Monday, Feb 20, 2012 at 11:43
I replaced a 150 lt vitro with the 2600 model 18 months ago and i found it
performed exactly the same ,very poor in the hot weather and when turned
up to 6 or 7 would freeze everything when the weather cooled overnight.
It seemes it is designed to operate in more temperate weather and begins to
fail above 25 degrees . I have sorted it out with expensive modification and
hours of monitoring which i believe is not acceptable with a top of the range fridge.
I found the condenser needs an extra fan to force through more air above 25 degrees
The fridge cabinet needs a small 40mm to circulate air from the freezer to lower
cabinet
I replaced the analogue themostat with an electronic one and set the probe at the top of the freezer cabinet.
The compressor can also be operated at a faster speed however I found this
produces a lot of heat at the unit and from my experience does not achieve a lot.
I found that at temps between 35 and 40 degrees the bd 50 unit is flat out
and has no reserve capacity so if its loaded with warm contents or the door
opened to many times the freezer temp will drop
hope this helps
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