Electrolux fridge vent winter covers Forums

dommie

Hi folks
New member who has just discovered this site. Been a campervan owner for years but have learned more from this site in 1 hour than in 30 years !!
Now retired & usually spending the grotty British winter months in Oz we are forced this winter to spend it in Europe.
Gleaned such a lot from the forums but one (stupid?) question - the Electrolux vent winter covers, are they only for use during layup or are they also for use when the temp drops under 10 deg as I have seen somewhere?

Dommie

Acadian

I reside in France therefore, I put the vent covers on beginning November and I remove them late March the following year. My previous camper did not have a heater during travel, the vent cover kept some of the cold. Fridge needs less cooling in the winter is what I read in the manual.
Acadian
Autostar Auros (Fiat)
P.S. In France I have a Camping Car
In Belgium it is a camper
In the US it would be a Class B or Class C Mini-Motorhome
What are they called in England?

Anonymous

Expensive!!

peejay · Campsite DB Admin

Hi dommie,

not a stupid question at all,

We always put the fridge covers on for the winter period, it stops the fridge getting too cold in frosty conditions, the correct use, as you say, is for when temps drop to below 10deg's but we always leave ours on from nov (ish) to feb (ish) depending on frosts and also when washing the motorhome.

Acadian, Bonsoir et bienvenue, we call ours 'motorhomes'.

pete.

dodger148

We do the same as Pete, in fact your post has reminded me to fit ours.

MOTORHOMER

[quote:5a548694d3="Dickle"]Expensive!![/quote:5a548694d3]

LOL

MH

Brambles

Oh gosh!, is this something else I need to go out and buy, I never got covers with my m/home supplied new. Should I have done and are they really needed?

Boff

Hi Brambles!

[quote:a83347714c="Brambles"]Should I have done and are they really needed?[/quote:a83347714c]

Well, they are not actually needed. But assuming that the back of your fridge is not properly sealed against the interior of your van (as it is the case for most vans ex-factory Sad

) it keeps away the cold draughts.

Plus, when outside temperature go significantly below freezing point the efficiency of the fridge may suffer from low temperatures. This may sound odd, especially from a physicist like me Wink

. But keep in mind that the cooling fluid is a) based on water and b) has to be [i:a83347714c]heated[/i:a83347714c] in one step of the cooling cycle to separate ammonia from the water.

I install my covers if the outside temperature is expected to be at around 5 degs C or lower. But previously I also spent nights in rental motorhomes without any fridge vent covers at -15 degs without any problems (except that I had to go out 03:00 AM in a snow storm to change gas bottles...).

Best Regards,
Gerhard

Brambles

Thanks Boff,
makes sense what you say.