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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poppin_fresh wrote:
I recently parked my trailer with the fridge running on gas at work for the day in the parking lot which has a slight downhill pitch. I too had heard that running a fridge out of level would damage it so I asked Dometic about it.
Their response was...
"You will not create any damage over that short period of time but you may not get the performance you expect until the refrigerator is leveled out again."
Jon
It's my understanding that damage can be cumulative by running off level, especially all day as you mentioned. I'm surprised Dometic says it's OK. As for me, I'd be sure to level my RV if I was going to run the fridge all day. Why take a chance?
