How long will fridge go?
Been reading some other questions here about cooling fridge unit replacement. My fridge leads a good life. It is religeously kept level and is only turned and and off once a year. It's going on its ...
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Hi Scott. I've got a 2003 Dometic that actually stated life in 2002 and I've turned it on/off between trips and then stored for the winter then turned on/off during the season again and repeated since the summer of 2002.
It always cools down and yes, it was part of that Dometic recall, but I never had the work done to it, since it didn't actually address the main issue of it having a too high watt electric burner and causing the tubes to crack, which could lead to the fluid leaking on the gas burner if that's what you happened to be running at the time it all leaked out...
Well, once I found out the fix only put in sheet metal to divert the leak and actually affected the cooling ability of the fridge, I choose not to do the 'recall fix'. So, I only run it on GAS whenever it's on (and have been doing that since I got the recall notices) and that's been a long time now...
At this point, if it goes out on me now, it just means I get a new one... ;)
I start mine about 2 days before I'm leaving for a long weekend trip, so I'll know if it's working or not before I leave. If it dies on me while I'm "camping", well, that's just bad luck and just buy a cooler and some ice and get thru the rest of the weekend! :)
At this point in my 13 year old RV's life, each year it comes out of winter storage and everything still works, is another year I don't worry about it! :)
Good luck,
Mitch
It always cools down and yes, it was part of that Dometic recall, but I never had the work done to it, since it didn't actually address the main issue of it having a too high watt electric burner and causing the tubes to crack, which could lead to the fluid leaking on the gas burner if that's what you happened to be running at the time it all leaked out...
Well, once I found out the fix only put in sheet metal to divert the leak and actually affected the cooling ability of the fridge, I choose not to do the 'recall fix'. So, I only run it on GAS whenever it's on (and have been doing that since I got the recall notices) and that's been a long time now...
At this point, if it goes out on me now, it just means I get a new one... ;)
I start mine about 2 days before I'm leaving for a long weekend trip, so I'll know if it's working or not before I leave. If it dies on me while I'm "camping", well, that's just bad luck and just buy a cooler and some ice and get thru the rest of the weekend! :)
At this point in my 13 year old RV's life, each year it comes out of winter storage and everything still works, is another year I don't worry about it! :)
Good luck,
Mitch
