TC Refrigerator advice

Question

I have always had larger RV fridges in my TT. Got the new TC home and turned on the 2.0 c.f. Dometic on electric. It doesn't have a freezer just refrigerator. No door shelves - very basic small RV refrigerator. After a few hours it was 40ish degrees. But by the next day it had warmed up to 56 degrees!

Is this normal for these small units? I have no food in yet, just trying it all out. My TT Dometic would stay cold for days before I loaded it with food.

Granted it's been hot here (80's) but this thing is way too warm to keep food safely. Is it b/c it's empty? As I type this I wonder if DH turned it down as low as it can go? The temp. control slide is located on the outside of the TC in the exterior control panel. I've also never had one that I had to light from the outside before.... not sure how I like this one.

scottg · Answer

No, it should work better than that. Maybe it just needs some maint.

stars101 · Answer

It's a 2013 brand new TC.

I've never paid much attention to the refrigerator advice on here b/c mine have always been ice cold :) Now I'm racking my brain trying to remember what people have said in the past...

skipj · Answer

Brand new fridge? Should work better than that. Try on gas. definatly not right.SkipJ

freddypinak · Answer

One of the rebuilders of the RV refrigerator coils sent a chart to go by that shows what the box should be with it properly leveled, door sealed, operating unit based on ambient temperatures. Here is the list he sent me. My unit runs close to these numbers over the limited range I've tested it.

Ambient Box
72 22
73 22
74 23
75 23
76 24
77 24
78 25
79 26
80 26
81 27
82 27
83 28
84 28
85 29
86 30
87 30
88 31
89 31
90 32
91 33
92 33
93 34
94 35
95 36
96 37
97 38
98 39
99 40
100 41
101 42
102 43
103 44
104 45
105 46
106 47
107 48
108 49
109 50
110 51
111 52
112 53
113 54
114 55
115 56

Hope this helps!

wcjeep · Answer

Does the fridge coils face the sun? We try to park with the coils in the shade or early morning sun. I also use a battery operated fan inside the fridge from camping world. I thought about hard wiring the fan. However, the on board batteries last the entire season. I've seen Solar RV fans for the coils. I don't have a dometic.

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