I know a number of people have wireless thermometers to monitor their fridge temp. I'd like to join the ranks. Looking on line, a lot have pretty poor reviews. I'd like to hear from WTW members what they are using.
Thanks, Ted
Thanks, Ted
This is what I have on my new compressor fridge.fish more said:Keep it simple, just a little thermometer, just like Mom used. One less thing that needs batteries !
In a typical year the temperatures in our camper ranges between the low 20s at night to the low 100s during the day, a lot more fluctuation than our home refrigerator ever experiences. It has been my experience that the temperature controllers in refrigerators, if they are thermostats at all, are very approximate devices. I find myself having to make adjustments to the temperature control from season to season if I want to keep the refrigerator temp around 38. Sometimes I even have to make adjustments from day to night when the daily outdoor temperature fluctuations are high.LookyLou said:I'm curious as to why some are feeling the need to monitor the temperature of their compressor refrigerators so closely?
Do you have a propane or compressor fridge. I had to do this with my propane but not with my compressor.Basin Deranged said:In a typical year the temperatures in our camper ranges between the low 20s at night to the low 100s during the day, a lot more fluctuation than our home refrigerator ever experiences. It has been my experience that the temperature controllers in refrigerators, if they are thermostats at all, are very approximate devices. I find myself having to make adjustments to the temperature control from season to season if I want to keep the refrigerator temp around 38. Sometimes I even have to make adjustments from day to night when the daily outdoor temperature fluctuations are high.
We experience the same outside temperature variations, camping as low as 8 degrees to as high as 110. We use a $5 analog thermometer that hangs from the top shelf and only check the temp when getting something. I've found setting the fridge, Dometic 110L, at 5 pretty much keeps it where it needs to be. Have never had anything spoil in 3 years.Basin Deranged said:In a typical year the temperatures in our camper ranges between the low 20s at night to the low 100s during the day, a lot more fluctuation than our home refrigerator ever experiences. It has been my experience that the temperature controllers in refrigerators, if they are thermostats at all, are very approximate devices. I find myself having to make adjustments to the temperature control from season to season if I want to keep the refrigerator temp around 38. Sometimes I even have to make adjustments from day to night when the daily outdoor temperature fluctuations are high.
My experience also with the same frig and three years of use.LookyLou said:We experience the same outside temperature variations, camping as low as 8 degrees to as high as 110. We use a $5 analog thermometer that hangs from the top shelf and only check the temp when getting something. I've found setting the fridge, Dometic 110L, at 5 pretty much keeps it where it needs to be. Have never had anything spoil in 3 years.
We switched from propane to compressor a few years ago. The propane fridge would fluctuate wildly and was incapable of lowering the inside temperature any more than 35 degrees below ambient temperature. We bought our first compressor fridge "pre-owned" from a trucker who had it in the sleeper of his big rig. We had to fiddle with it as described in my first post. I must admit that I have not yet installed a thermometer in our brand new truckfridge and, on our one 10-day trip, it seemed to keep things nice and cold at all times. I will be very happy if, once I install a thermometer in it, my experiences are the same as yours. I'm keeping my fingers crossed. Thanks for the heads up.billharr said:Do you have a propane or compressor fridge. I had to do this with my propane but not with my compressor.