Refrigerator temp

ernie1 wrote:
Dougrainer: As I had stated in a previous response, mine and my two friends bought the same units brand new and had the very same problem from the very first time these refrigerators were put into use BRAND NEW! Attempts to correct the problem through Dometic were futile and costly especially after their response was that their units were performing as designed, as in you're good until 95deg F and that's it you're on your own after that. So, the issue was not that the fridges were old, used and abused, not on level nor looked at by professionals. I have hot wired my fridge on 120vac via my inverter and on shore power and am able to get it down to maybe 35deg F at about 50deg ambient. Doesn't mean much to me because it still climbs above 45-50+ degrees when it's above 95-100 degrees F ambient. No matter how you slice it, the potentially hazardous food will start to spoil under these conditions. The longer the time at such high temps the more bacterial growth you get and the chance that you'll sicker is increased.In the recent past I've replaced the propane gas regulator with a new Marshall unit and used my manometer to adjust the pressure to 11.5 "wc, installed two fans in the rear condenser area, two fans in the freezer and two fans in the refrigerator section. Nothing has helped except that the fins in the refrigerator section don't now freeze up but temps are still too high.

I stand by what I posted. Also, ICE on Evap fins will produce HIGHER temps. Ice is an Insulator and will degrade lower compartment cooling, so IF you had Ice on the fins, that is just 1 of your problems. Ice by definition is 32 degrees. The temps in a refer will be 10 degrees warmer than the fins. So Ice means 42 degrees in refer. 35 degree refer temp means the the fins are at 25 degrees. Doug

PS. fans inside ANY 2 door refer freezer will NOT do anything. Fans promote air over the evap fins.