• TheGrandNagus@lemmy.world
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    5 months ago

    I’ve heard that in the US fridges are generally different, with stuff like active fans and nonsense like that. Is that true?

    Because every fridge I’ve seen in Europe is mechanically extremely basic and I’ve literally never seen or even heard of one breaking. In my experience fridges are one of the only things that have remained phenomenally simple in design and extremely unlikely to break.

    If someone told me their fridge broke, I’d genuinely assume they were lying. That’s how reliable they are.

    • Ranvier@sopuli.xyz
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      5 months ago

      Well there are evaporator fans in modern refrigerators in the US. They serve an important role though helping with defrosting, improving cooling efficiency, and evenness of cooling throughout the fridge.

      https://refrigeratorguide.net/maximize-cooling-efficiency-best-refrigerator-evaporator/

      Usually only very small refrigerators are without them now.

      It is another point of failure though, but should be pretty easily repairable. I mean it’ll still be able to cool without the fan, but it’ll be running much more to try and compensate and keep things cool though.

      If you know the YouTube channel technology connections, here’s a fun video of him messing around with a fanless style refrigerator:

      https://youtube.com/watch?v=8PTjPzw9VhY