What sort of load would you need to run at +15 degrees?
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Chocolate?
pharmaceutical
Pharmaceuticals, flowers, and some fruits.
Bananas if they want them to start turning, Them bloody red flower plant things that only appear at Christmas.
We have to run our fridges for Ferrero at +16 for chocolate apparently its the best temperature to keep it at its best.
Bananas…
That’s the ripening temp.
yourhavingalarf:
Bananas…That’s the ripening temp.
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and poinsettia.
As others have said Bananas. Weirdly They are one of the strictest loads to carry when it comes to temp, many importers insist on fridge being on constant
Anything.
Anything the customer wants transported at that temperature.
switchlogic:
As others have said Bananas. Weirdly They are one of the strictest loads to carry when it comes to temp, many importers insist on fridge being on constant
I’ve often wondered why they have constant or stop/start on fridges, is one better than the other? On the few occasions I’ve done nights out with a fridge I used to put it on constant as stop/start used to make me jump like hell when it kicked in.
Immigrants?
Ken.
GORDON 50:
switchlogic:
As others have said Bananas. Weirdly They are one of the strictest loads to carry when it comes to temp, many importers insist on fridge being on constantI’ve often wondered why they have constant or stop/start on fridges, is one better than the other? On the few occasions I’ve done nights out with a fridge I used to put it on constant as stop/start used to make me jump like hell when it kicked in.
Depends on what you are carrying some products are more sensitive to changes in temperature whereas with others there is a bit of leeway. In the winter with loads between 0-5 degrees once down to temperature with a good fridge the motor will barely run so why waste the diesel.
GORDON 50:
switchlogic:
As others have said Bananas. Weirdly They are one of the strictest loads to carry when it comes to temp, many importers insist on fridge being on constantI’ve often wondered why they have constant or stop/start on fridges, is one better than the other? On the few occasions I’ve done nights out with a fridge I used to put it on constant as stop/start used to make me jump like hell when it kicked in.
Stop start has a 5/6°c window, usually 2 or 3°c above or below setpoint and constant obviously keeps it on setpoint unless defrosting. Unless instructed otherwise I put it on stop start, unless trying to sleep in a noisy area then the fridge on constant helps no end. So many things are transported in fridge that people won’t realise. For instance there is a massive Coke Cola plant in the west of Ireland that sends ingredients across Europe and I’ve often left there with a hazardous chilled load for likes of Budapest. When you arrive once upon a time you’d have to take a printout to the office but these days that’s the offices jobs, they’ll download it and email it. They also keep an eye on it for you. I’ve often had a text while plodding up road saying ‘can you stop and check the fridge, it says it’s stopped’. Long way from going with my dad in the 80’s & 90’s and struggling to get cantankerous old fridges to start!
switchlogic:
As others have said Bananas. Weirdly They are one of the strictest loads to carry when it comes to temp, many importers insist on fridge being on constant
This. One of the wierdest agency jobs I got was me and another driver double manning a unit for Cool Solutions from Hull to Felixstowe solo to pick up a reefer full of bananas to be tipped in Bolton, no stopping and we had to phone the boss even though it would be 1am in the morning to tell him whether the temperatures were where they were supposed to be when we picked it up.
Apparently there was some processor in Bolton who’d rejected an earlier load because of the temps and there was some mad penalty clause if they’d had to stop the production lines.
Probably a stupid question, but having never dragged a fridge I assume they will heat up as well as keep chilled/keep frozen? For instance, in this situation ambient temps are not getting above freezing all day, will the “fridge” actually heat inside the trailer to keep the required 15 deg?
biggriffin:
Bananas if they want them to start turning, Them bloody red flower plant things that only appear at Christmas.
Poinsettia plants, I worked for a garden nursery for 3 winter seasons and those things would turn bad so quick, had the keep the greenhouse at +16 and it would be hard work at night getting the trailer up to temp and then loading them outside as quick as possible. Would get lots of returns. Only did them for 3-4 weeks supplying Sainsbury’s mainly. Couldn’t wait for Christmas to end to see the back of them for another year.
Fuzrat:
Probably a stupid question, but having never dragged a fridge I assume they will heat up as well as keep chilled/keep frozen? For instance, in this situation ambient temps are not getting above freezing all day, will the “fridge” actually heat inside the trailer to keep the required 15 deg?
Yes they do
We run at 21 degrees…so most of the time,my "fridge"is actually keeping stuff warm
Thanks Commonrail. So they are more like temperature controlled boxes than a “fridge”. Interesting as I would have said anything over 10deg would just be ambient, but goes to show how many things need a constant temp that is sometimes higher than the ambient.
Quinny:
Immigrants?Ken.
