At 2:27 PM 6/30/96, Steven J. Hughes wrote:

>our fridge never really got as cold as we expected it to. Is this owing to the
>increadibly hot weather we had on Friday and Saturday? That is, is it only
>able
>to get temps 30-40 degrees below ambient temp? Our beer stayed _pretty_ cool,
>but not as cold as the home fridge would have kept it, and we never got ice to
>form in the cute little ice tray--should this have happened, despite 90-95
>temps
>during the day?

My fridge will generally keep the inside temperature at 34 degrees,
according to the thermometer.  What generally keeps fridges from getting
this cold is lack of air circulation both inside the fridge and over the
fins on the outside of the fridge.  With adequate ventilation, the fridge
should be able to cool more than 40 degrees below the ambient temperature
(although it will work hard to do it).

-David

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