Thread: 3 ways and ice creams

They cant all be bad or they would go broke selling them I have an electrolux 3 way fridge works well on all three sources but 240 and gas are the best

Originally Posted by garrycol

I went up to Ophir just north of Orange for the weekend and took my Jayco campervan for its first run. ...

I switched to 12v on hooking up, outside temp was 28 degrees and when I unhooked at Ophir about five hours later - I had a nice frozen Weis bar - temp on arrival was -16 but during the trip it had dropped to -10.

... Garry

Firstly, being pedantic, the temp had risen from -16 to -10.

No argument, the 3 way fridges work, the main problem is that they are very subject to level. On a fridge used in a van on the highway, provided the roads are the modern flat ones not the older cambered roads the fridge will work while traveling. The Electrolux manual says when stopping for more than 20 minutes the fridge should be leveled (both ways), if the fridge is built-in this means leveling the van. A real hassel when maybe stopping for half an hour to 45 minutes for lunch.

When you have an off road van or using one in a 4WD you may be climbing a steep grade or on a severe sideways slope for more than 20 minutes and this is where the problems with the 3 ways come in. It is why compressor fridges are the ones recommended for off road vehicles and vans.

Being an older technology the 3 way are also less efficient than compressor fridges.

Originally Posted by Lotz-A-Landies

Firstly, being pedantic, the temp had risen from -16 to -10.

Thanks Ron

Originally Posted by garrycol

and bought 4 Weis Macadamia and Mango bars as the sacrificial ice creams ...... I had a nice frozen Weis bar ..... and ate the two remaining Weis bars.

Hello from Brisbane.

Don't know much about fridges, but I genuinely endorse your test agent. Great stuff.

But, you can do better than a Weis bar by going down the DIY route.

Years ago when Singleton was still a cow town rather than a mere mine.... the cafe opposite the old Dunolly Bridge - probably called the Bridge Cafe - made their own frozen fruit salad bars. Basically, a can of Golden Circle fruit salad topped with home made ice cream, frozen in trays and cut into blocks, wrapped in grease proof paper. If there were kids on board, my Dad and uncles used to pull up in the truck and buy a bag full on the way home from the saleyards.

Apologies to anyone who got sprayed by the cattle........

Cheers,

Originally Posted by LWB123

...Years ago when Singleton was still a cow town rather than a mere mine.... the cafe opposite the old Dunolly Bridge - probably called the Bridge Cafe - made their own frozen fruit salad bars. Basically, a can of Golden Circle fruit salad topped with home made ice cream, frozen in trays and cut into blocks, wrapped in grease proof paper. ... Apologies to anyone who got sprayed by the cattle........

Cheers,

Been there, at least when loading our own cows. Always makes me laugh when someone in a convertable car with the top down or off will drive up beside a cattle truck at the stop lights. I don't always get a laugh at the unfortunates in the car, but it's enough that it's occasional!

As for the Bridge Cafe, our nanny state health inspectors would probably rule the home made items unsanitary these days!

I have never had a problem with the 3 way fridges in my caravans. I run 12v for transit and gas for when we stop for long breaks. Our fridge mostly runs on gas except for the rare times we spend in caravan parks.

Originally Posted by mowog

I have never had a problem with the 3 way fridges in my caravans. I run 12v for transit and gas for when we stop for long breaks. Our fridge mostly runs on gas except for the rare times we spend in caravan parks.

And so did I until it exploded.

If you don't level, it is not a case of "if" it is a case of "when".

Originally Posted by Lotz-A-Landies

And so did I until it exploded.

If you don't level, it is not a case of "if" it is a case of "when".

Well its a case of so far so good.

Not sure where the explosion comes in....