Peter Dohm wrote:
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Morgans wrote:

"Peter Dohm" wrote

No, although some smaller refrigerators can be operated that way. I
am
just not sold on making transportation fully dependent on electric
power
plants as well.

They used to make natural gas (only) full sized refrigerators, and still
may.

They are still made for niche applications; you won't find one at
Home Depot.

Also, don't expect to make a lot of ice cubes with one of them as they
don't work all that well which is but one of the reasons you won't find
them in general use.

A buddy had a place that did not have electricity to it, except for a
small
generator, run only when absolutely necessary.

When he got it, (used) the guy he bought it from said that if it did not
start cooling soon after he lit it off, that he needed to shut it down,
and
turn it upside-down for 30 minutes or so, then turn it over and light it
off.

Damned if it needed it, and damned if that didn't fix it!

I worked off of an ammonia coolant cycle, as I recall.

Another reason you won't find them in general use.


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Jim Pennino

Actually, I think that I heard they only might need to be tilted, but you
had to know which direction, and you are correct that ammonia was the
refrigerant.

In any case, there is a variant which can be operated on propane or
electric, and possibly a gas or electric version as well, that is sold for
the recretonal vehicle market. The full size gas only models were normally
sold by or through the loack gase companies, and may still be offered in
that manner as I have heard that they were very innexpensive to operate.

Yep, but when running on gas, they don't make ice cubes worth a damn; they
can't move heat fast enough.


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Jim Pennino

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