Dometic refrigerator frost and ice

Our MH had a norcold fridge and we would defrost it. It was a 4 door so I would do one side at a time. Would use a hair dryer and a few towels to soak up the water. Didn't take that long to do.

rollindowntheroad wrote:
So I need to just defrost manually when necessary?

You can do that. Don't be as concerned about the freezer section frosting up as much as the cooling fins in the main section. They need to be relatively frost-free to function properly. As mentioned above, most newer RV fridges have an auto-defrost function that will basically turn off the fridge for a short period of time to allow the frost to melt off the fins.

Yes

So I need to just defrost manually when necessary?

Quite normal. Unlike home refers, RV units do not have a defrost cycle.

I am in FL. The seals don't look like they need to be replaced. I didn't know if this was normal for an RV refrig or not.

If you're in Florida it is just the humidity getting in everytime you open the fridge door. You can search here and put in a small computer muffin fan to circulate the air in the fridge. Very common problem.