How a Fridge-Freezer works
How a fridge-freezer works
We all do it – Stand in front of the refrigerator looking for something to eat, but it’s not often that we think of how it actually works.
The basic premise behind how a refrigerator works is quite simple, but how it actually accomplishes this is a little more complex. What a refrigerator does is evaporates liquid in order to absorb heat. A fridge-freezer has a number of parts that allow this to happen. First a compressor inside the fridge-freezer compresses gas or refrigerant and pushes it through coils which cause the gas to turn into a liquid. As the gas, which has now turned to liquid is pushed through an expansion valve, it goes from high pressure to low pressure, which causes it to evaporate. This evaporation is what absorbs and heat, causing very cold temperatures to emerge. The refrigerator portion of the unit is slightly warmer than the freezer section as the process can be regulated to make the temperature warmer or colder.
In order for the fridge-freezer to work properly it’s important that all the coils on the back of the unit are free from dust and dirt, which can affect the cooling of the refrigerant or gas used in the fridge-freezer.
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3 Comments on How a Fridge-Freezer works
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laurence green on
Wed, 11th May 2011 9:10 pm
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alex ure on
Tue, 7th Jun 2011 10:29 am
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Lucinda on
Mon, 13th Jun 2011 12:20 am
ff not working there is power to bottom of ff no lights working inside r out
i have just moved in2 a rented flat with my 2 kids it has a candy fridge freezer i plugged it in and went out for a while when i came back it still hadnt worked but the wee black metal cylinder at the bottom of it was heating up like boiler now the landlord is saying i must have broken it any help out there 2 fix it or will i be ripped off by this landlord many thanks a single father
Now I feel suptid. That’’s cleared it up for me
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