Date: Fri, 20 Jul 2007 09:43:12 -0700
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From: neil <musomuso@GMAIL.COM>
Subject: Re: One More 'Fridge Thread
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One of the first purchases I made for my Westy, was a remote
thermometer from RS.
It gives ambient temp in van as well as temp in fridge.
I had salmonella when I was 29/30. It was a **6** month affair getting
over it. (really sore joints like arthritis)
That won't happen again!
Neil.
On 7/20/07, Michael Elliott <camping.elliott@gmail.com> wrote:
> Jake has a good suggestion. If someone is counting on his or her
> refrigerator to keep their food safe for consumption, they need to check
> that it is keeping it below 40F, and not just take the word of someone
> with a similar refrigerator who may be pleased at how cold their food or
> beverages feel, but hasn't actually popped a $1 thermometer inside to
> confirm that it's cold enough. Diarrhea, cramps, vomiting, headache and
> fever are not fun.
>
> Folks who are enjoying their Dometics could do everyone in the community
> a favor if they did as Jake suggested: report the actual temperature
> differential between their fridge and the outside air on a hot summer day.
>
> If nothing else, providing such data could settle the ongoing question
> about whether those of us who have never seen the inside of their reefer
> more than 40F below the outside temp on a hot day have properly
> operating reefers or not.
>
> --
> Mike "Rocket J Squirrel" Elliott
> 71 Type 2: the Wonderbus
> 84 Westfalia: Mellow Yellow ("The Electrical Banana")
> 74 Utility Trailer. Ladybug Trailer, Inc., San Juan Capistrano
> KG6RCR
>
>
>
> Jake Beaulieu typed:
> > Many folks say their Domectic works "great", others say "not say great".
> > I think part of the problem is that "great" is a subjective term. One
> > persons "great" is another persons "not so great".
> >
> > I would like people to report the actual temperature differential between
> > their frdige and the outside air on a hot summer day. Summer temperatures
> > where I live frequently exceed 90. The min temperature that raw beef or
> > chicken can be stored at is 40F according to the USDA. Thus, my fridge
> > needs to generate at least a 50 degree differential (90-40=50) on a hot
> > day for it to be "great" in my mind. I don't think I have seen any data
> > on the list demonstrating anything better than a 45 degree differential.
> > A 40 degree differential is "great" if it is 75 degress outside and you
> > want a cold beer, but it sucks if it 90 is degress outside and you want
> > your chicken breast to be safe to cook up for dinner.
> >
> > jake
> > 82 westy, fridge is "not so great"
> >
>
--
Neil Nicholson. 1981 Air Cooled Westfalia.
http://web.mac.com/tubaneil
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