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xzyHollyxyz
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Aug 28, 2015

Dometic Refrigerator

The original fridge in my 2015 Fun Finder was an Atwood Helium POS. FINALLY, Atwood agreed to replace their fridge with a Dometic 2662 (I think that's the model).

Anyway, although Dometic told me that the "climate control" system (keeps ice from forming on seals?) has a switch that turns it on and off, they gave me wrong information. There is no switch. It is always "on" with no way for me to turn it off. Further emails from Dometic told me that the climate control system uses .5 amp hours. That's a lot for a boondocker!

Does anyone know if this climate control thing runs 24/7, or only when needed, based on moisture, perhaps, or temperature?

Dometic told me if I added (I couldn't do it myself) a switch, it could void the warranty. Do you think a switch could easily be added?

Thanks.

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  • Here are two pics I took yesterday when trying to find the on/off switch Dometic said I had:





    So, would modifying this somehow to turn off the heater thing be easy, or even doable?
  • Another opionon
    Every additional 24/7 0.5amp draw takes a toll from the storage bank
  • It would run all the time, but you should be able to simply disconnect it at the back- worst case, you would lose the interior light, but most have separate feeds.