Dometic fridge not cooling on gas
We have a 2003 Pleasureway class B van. It has a Dometic RM2353 fridge. It is the manual 3-way version with the piezo igniter. We recently took a trip to the keys and had problems keeping the fridge c...
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Travelin2 wrote:
This morning I cleaned the interior of the flue and the flue baffle. The inside surface of the flue is not rusty and appears to have some sort of galvanized type finish so it is clean. I opened the bottom portion of the insulation shroud to see how the electric element contacts the solution tube for heat transfer. I found that it is in a small tube of its' own and actually touching the solution tube while the gas flue has about a 3/8 inch air gap between itself and the solution tube all the way to the top. It seems there would be a considerable reduction in heat transfer with this situation. Just wondering if that air gap is appropriate or if I have one that got welded on too far off center. Should the flue be touching the tube with the solution or have the air gap?
I also removed the baffle I had installed previously so I again have 3 1/2 inch air gap between the camper wall and the cooling fins.
Spiral flue baffle is what get hot from propane flame and then transfers that heat by radiation to perk tune (electric element does it via direct contact)
W/O spiral flue baffle propane heat would just go straight up flue
That air foil baffle you installed was a GOOD thing....just that the 1/2" clearance was too small (minimum 1") but the 3 1/2" is WAY too much clearance.
Baffle is good....just allow for 1" clearance to better direct air flow
