Likely the heat generated by the running compressor is what is heating the cabinet. Without refrigerant, no way to move the heat to the condenser.
Ray --J. Ray Mitchell Jr. jrmitche...@gmail.com (818)324-7573 The dogmas of the quiet past, are inadequate to the stormy present. The occasion is piled high with difficulty, and we must rise with the occasion. As our case is new, so we must think anew and act anew. We must disenthrall ourselves, and then we shall save our country.*Abraham Lincoln <http://www.quotationspage.com/quotes/Abraham_Lincoln/>*, *Annual message to Congress, December 1, 1862* *16th president of US (1809 - 1865)* On Sun, Apr 9, 2017 at 9:16 PM, Kirk Wallace <kwall...@wallacecompany.com> wrote: > While I think of a tie-in to LinuxCNC, here is the story. I have a > refrigerator that has a very slow leak which requires us to recharge the > system after several months. On a new charge, it works great, then I > need to turn the thermostat up a bit at a time, when that doesn't work, > I add plastic jugs of ice from the freezer section, but eventually this > barely keeps the cabinet cold enough. I recently verified that the > thermostat works and that the compressor is basically on all of the > time. I got to thinking this is a waste of electricity for something > that barely works, so I asked myself "if I add more ice and turn the > thermostat off, will it still be cold enough?" > > It turns out, without adding more ice the cabinet actually got cooler by > 5 degrees. Uhh? > > My thinking is that the compressor is pumping whatever is still in the > system, which has no cooling effect, from the room temperature condenser > into the evaporator which then heats the ice in the cabinet. > > Maybe? > > Like my refrigerator, LinuxCNC can produce unexpected results. (a > gossamer thread tie-in) > > -- > Kirk Wallace > http://www.wallacecompany.com/machine_shop/ > http://www.wallacecompany.com/E45/ > > ------------------------------------------------------------ > ------------------ > Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most > engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot > _______________________________________________ > Emc-users mailing list > Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
