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path1
Explorer
Apr 13, 2016

Fridge/freezer Good Idea or not about vent access door?

I defrosted our fridge/freezer yesterday. It is a Norcold 821. The drain tube that goes from inside to out side was plugged up. From the outside the vent was plugged up with the neighbors tree debr...
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j-d
Explorer II
Apr 20, 2016
The RV "industry" like the boating "industry" excels in marketing solutions to problems we don't have.

Doug can verify this, but I heard the drain tube from the condensate tray under the fridge compartment fins, should have a slight upward bend before turning down to drain outside. Or in some cases (like our Norcold N811), into a condensate catcher in the lower outside fridge access compartment. Trapping a little water was supposed to keep the heavy cool air from escaping down that drain tube.

True?

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