Fridge Thermostat: In or out of the coolbox.

[Porthandbuoy]

Is one location more accurate and/or reliable than the other?
I have room to mount the thermostat inside the coolbox while finding a suitable location outside is looking tricky given the capillary length supplied.

 

[Bodach na mara]

The sensor must go in the location where it experiences the temperature being controlled, ie. it must go into the box.in fact I recall that the end of the capillary is clamped onto the evaporator plate, or "cold box".

 

[Bodach na mara]

Further thought. When I converted the ice box on my Westerly Renown to a fridge using a kit available at the time, I clamped the end of the capillary to the cold plate, having led it through a small hole in the box. The other end ( the box with the knob on the front and the terminals for connection wires to the main controller on the compressor unit was mounter above and behind the fridge where I could see and adjust it without opening the fridge lid.

 

[Boater Sam]

In.

 

[Rappey]

I mounted my isotherm inside. Now the knob is seized and can't turn it up or down.