Frost/Ice build up Dometic Refrigerator
We have the basic Dometic Refrigerator in our TT. We know they build up frost and Ice in the freezer and on the fins in the refrigerator section after a period of time. We will be taking a 3 month lon...
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1. I have a small fan in the Refrigerator part that runs all the time. It clips on the fins and moves the air in the refrigerator part so that there is no hot or cold spots in the refrigerator. It also keeps ice off the refrigerator fins.
2. I have an indoor/outdoor thermometer in the refrigerator part to make sure the temp is between 35 and 42 degrees.
3. I do not worry too much about ice build up in the freezer part. I wait until the ice is about 1 to 2 inches thick. When it is time to defrost (on a nice hot day) I have a fan that will fit inside the freezer with the freezer door open. This blows the hot outside air into the freezer. After about 15 to 30 minutes the fan has melted the ice from the back of the freezer so the ice falls off (with a little help from me) in one big sheet.
4. I grew up in the days before auto-defrosting refrigerators so I am use to ice in the freezer. The first auto-defrosting refrigerators simply had a timer that turn off the refrigerator for about 20 minutes a day to allow the ice to melt. Now I think (?) they have a heater strip to melt the ice.
1. I have a small fan in the Refrigerator part that runs all the time. It clips on the fins and moves the air in the refrigerator part so that there is no hot or cold spots in the refrigerator. It also keeps ice off the refrigerator fins.
2. I have an indoor/outdoor thermometer in the refrigerator part to make sure the temp is between 35 and 42 degrees.
3. I do not worry too much about ice build up in the freezer part. I wait until the ice is about 1 to 2 inches thick. When it is time to defrost (on a nice hot day) I have a fan that will fit inside the freezer with the freezer door open. This blows the hot outside air into the freezer. After about 15 to 30 minutes the fan has melted the ice from the back of the freezer so the ice falls off (with a little help from me) in one big sheet.
4. I grew up in the days before auto-defrosting refrigerators so I am use to ice in the freezer. The first auto-defrosting refrigerators simply had a timer that turn off the refrigerator for about 20 minutes a day to allow the ice to melt. Now I think (?) they have a heater strip to melt the ice.
