Winter RV: Fridgedaire

I block off 2/3 of the louvers and use a Thermocube and a 60 Watt lamp to heat the refrigerator compartment.



This prevents the 'absorption coils' from freezing.

Thank you camperpaul, great idea.

Whats the point in doing this? never heard of it.

Camperpaul's solution is the best idea. We fulltimed in our home locations for a few winters with temps -20...the absorption refrigerators can quit at that temp so steps do need to be taken to correct that situation. Our's shut down and did not restart until the weather warmed enough for the unit to thaw. After we got it going we followed the same steps as camperpaul and never had a shutdown thereafter.

If you shut off the unit then how will you cool food? We've used coolers in the back of the pick-up...not ideal for sure.

If OP has a Frigidaire, then it's not an absorption fridge.

So if the OP's fridge is off all Winter, just open the fridge door. On the other hand, if it's on during Winter, just block most of the fridge vent.

I'm from the south, all refrigerates are called Frigidaires. Thank you for all your comments, I'm going to be conservative and cover my vent as well as put a low wattage lightbulb in there to keep it warmer through these frigid MN winters.