Leveling a Fridge while on the Road
We travel with our fridge on (the fridge's rear coils are facing the TT's right-side, outside wall). Sometimes we pull off here and there on some uneven surfaces for 4-8 hours at a time. I can easil...
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Chris Bryant wrote:RinconVTR wrote:dougrainer wrote:RinconVTR wrote:
Being level is more for long term use, not a few overnights. No worries.
This is what causes problems in the long term. There are a LOT of RV'ers that think this. As another poster stated, the blockage can happen in as little as 30 minutes. The blockage is extremely small, but over time, EVERYTIME, you do the short unlevel, it builds up, then 1 day, months or years down the line, it stops performing to its best and then they think, "What a piece of junk". If stopping for more than a few minutes, turn the refer OFF, then on again when resuming your travel. Doug
Are we talking drainage or compressor life? I'm talking compressor. If you think a few overnights not being perfectly level will kill your fridge...well then go right ahead and spend the time to level for those quick stays when you don't even want to put the tongue jack down. Ridiculous thinking.
Umm, you do realize that there IS NO COMPRESSOR in an absorption refrigerator?
I respectfully suggest you get a clue..
I don't know what I was thinking there...had my head in the wrong ice box.
But I stand my opinion on being "perfectly" level. Everything has a tolerance, and being slightly off (meaning tolerable enough to walk and sleep in) is not going to destroy anything overnight.
