Refrigerator Help Wanted
A day or so into our current trip, our refrigerator died. It quit making ice, then quit cooling at all. I tried every trick I know. It had power, the control panel showed that it should be working, bu...
Forum Discussion
Dale.Traveling wrote:
If the exterior fans had stopped wouldn't the cooling unit still work by natural convection? There are a lot of rigs, pop-ups to 40' class A's, without fans to circulate air that work. Might see higher internal temps but not a total loss of cooling.
Almost sounds like like a partial blockage or crystallization problem in the piping which is what killed my fridge this summer. Gave every indication that it was working but the fridge section never cooled and the freezer only slight temperature drop.
Fridge Failure Info
1. Yes, most RV refers use natural convection cooling.
2. Larger RV refers REQUIRE cooling fans to get the temp BELOW 45 to 50 degrees. When the fans fail to operate, the refer will cool but not below that 45 to 50 degrees.
3. Smaller Pop up type refers will sometimes have cooling fans also.
4. If the unit is blocked or partially blocked, NOTHING will then allow the refer to then start cooling to spec. It may "cool", but not to the temps required for safe food temp operation. Doug
