Air conditioner causing fridge temp to rise
After spending a few years in my 2003 KZ Sportsmen, this is the first year I have had to deal with temperature related issues with my fridge. I noticed it began having problems staying cold. I usually...
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joem789 wrote:
Sorry. I neglected to mention I run the fridge with propane. We boondock. So using the heating element is usually out of the question. But I did run the generator to try using electric to see if it acted any better. But it was actually worse. I think the element might have been giving problems a couple years ago during last time I used it. But became a non-issue with using propane ever since.
I am only just now seeing this issue. The door seals are like new. And seal up nice and tight all way around. Although. If they were an issue, they never stopped the fridge/freezer from doing its job. I don't think they apply in this case. The problem seems to stem from the back of the fridge.
The late afternoons/evenings are the time of day when the doors are typically opened and closed numerous times with the family being home. Right now the fridge thermistor reads 33. Mid 30s is typical this time of night. Leaving the door shut overnight, itll get down to around 26 reading. Normally everything in the fridge would be frozen by morning at a setting of 9. But that won't be the case. I can put a jug of water in the freezer and it takes 2 days to begin to freeze. Whereas, before. It would freeze overnight.
From the way I understand it. The fridge fins work off the freezer. So I am thinking the freezer just isn't operating as cold as it should. SO what would cause that to happen? I think my Norcold is a 62x 2-way model.
1. The FREEZER has nothing to do with bottom temp. Don't know why you would think that.
2. HOW are you measuring the lower temp? The ONLY way is to measure the temp of a small glass of water. You cannot use an IR gun or the air temp in the refer.
3. There is NO way just running the roof AC would raise the temp in the refer 6 to 10 degrees in 10 minutes or 1 hour or all day. There are only 2 things that seal the refer. The door gasket and the condensate drain tube out the bottom of the evaporator pan.
4. You "think" you know the model?????? It is on a sticker inside the refer. Doug
