Last night was the first night-- went pretty well except we forgot the pillows lol.Today, the refrigerator/freezer (in the slide) seem to be struggling/not getting and keeping food cold enough. It's on the setting of "5" and "AC" and "auto".Any suggestions? It's about 96 outside so maybe that is the issue?Thanks in advance.

Ours is the same way on the hot days. We are going to go back to keeping our drinks(bottled water, soda, and beer) in a cooler so we are not opening the refrigerator as much. We are in the habit of taking a cold drink out and replacing it with a room temperature one. Thats not helping the fridge stay at its coldest setting. One morning the temp in the fridge was 42 degrees. I would like to see it in the mid to high 30's. I have also heard that having the fridge in the slide with the two vents on the side, isn't as effective as a non slide fridge that vents through the roof. The fridge in our non slide Nash would start to freeze the items in the fridge if you forgot to turn it down.

Ok Thanks. Yeah, we have a yeti and I think we are going to have to put the drinks in there to keep everyone from opening the fridge too often.I don't remember this problem in the Puma, but we also had no slides either.

Gah, we have ants in the kitchen coming in from the slide. The TH is hot as hades since the kids have been going in and out. I've taken two showers already. Did I mention it is 96 outside? And 100% humidity? We had to get a weekend in with the new RV and I'm glad we did, but I won't be camping in the Deep South in 96 degrees again. I found another Fuzion owner in here (ironically, we met them in January here and he let us tour his 342 and it is part of what tipped us over into getting serious) and they showed us the slider device in the refrigerator on the last metal slat on the right that you slide up and down to adjust temp (ill take a pic later if anyone is interested... I'm about to collapse in a puddle of sweat right now). I just kicked everyone out (we are with friends) and I've got it all quiet in here and letting everything cool down. It is thundering outside right now and I am hoping it rains,All in all, LOVE the fuzion and I'm glad we did this less than ten minutes from home,ETA: we can't get the oven to light, but we haven't had an oven before either. Ill have to get the fuzion neighbors to explain that one.

You probably won't gain much with that adjustment, but it is worth a try. RV fridges don't recover very well so any time you add warm or hot items it takes a toll on the system. Keep the drinks in a cooler when possible. We put a mini fridge in the garage this year just for drinks. It doesn't do a much better job of recovering, but if I restock it at night before I go to bed, it does just fine.I think you have an 8cf, but this still applies. I found with our 12cf that it really helps to have a fan circulating air over the fins. In fact I have 2 fans in mine. It really helps reduce the temperature and it keeps the fins from frosting up. The next thing that many people do (especially when the fridge in a slide out) is add fans behind the fridge or in the vent stack to move more air across the coils. I haven't gone this route yet, but I have been considering it.Do you only have 1 AC unit in your 342? You make it sound like it is unbelievably hot in your trailer. Our 315 will stay in the low to mid 70s with 2 AC units in 96* heat.I assume that you tried to light the pilot first? With the knob in the pilot position, push the knob in and hold while you light the pilot. You may have to hold the know for a few seconds after it lights.

Switch fridge to propane, it will work better.

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sptddog
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Aug 25, 2014
Spleenstomper wrote:

The new storage unit made all the difference in the world! And the new tenant was already there to move into our old unit.

Jealous of the inside storage!

And...my weima-dog sits at the same spot on the steps. Cracks me up.
TraciK
Explorer
Aug 23, 2014
I looked it up and book marked it! We just may have to check it out.
Spleenstomper
Explorer
Aug 23, 2014
http://sabineatvpark.com/http://sabineatvpark.com/

We have been hearing a lot of good things about it.
TraciK
Explorer
Aug 21, 2014
I didn't know about Sabine. I will have to check that out! Thanks!
Spleenstomper
Explorer
Aug 17, 2014

The new storage unit made all the difference in the world! And the new tenant was already there to move into our old unit.

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Spleenstomper
Explorer
Aug 17, 2014
One of my dogs found "his spot" so he can look out the big window:

And he discovered the fireplace: (he didn't like it)
Spleenstomper
Explorer
Aug 17, 2014
TraciK wrote:
spleenstomper, We live in Louisiana also. So, I can so relate to the heat! We have friends wanting to go to Muddy Bottoms for Labor Day weekend. UGH I just don't know if I can do it. What part of Louisiana are you from? We live close to Shreveport.

We are two hours south of you. Muddy Bottoms is on our list of places to go, as well as Sabine over by Toledo Bend. We are probably going to Indian Creek for Labor Day since everyone will bring their boats for tubing. That is if we can get a spot because it has been very crowded all summer and we go with a group of usually 5 or 6 RVs. No atv trails at Indian Creek, but it is very shaded and has the reservoir with nice water-- great for water sports. Not many stumps.
Spleenstomper
Explorer
Aug 17, 2014
Answers: I don't know if we have manuals. DH hasn't mentioned them. DH did the walk through with my son. I couldn't go pick the unit up. They don't remember anything specific about the antenna.

The 50 amp cord that plugs into the unit is detached at the head, with insulation and wires showing. So that will have to be taken care of as well.
Sprinks542
Explorer
Aug 17, 2014
Did they do a walk thru with you when you picked up the trailer?
TraciK
Explorer
Aug 17, 2014
spleenstomper, We live in Louisiana also. So, I can so relate to the heat! We have friends wanting to go to Muddy Bottoms for Labor Day weekend. UGH I just don't know if I can do it. What part of Louisiana are you from? We live close to Shreveport.

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