Do you leave your fridge door open?

Aha, thinking outside the box, icebox that is, :). Glad to hear that it all worked out for you.

Retired JSO wrote:
This is his floor plan. I suspect he has enough room for a towel or magazine tucked in there. I cant imagine the fridge rubbing against that island going down the road.

This is indeed our floor plan. We have found a solution to the problem. With the kitchen slide out, we opened both fridge doors 180 degrees. We then retracted the slide which nearly touches the inside of the fridge. Since we're stationary in storage, there's no danger in the doors moving. Yay!

This is his floor plan. I suspect he has enough room for a towel or magazine tucked in there. I cant imagine the fridge rubbing against that island going down the road.

On the TC we used to leave an empty water bottle to prop the door open, in the 5er we can leave it open with slides out, with the slides in though we'd need to use a prop to leave it vented

We do after we come back from any trip. That way it airs out and if you want to leave it shut put old crumpled up newspaper in there to absorb moisture. Keeps the mold from forming.

filrupmark wrote:
Same island issue here, can't leave the door cracked open. We turn off the refrigerator . Allow it to become room temperature and dry completely. Then we crumple newspaper toss it inside and close the door. Our fridge always smells fresh and clean .

This may work on ours. Our new RV has 4 doors (Norcold 2118) and has no "latch" to keep the doors propped open. We ensure the doors are open after camping and with the RV sitting next to our garage. Our concern is when we store it for a couple of months down south. We do not want to leave the doors open and not latched open while it is moved to/from the storage location. We were thinking of cleaning it out and put a pan of backing soda in it.

Same island issue here, can't leave the door cracked open. We turn off the refrigerator . Allow it to become room temperature and dry completely. Then we crumple newspaper toss it inside and close the door. Our fridge always smells fresh and clean .

frankwp wrote:
Mold won't grow on a clean surface, moisture or no moisture. So thoroughly clean it, let it dry for a day or two & then close it up. Never had a problem with a smelly fridge by doing that.

This is exactly correct.


See my post earlier.

Learjet wrote:
I can't imagine the frig has zero room between the island. There would be lots of rubbing going on down the road, surely they have an inch or so to crack the doors.

Actually, there is less than 1/4" between the island and fridge--not enough to bridge the seal around the fridge door if I try to prop it open. But I am going to try some of the suggestions posted. Thanks, fellow Forum posters.

Don't forget that the inside of the fridge is open to the outside air by way of the vent line. If the screen on the line is gone, mold and such can drift inside. And moisture can make its way also.