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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Joe417 wrote:
Does your side vented frig not require a fan? I know the Norcold 641 does. Requirement is specified in the manual.
We had cooling issues a couple years ago. It wasn't cooling reliably and randomly failed. It would cool too much when first turned on overshooting the settings and then not cool enough after a day or two, depending on the outside temps.
Turned out to be the vent fan had failed.
Cleaned everything and replaced the fan, about 2 years now with no issues.
I'm sure no expert but the manufacturer (Pleasureway) didn't include it originally. From what I learned from the guys helping me get things set up right on this forum, all the elements are in place for a good running fridge except one and that is circulation. After getting everything right and running for about 4 hrs. I had a local mobile RV tech stop by my house and have a look. I explained everything I had done and in checking things himself he found that the very lowest horizontal tube that carries the solution to the boiler area was extremely hot, indicating a blockage internally. His reasoning is that it will cool on AC because the blockage isn't complete and will allow enough flow to keep solution in that tube under the lower BTUs of the AC element. The gas burner he explained puts out much more heat and is boiling that tube dry and overheating the tube. He recommended a new replacement. I ask him about installing a new cooling unit and he said he would do it if I wanted but The cost is too close the the price of a new one this small. Another thing that made me think he wasn't trying to get in my wallet was that when I ask him about him getting one for me he said I would be better off financially buying it myself online. He didn't even charge me for stopping by. Stand-up guy.
