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arcsum68
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Jul 28, 2020

Dometic freezer cold but fridge barely gets to 60 over night

Hey all, My wifes family owns a classic houseboat and the fridge has been driving us nuts trying to figure out why it will not work correctly. I believe its an RM3600 series and the thing works gr...
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wolfe10
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Jul 28, 2020
Two things:

Do not expect any absorption refrigerator to cool quickly.

If you want safe temperatures in an hour or two after turning it on, you will need bring ice bottles/dry ice/etc.

Also, when was the last time you did a BURNER AREA TUNE-UP? That will help cooling while on propane.

Could it be a bad cooling unit-- sure. But having reasonable expectations and having it tuned up is a good inexpensive start.

Good luck.

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