Do refrigerators cool surrounding area also?

[Woof]

Ive noticed the area around my refrigerators are 5C cooler than most of my base

[simon]

yes.

[AquaX]

yes but you need to constantly pwr it so its not really worth it for food. Sterile works best because its stops the decay of the food completely. But the fridge have an issue of not stoping the decay even though the food is in a sterile environment.

[Reaniel]

Originally posted by Woof:

Ive noticed the area around my refrigerators are 5C cooler than most of my base

Apparently, this is something new.

What happens is that the refrigerators will now cool your food down to 4C. The 4C food will in turn interact with the refrigerator itself and cool the refrigerator. You then have the refrigerator interact with the surroundings, thus providing net cooling to the area.

I know this doesn't make sense, and I have no idea if this is intended or not. However, as of now, the Devs changed how refrigerators work, and powered refrigerators are now a de facto heat sink with a cooling floor of 4C.

[AquaX]

Originally posted by Reaniel:

Originally posted by Woof:

Ive noticed the area around my refrigerators are 5C cooler than most of my base

Apparently, this is something new.

What happens is that the refrigerators will now cool your food down to 4C. The 4C food will in turn interact with the refrigerator itself and cool the refrigerator. You then have the refrigerator interact with the surroundings, thus providing net cooling to the area.

I know this doesn't make sense, and I have no idea if this is intended or not. However, as of now, the Devs changed how refrigerators work, and powered refrigerators are now a de facto heat sink capable with a cooling floor of 4C.

If this true is to make the fridge more tempting. Heat is a major issue end game and there are very few ways to address this. My guess is you allow your food to decay in exchange for cooling small sections of the base where the fridges are placed.

[Reaniel]

I've just done a test to find how much a full fridge can cool the surroundings...

https://forums.kleientertainment.com/topic/82073-refridgerator-now-cooling-the-surroundings/?do=findComment&comment=954969

Wheezewort in hydrogen: -12kW
Hydrofan: -80 x 200 = -16kW
Powered Refrigerator with 100kg of food = -22.85kW

W.T.F.

Seriously.

Did I mention you can build the thing under water and it'll still work?

So basically, the best way to cool a geyser water is... a few powered full fridge in the hot water tank.

[Reaniel]

Originally posted by AquaX:

If this true is to make the fridge more tempting. Heat is a major issue end game and there are very few ways to address this. My guess is you allow your food to decay in exchange for cooling small sections of the base where the fridges are placed.

Aqua, the truly OP thing about this is that your food doesn't really spoil when it's inside of the fridge, even if its temperature is very much above 4C. When the fridge is powered, the food inside is tagged as "refrigerated", and it will not spoil regardless of its temperature.

[AquaX]

Originally posted by Reaniel:

Originally posted by AquaX:

If this true is to make the fridge more tempting. Heat is a major issue end game and there are very few ways to address this. My guess is you allow your food to decay in exchange for cooling small sections of the base where the fridges are placed.

Aqua, the truly OP thing about this is that your food doesn't really spoil when it's inside of the fridge, even if its temperature is very much above 4C. When the fridge is powered, the food inside is tagged as "refrigerated", and it will not spoil regardless of its temperature.

Wow they must have overhaul the fridge big time since agricultural. Before even at refrigerated status, the food would slowly decay due to the atmosphere status

[Reaniel]

Originally posted by AquaX:

Wow they must have overhaul the fridge big time since agricultural. Before even at refrigerated status, the food would slowly decay due to the atmosphere status

I know, I didn't realize this until I moused over the 17C food inside my fridge and see that the freshness change per cycle is 0%.