Recent content by wizodd

Temperature swings? Two words. Thermal Mass. As has been noted, refrigeration equipment basically runs at one speed--high. The chest I converted to a fridge has something over 100# of water in bottles at the bottom (you never see stuff at the bottom of a 35" deep box...) All refrigeration...

...and here I thought that gunk was to add flavor....

Accurate thermometers seem to be very difficult to make for some reason, a great many--even laboratory units--are more precise then they are accurate. (e.g. The thermometer reads to 0.1 degree but is only accurate to +-2 degrees.) This is true of ALL thermometers, including the electronic...

On th 9yo chest I'm working with, the screw is between the power contacts.

If you note the diagram, +40F is probably about as high as it will go when completely backed off (since refrigerators are supposed to stay colder than 40 for the most part.) Back the coarse adjustment out as far as it will go (it should stop.) Put in a thermometer--I like a bit of mass to...