Re: heating question

On Mon, 19 Jan 2009 10:39:41 -0800, Sheldon wrote:

On Jan 19, 11:50�am, Ann <nntpm...@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
On Mon, 19 Jan 2009 07:36:37 -0800, Sheldon wrote:
On Jan 18, 8:56 pm, Ann <nntpm...@xxxxxxxx> wrote:

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As for a refrigerator self-destructing by attempting to run in, say a
20F location, why would it even attempt to turn on at 20F?.

It won't turn on, and everything inside the fridge will freeze
solid... but before it gets near that cold the compressor oil will
congeal.

You might consider Googling: refrigerator "compressor oil".

But hey, it's your fridge, if you don't choose to believe the
manufacturer then so be it.

I didn't propose operating a refrigerator at 20F ambient. What I wrote
was 50F.

Yes you did, you *proposed* exactly that.

That was a hypothetical question, not a suggestion.

On Jan 18, 8:56 pm, Ann <nntpm...@xxxxxxxx> wrote:

<...>

As for a refrigerator self-destructing by attempting to run in, say a
20F location, why would it even attempt to turn on at 20F?.

Preceding that, in the same post ,I wrote:
"I looked at the instructions for an approx 25-yr old Kenmore
refrigerator/freezer that is (and has been) where the room temp gets down
to around 50 in the winter."

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