The ice box had to be regularly restocked with ice to keep cool, while the frdge only needs to be plugged into a socket.
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When refrigerators were first produced they didn't make their own ice. They were wood and called ice boxes. Blocks of ice were delivered every day or two to peoples homes and businesses. The ice box looked like a box and the top of the box was where the ice was put so it could keep the things below it cold. Thus, the shape was born of our modern refrigerator and for the most part it has stayed the same.
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No one really knows since when a refrigerator started being called a fridge. A scientific reason for this abbreviation does not exist, only the natural tendency to shorten words.
An ice box is literally what it says it is, a box that has ice in it. The ice kept the food cool and it had to be replaced on a regular basis, usually daily. A refrigerator uses a compressor and gas cycle to keep the contents cold.
The light comes on and you can see what you are doing. The following day you will find a layer of yellow ice in the ice box.
An icebox is a type of refrigerator. It is a chilled box that is used to keep things cold. Ice boxes are kept cold with large blocks of ice that keep the food cold.
Ice and mechanism make a refrigerator.
It was called an "Ice Box." Think of a large camping ice chest, but larger and made of metal or wood. "Icemen" would deliver large chunks of ice and place the ice on a rack at the bottom of the "ice box" above a catch drain pan. The food was stored in the top part of the box and as the ice block melted, cool water was collected in the drain pan. that's what i meant
I am going to guess you mean a freezer or Refrigerator as an Ice box will be as cold as the ice you put in it. Two hours should have a house fridge or freezer down to temperature. An RV fridge could take 8 hours according to the manufacturer.