The temp setting in a kitchen refrigerator is a knob with numbers 1 -10
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On the "Diplomat" model fridge the coldest setting is 10 and the warmest is 1.
Why did they call it "The Diplomat" ?
What a comical name for a fridge.
Good diplomats have to keep things cool.
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The temp setting in a kitchen refrigerator is a knob with numbers 1 -10
It is labeled "Temperature Control"
Next to 1 it says "min"
Next to 10 it says "max"Which setting will make it the coldest?
@futurebird I have no idea and I've always hated these knob labelings. Just put a friggin °C on the tick marks.
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On the "Diplomat" model fridge the coldest setting is 10 and the warmest is 1.
Why did they call it "The Diplomat" ?
What a comical name for a fridge.
@futurebird for the Diplomat model, the temperature settings are just points for negotiation. Under normal circumstances you will probably get a 5, whatever setting you choose.
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The temp setting in a kitchen refrigerator is a knob with numbers 1 -10
It is labeled "Temperature Control"
Next to 1 it says "min"
Next to 10 it says "max"Which setting will make it the coldest?
@futurebird this is why I always keep appliance manuals. Because what I assume and what the manufacturer means can be quite different.
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@futurebird I have no idea and I've always hated these knob labelings. Just put a friggin °C on the tick marks.
@dalias @futurebird I'm with you on this, but that would require calibration in ways a scale of 1 to 10 does not.
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The temp setting in a kitchen refrigerator is a knob with numbers 1 -10
It is labeled "Temperature Control"
Next to 1 it says "min"
Next to 10 it says "max"Which setting will make it the coldest?
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On the "Diplomat" model fridge the coldest setting is 10 and the warmest is 1.
Why did they call it "The Diplomat" ?
What a comical name for a fridge.
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@futurebird
Just terrible labels.One way you can sometimes tell is when turning the dial if you hear a click and then the compressor kicks on. What ever way you were turning it makes it colder.
At least on one fridge I've seen, they labeled it colder warmer iirc. That was definitely more useful.
Certainly ambiguous but i guess they expect you to know intuitively that min max refer to amount of cooling rather than the temperature.
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@dalias @futurebird I'm with you on this, but that would require calibration in ways a scale of 1 to 10 does not.
@rysiek @futurebird Even if calibration is imperfect it's still clearly usable. Unlike the ambiguous min/max (temp or cooling power???)
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On the "Diplomat" model fridge the coldest setting is 10 and the warmest is 1.
Why did they call it "The Diplomat" ?
What a comical name for a fridge.
@futurebird My college dormroom fridge was a Morphy-Richardson Astral.
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On the "Diplomat" model fridge the coldest setting is 10 and the warmest is 1.
Why did they call it "The Diplomat" ?
What a comical name for a fridge.
@futurebird Because the fridge can break the law without suffering the consequences.
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On the "Diplomat" model fridge the coldest setting is 10 and the warmest is 1.
Why did they call it "The Diplomat" ?
What a comical name for a fridge.
@futurebird They should name them like RVs are named (in itself, absurd): Prowler, Rascal, Rambler, Cougar, Bounder. Maybe Despair-o-matic, Screaming Beagle Icebox, FoodCrypt?
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@futurebird max
it makes more sense when you understand how refrigerators work
they pull warmth out, so the more you pull the colder it gets
its like a reverse microwave
@normjess @futurebird
So I can get rid of that pesky door switch, and the door itself and my refrigerator would become a freezeray! How cool is that ( very cool! ).
Can a mini fridge work like that as well or are there some power limitations and stuff?!? -
The temp setting in a kitchen refrigerator is a knob with numbers 1 -10
It is labeled "Temperature Control"
Next to 1 it says "min"
Next to 10 it says "max"Which setting will make it the coldest?
@futurebird Honest to God, it makes no sense whatsoever, and I just adjust it until I get what I want, and ignore meaning altogether. I think *1* means colder. That's where I start. But I don't *know* that. And in the end, I just want my beers to be hella cold, and I fiddle until I get that.
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@dalias @futurebird I'm with you on this, but that would require calibration in ways a scale of 1 to 10 does not.
@rysiek
I can see a market for calibration stickers for different manufacturers in °C °F and K trouble is obtaining data from them to print those.
@dalias @futurebird -
@futurebird in case of a physical knob to turn: depending on which numer comes right after "off": this is the warmest. At the other side of the scale it is "coldest".
"Min" being "the minimum change of temperature compared to initial temperature/room temperature".
@Aubrieta That is the most useful comment here I've seen
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The temp setting in a kitchen refrigerator is a knob with numbers 1 -10
It is labeled "Temperature Control"
Next to 1 it says "min"
Next to 10 it says "max"Which setting will make it the coldest?
@futurebird@sauropods.win I voted "10" because "bigger number = more work = more colder" is the convention here in Europe. It's not very intuitive, and the best intuition I have is that "off" is next to the low end of the scale.
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The temp setting in a kitchen refrigerator is a knob with numbers 1 -10
It is labeled "Temperature Control"
Next to 1 it says "min"
Next to 10 it says "max"Which setting will make it the coldest?
@futurebird ... increment by 1 hour!
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@normjess @futurebird
So I can get rid of that pesky door switch, and the door itself and my refrigerator would become a freezeray! How cool is that ( very cool! ).
Can a mini fridge work like that as well or are there some power limitations and stuff?!?@boon @futurebird
removing the door prevents it being a sealed spaceno, not that seal 🦭🚫
mini fridges work the same, but smaller
there is no beam, its about creating a closed box with tubes that move heat outside thus leaving cold inside
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@boon @futurebird
removing the door prevents it being a sealed spaceno, not that seal 🦭🚫
mini fridges work the same, but smaller
there is no beam, its about creating a closed box with tubes that move heat outside thus leaving cold inside
@normjess
Ah, that's how it works! So not really a reverse microwave (oven) Huh?!?
Whoosh. Glad I'm not in the middle of unscrewing the door heh ;)
@futurebird
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