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06-17-2013, 01:47 PM
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Warm fridge
We are having a real tuff time keeping our fridge cool. It's not that warm out, so I don't believe that could be the problem. But it won't get cooler then 39 and goes to as warm as 52. We have it set at its lowest setting. We changed to propane because we usually get our fridge to get cooler with propane. It brand new. My husband walked outside this morning and felt the slide out that the fridge is in and it was so hot he felt like it was going to burn his hand. Could use some advice!! Yeah I know I could always bring it in but you all know how that goes, four weeks later then you get it back.
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06-17-2013, 02:13 PM
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Phat Phrog Stunt Team
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Location: Iowa
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This is what I did.
Added external fans to keep air circulation.
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06-17-2013, 02:14 PM
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Phat Phrog Stunt Team
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Added inside circulation fan.
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06-17-2013, 02:22 PM
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Phat Phrog Stunt Team
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Also make sure your thermister probe is at the very top of slider.
If this is the style you have.
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06-17-2013, 04:37 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Jun 2013
Location: Between Pickles Gap and Toad Suck, AR
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Ours need to mate and make a normal one.
I can't get mine above 36 no matter what I do. It started at 23F!!!!
I've moved it 8 fins to the left (per assistance here) and keep sliding it up and down. It'll make it to 36, but if you leave it alone, it goes to 34. Beer will be happy, lettuce won't.
And I see now what is different in "entry level travel trailers". The book has about 8 refrigerator models (all same manual, which is stupid) listed, and most have push button "warmer/colder" buttons. Mine says "Preset at the factory".
I assume the factory was in Ecuador.
P.S.
If it is 'not that warm out', we are not in the same area by about a million miles.
These slide thingies suck. That is my experienced (one week) opinion.
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06-17-2013, 04:46 PM
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Join Date: Dec 2011
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Famfun1999
We are having a real tuff time keeping our fridge cool. It's not that warm out, so I don't believe that could be the problem. But it won't get cooler then 39 and goes to as warm as 52. We have it set at its lowest setting. We changed to propane because we usually get our fridge to get cooler with propane. It brand new. My husband walked outside this morning and felt the slide out that the fridge is in and it was so hot he felt like it was going to burn his hand. Could use some advice!! Yeah I know I could always bring it in but you all know how that goes, four weeks later then you get it back.
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Like Turbs its as though you have plenty of heat input (elec vs propane) but you aren't getting enough cooling on the back side of the cycle. If you post the model here, someone will tell you if you should have a built in cooling fan(s). If you do and they aren't running in auto, you'll never cool the box down.
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06-17-2013, 05:04 PM
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Senior Member
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Location: Mass.
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Famfun1999
We are having a real tuff time keeping our fridge cool. It's not that warm out, so I don't believe that could be the problem. But it won't get cooler then 39 and goes to as warm as 52. We have it set at its lowest setting. We changed to propane because we usually get our fridge to get cooler with propane. It brand new. My husband walked outside this morning and felt the slide out that the fridge is in and it was so hot he felt like it was going to burn his hand. Could use some advice!! Yeah I know I could always bring it in but you all know how that goes, four weeks later then you get it back.
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The fans were driving us nuts at night so I took the top vent cover right off and they didnt go on that night
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06-18-2013, 09:44 AM
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Originally Posted by davidjb
The fans were driving us nuts at night so I took the top vent cover right off and they didnt go on that night
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That will work with more flow and less pressure drop, problem is you'll invite bats, birds, wasps etc. You need to fix/modify your veny fans. Besides if it rains in there a few times.......oh well$$$.
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06-18-2013, 09:56 AM
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Phat Phrog Stunt Team
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Replace fans with high quality ball bearing replacements.
Best buy is a good source.
I've got two 60 mm fans and on the interior you can't hear them.
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06-18-2013, 04:06 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by f1100turbo
Replace fans with high quality ball bearing replacements.
Best buy is a good source.
I've got two 60 mm fans and on the interior you can't hear them.
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I would like to replace them I'm just not sure what to replace them with. Would any 12v fan work . I see you say 60mm, is that just how wide they are. What about amps and rpm. I took a picture of mine the other day to try and match it
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06-18-2013, 04:15 PM
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Phat Phrog Stunt Team
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Quote:
Originally Posted by davidjb
I would like to replace them I'm just not sure what to replace them with. Would any 12v fan work . I see you say 60mm, is that just how wide they are. What about amps and rpm. I took a picture of mine the other day to try and match it
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To be honest the way that one is mounted I'm not sure it does anything.
Mine mounted in the filler panel draws air from one area an moves it to another.
Yours may be moving around air but not really directing it up the exhaust stack.
Imagine a hot room with a fan in the midle of the room blowing.... doesn't really move the heat out.
Now stick the fan in the window...
Get my point?
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06-18-2013, 04:23 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Apr 2013
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Fridge problems and simple solution
The commonly referred to "slide thingies" suck! I had a problem with the old Dometic Fridge freezing everything...including the beer, the pop didn't like it and the wife didn't like the clean up (I had to thaw the beer so I couldn't help).
Anyway, I found a product called "Snip the Tip" at snipthetip.com I am not advertising but for about 30 bucks you get a real thermostat the size of your thumbnail. It uses the wires going into the slide thingy. Turn off the power and simply snip of the tip, separate the 2 tiny and I mean tiny wires and connect to the new thermostat. Restore the power and set the temperature you want. Now your fridge is thermostat controlled! Takes about 5-7 min for the whole process and works!
Just bought a new trailer and am already ordering my snip the tip kit!
Happy Camping ya'll! 
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06-18-2013, 04:25 PM
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Since your fridge is within a slide, make sure your exterior bottom and top vents are clean and free of dust so that you have good air circulation. Do you have fans in the back of the fridge? If yes, are these working properly.
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06-18-2013, 04:48 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by f1100turbo
To be honest the way that one is mounted I'm not sure it does anything.
Mine mounted in the filler panel draws air from one area an moves it to another.
Yours may be moving around air but not really directing it up the exhaust stack.
Imagine a hot room with a fan in the midle of the room blowing.... doesn't really move the heat out.
Now stick the fan in the window...
Get my point?
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I agree with what you are describing but to put a partition in Wouldn't that have to rely on the fans even more
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06-18-2013, 05:11 PM
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Phat Phrog Stunt Team
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Quote:
Originally Posted by davidjb
I agree with what you are describing but to put a partition in Wouldn't that have to rely on the fans even more
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Mine had the partition in before I added fans.
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06-18-2013, 06:01 PM
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Originally Posted by davidjb
I agree with what you are describing but to put a partition in Wouldn't that have to rely on the fans even more
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Look in the lower access plate with a mirror. You'll see the horizontal partition Turbs speaks to.
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06-18-2013, 06:05 PM
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Phat Phrog Stunt Team
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The 60 mm is the cross width of fan.
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08-21-2013, 10:14 PM
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Junior Member
Join Date: Jan 2013
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Well, we finally found out what was causing the fridge to be warm. They never vented our fridge. Dealer that fixed it said we were very lucky our camper didn't start on fire. We now have a real cold fridge with no problems!! Was 90 degrees outside and we had a 33 degree fridge!! Nice!!
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08-22-2013, 06:15 AM
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Phat Phrog Stunt Team
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Famfun1999
Well, we finally found out what was causing the fridge to be warm. They never vented our fridge. Dealer that fixed it said we were very lucky our camper didn't start on fire. We now have a real cold fridge with no problems!! Was 90 degrees outside and we had a 33 degree fridge!! Nice!!
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Pictures of what they did?
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