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09-18-2011, 11:26 AM
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grandmadonald
We have a 2011 SilverBack 29Re. The refriderator is very nosy. Does anyone else have this problem and have you been able to remedy it? 
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09-18-2011, 12:37 PM
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Site Team
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are you sure it's the fridge and not the converter?
is this your first RV?
don't hear many complaints about fridge noise.
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09-18-2011, 01:25 PM
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I am with bikendan
could be they have a bunch of stuff running and the fan in the converter is running which might be the noise they hear
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09-19-2011, 08:09 AM
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I am sure it is the fridge, we sit right beside it and every time it turns on we hear it. My husband removed a fuse and it stopped, the fridge kept running.
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09-19-2011, 08:19 AM
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Site Team - Lou
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Quote:
Originally Posted by grandmadonald
I am sure it is the fridge, we sit right beside it and every time it turns on we hear it. My husband removed a fuse and it stopped, the fridge kept running.
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There really isn't anything in the fridge that makes noise during operation (except the propane fire when it lights off running on gas). It is a thermal transfer system. No pumps or fans that I am aware of.
There is a power converter usually located under the fridge. It has a cooling fan that runs when 12V dc power is required by the camper. Which fuse is he pulling? Is there a label?
Does this happen with 120AC hookups or when camping on the battery?
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09-19-2011, 08:30 AM
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Location: Moose Jaw, Sask. Canada
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our fridge does have a cooling fan built in some place outside the back of the fridge. Maybe that is what you can hear. I know we can hear ours but it is not real noisy. Maybe something wrong with the fan?
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09-19-2011, 08:56 AM
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Site Team - Lou
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Here is the parts list for the most common type of RV Fridge.
Could not find a OEM fan listed. Perhaps you added one?
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09-19-2011, 08:57 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by grandmadonald
We have a 2011 SilverBack 29Re. The refriderator is very nosy. Does anyone else have this problem and have you been able to remedy it? |
Your refrigerator is very nosy? Tell it to back off and mind its own business! Sorry.....I couldn't resist. Have a great day!! 
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09-19-2011, 09:09 AM
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It makes noise whether on 12 volt or electric. The fuse is on the outside.
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09-19-2011, 10:15 AM
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Tell it to mind it's own business!
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09-19-2011, 10:22 AM
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ours definitly has a fan to circulate air over the coils on the back outside of the fridge. It is a domistic fridge-don't know the model. You can hear it running on propane and 110v. I did not add it on, maybe the man. did. I have a cougar xlite.
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09-19-2011, 10:33 AM
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some have replaced those fans near the outside coils with a computer fan. they run a lot quieter.
if u frig is in a slide out or vents out the side instead of on top, they put the fan there to insure ventilation. i thought they were on temp control.
others have found relocating the temp switch keeps them from cycling so much. i believe the dealers know abt this fix.
if that's the fan ur talking abt, i have read post on here abt the problem and the fix...just can't remember where
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09-19-2011, 04:39 PM
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Site Team - Lou
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That must be an add on from FR.
My fridge vents through the roof and I don't have a fan...
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09-19-2011, 05:19 PM
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I have a 2011 Cardinal 3425 RT and it has the Dometic 4-Door Fridge. It has dual cooling fans and mine are very noticeable when they kick on and off. Louder than the converter. Thinking in the future I might replace them with the computer fans like I have seen posts that other have done.
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09-19-2011, 05:40 PM
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Join Date: Mar 2011
Location: Windsor, Ontario
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Quote:
Originally Posted by trudinator
Your refrigerator is very nosy? Tell it to back off and mind its own business! Sorry.....I couldn't resist. Have a great day!! |
Wow, =] That reminded me of the prank phone calls I used to do 30 years ago. 
Me : "Is your fridge running?"
Stranger : "Idk I will go and look."...... "Yes it is running."
Me: "Then why don't you go run and get it?"
Very unoriginal, I know.......
Btw, I thought our fridge was very noisy also but now I think it really is the converter.
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