Information Needed for Refrigerator Decision
I am having problems with my Dometic refrigerator. It is great at keeping everything cold and frozen, but there is frost build up in the refrigerator and freezer. In the refrigerator, the fins frost u...
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1. REALLY need the model number. From your description, it sounds like a 1402 series which has a defrost system.
2. Going to residential, EXTRA batteries are not needed unless you do Boondock, which you do NOT. When in transit and the Inverter is running the refer, The chassis Alternator is supplying the power to run the Inverter and you are not draining the batteries. Also, a residential will NOT run that much to reach the preset temp versus a RV absorbsion refer. So it will not run that much in transit.
3. Frost/Ice buildup is normal. It all depends on the humidity and how often you open the doors.
4. There are 2 drains on the side by side Dometic refers. One at the Bottom back wall of the freezer and the other in the drip pan of the refer evap tray. IF those two drains are not correctly sealed from outside air intrusion, you get excess frost/Ice inside the refer. Doug
2. Going to residential, EXTRA batteries are not needed unless you do Boondock, which you do NOT. When in transit and the Inverter is running the refer, The chassis Alternator is supplying the power to run the Inverter and you are not draining the batteries. Also, a residential will NOT run that much to reach the preset temp versus a RV absorbsion refer. So it will not run that much in transit.
3. Frost/Ice buildup is normal. It all depends on the humidity and how often you open the doors.
4. There are 2 drains on the side by side Dometic refers. One at the Bottom back wall of the freezer and the other in the drip pan of the refer evap tray. IF those two drains are not correctly sealed from outside air intrusion, you get excess frost/Ice inside the refer. Doug
