Fridge quit cooling in the deep cold

[freewill2008]

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
>