Reefer help

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  1. mongo95

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    Carrying ice cream
    Temp set to -20 and continuous said by shipper
    Box temp stays around 1-3 and doesn’t change any lower
    77 degrees out side sun is out no clouds
    What should I do? Is it normal?
    edit: im new to reefer
     
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    Were you pre-cooled to -20 before you got loaded? Icecream is at -20 when they load it, so your unit should be somewhere close to -20
     
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    Hope pray that a sensor or two is wrong. And that they didn’t put temp recorders in there. But they probably did.
     
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    Ice cream almost always get a temp sensor. If it slightly defrosts and refreezes, it’s no good. If he’s staying around zero, might be ok, but if it runs that way too long, it’ll get rejected.
     
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    Pre cooled on the way there showed up at -10
     
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    Has this been occurring a lot?
     
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    Just on this load it started maybe an hour and a half after picking up
     
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    Every time I have it there’s a recorder in there.
     
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    Ok. As I mentioned icecream is loaded at -20. If you were pre-cooled to -10, you should be close to -20. Only reason you would be above 0 is if you just came out of defrost. Icecream is a VERY sensitive product to haul. If you are staying above 0, you are going to have an issue when your unit starts defrost
     
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    Yeah I’m waiting on a call back from my maintenance. It’s staying around 3 degrees right now
     
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