RV refrigerators off level
The manual on my Dometic 'fridge in my RV says that it will malfunction if it's run out of level for a 'significant' amount of time, (or something to that effect; the manual is in my RV at the storage...
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Chuck&Gail wrote:
Well first off out of level is relative.
Here are the specs for my 2003 Norcold model N611 refrigerator.
Refrigerator specs legal operation 3 degrees front to back (of trailer), 6 degrees side to side.
Note 3 degrees would be 12” difference front to back on my 21’ trailer! Note 6 degrees would be 8.6” difference side to side at the tires!
Note older fridges needed to be more level than this.
When trailer is moving, no problem. When sitting I was told that it starts to degrade almost immediately, so I should turn fridge OFF if left unlevel per above, even if I was just stopping for lunch. They said degradation was progressive, so each time I did it fridge was damaged just a little more. True? Your guess, I just did it anyawy to be safe.
Note rarely parked that unlevel anyway.
Damage is progressive? Meaning it doesn't repair when you start moving the RV? I sure hope this is wrong.
Extrapolating from the Dometic owner's manual, I concluded that even if you park for a few minutes or twenty, as soon as you started moving, and the 'jostling' from your road travel prevented the 'fridge problem from occurring, it would also clear up any build up accrued from your stop.
Was I wrong?
