Are We Lost · Guru

Surely what is more relevant is the price that travellers typically spend on LPG, not searching for the dearest in Australia.

In my case, travelling up through the centre and down the east coast it averaged about $26 .... mixed refills and Swap n Go.

-- Edited by Are We Lost on Friday 31st of December 2021 05:06:00 PM

Wanda · Guru

oldbloke wrote:
boab wrote:
my goodness Yobarr your playing with yourself again you said a bottle was 80 odd dollars in derby now it seems that was just hearsay and you put a photo of mount barnet roadhouse to show the price of gas in derby?? if you have been to derby you will know the roadhouse is at least 300 klms from derby its saying fuel is $1 90 in perth then putting up a photo of fuel prices in southern cross
Yes I spotted that too. Anything to win the argument or justify his very bias opinion. I guess the mods here will eventually wake up to him and do what the mods did on the caravan forum. Then we will get more positive posts, learn more and fewer arguments. Plenty of members are sick and tired of him.

Geez, bein a bit hard on the bloke, AND its xmas. Well was xmas! biggrin

Seriously though, I doubt he's not the only one been evicted from other threads, he and some others do frustrate at times biggrin

Ian

Plain Truth · Guru

yobarr wrote:
boab wrote:
seems like Yobarr is off playing with himself again derby hardware exchange cost $39 dont let the truth get in the way of a good story
Another one of your positive,enormously helpful comments,I see.Regularly on my travels I have seen 9kg refills for $60,and when I was camped near Derby a fellow camper was crying that he had just had to pay $85 for his 9kg refill.Because I have no need for gas in my van,I have no direct knowledge, but supply and demand dictates price,which is why an outback town in Queensland sells diesel for $2.30/litre.Sure,you can hunt up low prices in an attempt to ridicule my comments,but I simply relate my experiences in an effort to help others.Hope this helps you? And if you care to look at the attached pricing,you might like to reconsider your comment "don't let the truth get in the way of a good story".

-- Edited by yobarr on Friday 31st of December 2021 02:17:19 PM

Derby to Mt Barnett roadhouse is 305 klm, "don't let the the truth get in the way of a good story"

yobarr · Guru

boab wrote:
my goodness Yobarr your playing with yourself again you said a bottle was 80 odd dollars in derby now it seems that was just hearsay and you put a photo of mount barnet roadhouse to show the price of gas in derby?? if you have been to derby you will know the roadhouse is at least 300 klms from derby its saying fuel is $1 90 in perth then putting up a photo of fuel prices in southern cross

Surely it matters not where the gas cost $85 as I was simply pointing out that,in the bush,a 9kg bottle of gas can cost between $60 and $85.My energy supply (light from the sun) costs nothing,and is guaranteed to be there,in varying strength,each day.My post said that a fellow camper in Derby had told me that he had paid $85 for a 9kg bottle.Since we were near Derby,I assumed that he had bought the gas in Derby,and only started checking when someone disputed that figure today.But who cares? The point is that gas can,and does,cost up to $85 in the bush,just as diesel can cost up to $2.30/litre.Cheers

Brodie Allen · Guru

BAZZA44 wrote:
Brodie Allen wrote:
Just as a reassurance activity I regularly run all my devices
regularly during lay-up so that there isn't likely to be inconveniences
when preparing for holiday.

It's a 6-year old Dometic.

Today the fridge has shown -20 in the freezer and -7 in the general compartment.
Since ambient is around 20 overnight and 24 day I'm more than pleasantly
surprised with the results. Beats me how the thing is so powerful without
any mechanical assistance.

Can't imagine why one would need compressor 'fridges with their disadvantages
when 240v is not available.
I do not want to burst your bubble Brodie but when you readjust the thermostat to bring the fridge temp back to +4 then the freezer will be back to about -9.
I will stick with my compressor fridge.
Barry

Barry,

I have a bit of a trick for all that - I position the main compartment sensor either close to or away from the

radiator to get the cabinet temp where I want it. Depends on how often we are opening doors and ambient

temperatures. Generally speaking never have to mess with anything.

Rarely go into hot areas in summer, winter to the tropics, summer to south.

I have remote battery powered thermometers in both compartments that have max 'n min alarms so no worry.

The fridge has forced fan air both within the compartments that I have only had to use when packed to the hilt

and in the (radiator ?) at the back of the fridge - (Standard).

All works like a dream - ice-cream always!!

Don't need drugs to enjoy myself.