Fridge heating up when traveling
Have a Dometic 7.3 cu ft fridge when I travel it heats up on propane, the only way I can get it to stop heating up is to cover some of the bottom vents on the fridge then it does not heat up so much, ...
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j-d wrote:
You ARE leaving the House Battery in your Trailer ON while traveling, correct? Those modern fridges have a "Lock IN" feature where they'll run the gas flame as long as the LP lasts, even if no battery power. No thermostatic regulation either, so freezing the whole fridge compartment is also a possibility. BUT if you turn the 12 VDC power off, the fridge locks IN, then blows out, it won't try to light again till you restore 12 VDC...
If you arrive with flame lit, coils hot, fridge warm inside, then it's an install/venting problem or defect in the fridge.
Loss of DC voltage......propane gas valve goes close!
DC Voltage is what 'hold' gas valve open. Safety feature. No DC....No flame.
You are having good results by blocking lower vent when traveling....
Dometic Air Baffle Kit
Kit has tubing to block 'portion' of lower vent openings and a burner area shield. That's it.
Kit came about due to flame blowing out on TCs.
Common problem due to the way wind gets disrupted by differences in truck/cab and camper vs straight air flow down side of a trailer.
