Dometic refrigerator at higher altitudes
We purchased a new Keystone TT last year at the RV show here in Denver to replace our 10 yr old Forest River that never had an issue in its life. Now Denver is at 5280 feet and we camp in Colorado at ...
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SoundGuy wrote:You conveniently cut out the part where I noted my manual does NOT say anything about problems running at high altitude. Their is no 'official position' for all models, only some manuals (unknown what models) stating that operation about 5000' may be a problem. There is no 'recommended maximum' for all models, at least according to Dometic.braindead0 wrote:
I've never had any problems up to 7000', others have reported working fine at higher altitudes.
Nor have I ... the Norcold manual light 323 in our Fleetwood popup worked just fine anywhere we went, including over 10,000' in Colorado. So what? ... that doesn't change any official position manufacturers such as Norcold and Dometic may have on the subject. The fact is air is thinner at elevation and this does affect the performance of propane gas fridges ... those of us who find we can run above the recommended maximum of 5500' simply got lucky, for whatever reason. Regardless, the bottom line remains - fridge manufacturers make no guarantee any fridge will continue to run properly on propane at high elevation and to argue otherwise is pointless. :R
Feel free to go back to page 2 where I provided a link to the current manual for my model (and several others), in that manual you will find no 'official' position on this subject in fact no mention of altitude (even tried the misspelling quoted in another post).
This thread needs more facts and less baseless assertions.
