How level for refrigerator?

Eyeball level will work

Thanks everyone. I have a small bubble type level that came with my flat screen TV I installed so I'm going to be carrying that to level the rig. Do most of you use the plastic blocks sold at RV stores to level a rig?

This is the first time I got a warning buzzer. It was flashing OP I believe. I later moved to the road and it worked fine.


2013 NewYork Canada trip part two by MooringProduct, on Flickr

Older rigs have to be closer to level.I have a 95 Lance and belive me it's got to be level if it gets near 100.It's easy so no excuse to not to be.

wnjj wrote:

6pac wrote:
TC has to be level if using gas ref . If using AC voltage not so much...

The fridge doesn't care what the heat source is. It needs to be close to level on gas or AC. The reason is the coolant circulates by gravity through a spiral tube set. It can't flow uphill.

Correct. You should have a lower vent panel outside the camper behind where the fridge is. If you open that you should see the tubes the coolant circulates in. If you look at the picture of the back of my old fridge you can see them (2nd picture):

My fridge replacement project

You can see how that flattened coil of pipe makes 5 loops around and the coolant has to be able to flow down those. As you can see from the picture it wouldn't take much angle at all to cause liquid to pool at the downhill side of the coils. Since the fridge is mounted facing across the camper and the coils are therefore arranged fore-aft I suspect that it would be more tolerant of side-to-side slopes when parked than fore-aft slopes.

Steve.

It doesn’t have to be perfectly level, but close. I put a level in my freezer and got it perfect. Then I glued a couple of bubble levels on the front and side of my TT to match. After that I just use the bubble levels to set up and I’m satisfied if I get within half a bubble. Seems to work, my original frig lasted 22 years.

Newer model fridges are a bit more tolerant than the older versions, we level our rig for comfort purposes anyway and we're pretty close to level in all directions. The more often you operate the fridge out of level, the quicker the possibility of eventual clogging and failure. Less critical traveling down the road as the mixture continues to flow due to the constant movement. Our Dometic has performed flawlessly over the last 6 years no matter the outdoor temps and we believe keeping it level has contributed to it's consistent performance.

The more level, the longer it will last and the better it will work when it gets very hot out.

brholt wrote:
My manual says 6 degrees front to back (refrigerator front) and 3 degrees side to side. That is a pretty big range.

And more than that, and you'll be falling out of bed anyway! Not to mention having those beers sliding off the table:E

My rig operated for 2 days at about 6-8 degrees nose down. Backed up a trail for a weekend. No problems with the fridge but the bathroom was annoying with the drain on the uphill side. It was severe enough to reverse how I slept being feet at the head board.