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CORKBOARD INSULATED REFRIGERATOR 381<br />

40° to 50° F., depending <strong>on</strong> the amount of ice in the ice<br />

chamber, the rate of air circulati<strong>on</strong>, the room temperature and<br />

humidity, and the insuhiti<strong>on</strong> of the refrigerator. The rise in<br />

temperature of the air in passing through the food compartment<br />

may range fr<strong>on</strong>t 10 to 20 degrees, circulati<strong>on</strong>, room<br />

temperature and <str<strong>on</strong>g>insulati<strong>on</strong></str<strong>on</strong>g> being the determining factors.<br />

United States Government tests* <strong>on</strong> a number of standard<br />

refrigerators show that the comparative rate of air flow in<br />

nine different refrigerators varied as much as 100 per cent<br />

under identical operating c<strong>on</strong>diti<strong>on</strong>s. A wide range of tem-<br />

perature between the coldest and the warmest points in the<br />

food compartment indicates sluggish air circulati<strong>on</strong>, if ice<br />

supply is adequate, not active air circulati<strong>on</strong>. The \'ariati<strong>on</strong><br />

in the food comj)artment temperature of an ice refrigerator<br />

should not l)e more than about 10 degrees ; because since 40°<br />

F. is about the lowest temperature to be reas<strong>on</strong>ably expected,<br />

50° F. would then be the highest temperature, and 50° F. is<br />

near the temperature limit at which many perishable food-<br />

stuffs can be safely preserved.<br />

The refrigerator using ice may be expected to have an<br />

average temperature in the food compartment from 20, or 25.<br />

to 35 degrees lower than the room temperature, but <strong>on</strong>ly the<br />

better types of refrigerators will ap])r()ach the 35 degree temperature<br />

difference with a good su])ply of ice in the ice compartment<br />

and the room temperature at about 90° F. The<br />

average temperature of the food compartment of the better re-<br />

frigerators under such c<strong>on</strong>diti<strong>on</strong>s would then be about 55° F.,<br />

and in the poorly c<strong>on</strong>structed <strong>on</strong>es the average temperaHu'e<br />

would be 65° F. or more.<br />

The average temperature of the food compartment of an<br />

ice cooled refrigerator ma}' be reduced in three ways<br />

1. By breaking u]i the ice in the ice compartment so as to expose more<br />

surface to the circulating air.<br />

2. By increasing the air circulati<strong>on</strong>.<br />

3. By increasing the <str<strong>on</strong>g>insulati<strong>on</strong></str<strong>on</strong>g> in the walls of the refrigerator.<br />

If the ice is broken up to expose more surface to be melted<br />

and thus cause more heat to l^e absorbed from the circulating<br />

air of the refrigerator, a lower temperature will be produced<br />

*U. S. Bureau of Standards Circular No. 55.<br />

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