How to defrost the refrigerator
What is the best way to defrost our Dometic refrigerator? The RV owners manual doesn't cover this.
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Turn off the refrigerator. Wait one hour.
Remove stuff from freezer-- we put it in a cooler.
Remove stuff from top shelf of refrigerator.
But towel under fins in refrigerator. Have sponge ready to mop up water in the freezer.
Use a hair dryer CAREFULLY-- conservative answer is to not get the heat end inside the door jams-- you do not want to overheat the plastic parts of the refrigerator.
Restock refrigerator.
Turn on refrigerator. Wait 15 minutes and restock freezer.
Takes 10 minutes total from time we start (plus hour to let cooling unit warm up).
If it takes longer, you have probably let it go too long. Ice is a great insulator and ice on the fins/cooling unit in the freezer can materially reduce performance.
Remove stuff from freezer-- we put it in a cooler.
Remove stuff from top shelf of refrigerator.
But towel under fins in refrigerator. Have sponge ready to mop up water in the freezer.
Use a hair dryer CAREFULLY-- conservative answer is to not get the heat end inside the door jams-- you do not want to overheat the plastic parts of the refrigerator.
Restock refrigerator.
Turn on refrigerator. Wait 15 minutes and restock freezer.
Takes 10 minutes total from time we start (plus hour to let cooling unit warm up).
If it takes longer, you have probably let it go too long. Ice is a great insulator and ice on the fins/cooling unit in the freezer can materially reduce performance.
