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Default How do fridge freezers ever work?

[fullll snipppppppppp]

c'mon everyone, as we used to say (back when Usenet was
still a thing) over in alt.folklore.urban,
"twiavbp" - The world is a very big place

In other words, there ain't just one design
for this, that, or the other thing. In this
case, there are plenty of arrangements for
refrigerators, refrigerator-freezers, freezers,
and the like.

You takes your choice of efficiency, price,
reliablity, and the rest.

For example, we used to have a refrigerator/freezer
with a single door, and the freezer was on the
inside near the top, with a second door covering it.

The cooling coils surrounded that section, and the
chilling "fell" down, so to speak, into the
refrigerator section. The thermostat was located
in a small box sticking out into the refrigerated
portion.

There was also a small drawer just below the freezer
for placing misc items that you wanted to be kind
of at, just below, or just above,freezing temp.

Now... there was _also_ a flap at the back of the
drawer which, when folded forward, left a gap
of (numbers for illustration) six inches for the
cold to drop down, and when extended, cut that
gap down to an inch.

The instructions explained that if you left the
thermostat (which, again, is in the refrigerator)
set the same way, then the freezer would be colder
with the flap extended and a bit warmer (but still
below freezing) with it folded over.

Ditto for that drawer

Yeah, that really is the case... think about it.

It was a simple, crude, cheap, and idiot proof
production method.



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