RV Refrigerators Cooling Issues
We’ve been having issues with our new TT Norcold refrigerator not keeping things cold, quit working and warming up. I’ve been watching a few YouTube videos. These new RV refrigerators are ‘gas/elect...
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DrewE wrote:
People here complain about absorption refrigerators a lot. I can only say that the 23 year old one in my motorhome has yet to fail to work very nicely unless due to operator error (such as forgetting to turn it back on after turning it off for whatever reason). Ice cream stays appropriately firm, food in the fridge stays cool and fresh, and it just plain works.
Some absorbsion fridges work fine, some not so much and some are just plain garbage.
I had one in a 1980s trailer that fell into the not so much category.
Worked OK when level and traveling but only between 70F-80F.
90F or higher daytime temps and the fridge temp was hovering around 55F-60F.
Nighttime temps 70F-80F would result in everything frozen in the fridge section. Nothing like having to break your milk apart in the morning for your cereal and have to chip the orange juice out of the bottle.
Could not take any lettuce, tomatoes, oranges, apples or anything else sensitive to being frozen. Beverages were always frozen in the morning and by late noon was warm to drink.
Couldn't take or buy ice cream which would turn mushy to fully melted during the day and freeze solid into a unappealing not so creamy block of frozen milk in the morning.
OP has been here before with complaints of their fridge working and not working, took it to dealer and it worked for the dealer but back at home doesn't work and now works/doesn't work while camping.
I suspect some of the issue may be how far out of level they are and the other part is their expectations of a RV fridge. If you have expectations that it works as fast and regulates as well as a compressor fridge, you will be sorely disappointed.
But, you do have to take a few variables out of the equation to determine exactly what is happening in order to troubleshoot..
First variable is making sure it IS level (bubble within the center lines) is a good first step to reducing variables.
By the way, most levels give a wide berth for where the bubble is for level, 1-2 degrees before the bubble wall is outside the center lines. Only when the bubble is completely equally distant from the center lines is it considered level.
