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From: (no name) (no email)
Date: Wed Sep 26 2001 - 16:55:45 EDT
In a message dated 09/26/2001 10:45:49 AM Atlantic Daylight Time,
writes:
> Norm
>
> The inside dimensions (within evaporator plate) for the Engel 45 are as
> follows:
>
> 15 long X 10.5 wide X 16 tall (including approx. recess in lid)
>
> Based on 1 liquid U.S. quart = 57.75 cu.in. I get the usable volume to
equal
> 43.64 quarts.
>
> The industry standard is to measure the inner plastic lining as the total
> volume. This being the case our Engel 45 will have a volume of 49.64
quarts.
>
>
The inside dimensions of the food basket in the Engel 45, which is the space
available for food storage, are: 10" x 14 7/8" x 14 5/8". Translated into
decimals it is: 10x14.875x14.625=2175.4687 cubic inches.
There is a wedge-shaped intrusion into the food basket for the freon lines.
It's dimensions are: 3/4" x 5" x 14 5/8". Translated into decimal it is:
75x5x14.625=73.125/2(wedge is half a rectangle)=36.5625 cubic inches.
Subtracting the wedge from the rectangular dimensions of the basket and I
get: 2138.9062. Divide by 231 cu inches in a gallon gets 9.259, times 4 to
get quarts gets 37.037 quarts.
I did indeed ignore the two recesses in the lid in my first assessment and I
apologize to Mr. Kabalin for this oversight.
One recess is 3 1/4" x 10 1/4" x 1 3/16" or in decimal:
3.125x10.125x1.1875=37.573 cubic inches. The other is: 9 1/4" x 101/4" x
9/16 or in decimal: 9.125x10.125x.5625=51.96972 cubic inches. Added together
equals: 89.54 cubic inches or .38 gallons or 1.55 quarts.
Therefore, including the recesses in the lid, the capacity of the Engel 45 is
38.587 quarts, not 37.037 as measured by just the food basket alone.
Bear in mind that these are approximate volumes because of fillets, bevels,
and the curved corners of the basket.
If indeed the "industry standard" is to measure the inside of the plastic
lining and call that the capacity of the unit then the industry misrepresents
its product.
I feel confident that a reasonable man would consider the term "capacity"
used to describe a refrigerator would mean the space available to store his
food. In order to put 45 quarts of food into the unit, the food basket, the
bottom pad, and the evaporator would have to be removed; but then the unit
would no longer be a refrigerator. It cannot be both a refrigerator and have
a 45 quart capacity at the same time.
It is sad that the producer of this excellent refrigerator falsifies its
capacity to make his product appear more valuable.
I have received a reply to some of my questions concerning electrical
specifications from the manufacturer in Japan via Mr. Kabalin. Some of my
questions were answered very thoroughly, but some were not answered at all so
I will have to write another message with my unanswered questions, a task I
have not yet had the time to do. I will inform the list as soon as the
unanswered questions are answered. Perhaps eventually we will have a usable
manual complete with specifications.
Stay tuned...
Norm
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