Fridge Bags

Hi matt

I am waiting on Derik's answer

BillF

Hi Matt M,
The silver side on the inside helps stop the transferring of temp from the inside out.
An example is house insulation, either wall or roof. The silver side is always facing the inside of the building.

Although I have seen an exception to this rule once.
A gang of Carpenters that a project housing company hired put the insulation on the other way on about 6 homes. It looked like a squadron of spaceships had landed in the street. Not a pretty sight.

Didn't stop the Brickies doing their job. Don't know if it is cooler or hotter in those houses.
It did look weird.

Hairs,

That's right, the silver side reflects heat back into the house. But you don't want that with your fridge, you want heat drawn away from the fridge which is better achieved with a matt black surface. Same reason that white cars are cooler than black ones, the white colour reflects heat away whereas black (or mica green in my case) draws the heat in to the car.

Still not sure why the fridge manufacturers do it this way around.

Matt.

So what difference did it make to its cycle time, and amp hr draw over 24hrs??

I covered my borrowed chescold 32lt with 1" foam, and it helped it considerably.

Trains

I have used some 20mm thick high density foam with the silver foil on one side that I got from an air conditioning installer and glued it on all surfaces. I than wrap the fridge in an old sleeping bag (NOT the vents) and top it off with a pillow on top. If you put you hand in between the pillow and sleeping bag it is very cold. So in my opinion you can never have to much insulation
Bob