Refrigator Problems
Hello all, I would like to bounce something off of this group. Kind of long... I have a 2013 Jayco 185RB Swift SLX trailer. This trailer is back in the shop after 1 use this year for refriger...
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Old-Biscuit wrote:wwest wrote:
Are you saying that the heated air from the burner/element is being diverted by the A/C draft, the absorption manifold above the burner/element is not being heated when the A/C is on?
Electric element is only 150 watts....
Something about the A/C is WRONG!
The A/C should NOT be causing that much of a "vacuum" inside the trailer.
The only thing that comes to mind is the possibility that the evaporator blower is somehow forcing airflow into the wild blue yonder.
Think what OP is saying...
Fridge is not properly sealed so that when his A/C Unit comes on is it pulling air in around the fridge..this is causing a disruption in the natural draft across the backside of fridge cooling coils. Hence instead of the air flowing in thru lower fridge vent and then up across coils and out top vent it is being pulling in around fridge.
No flow up and out.......loss of cooling effect.....fridge temps rise.
My point was/is, why would the A/C running result in enough of a vacuum in the living space to "pull" airflow pass the fridge and into the living space?
The A/C evaporator/blower system, if anything, should be bringing ~5% FRESH outside airflow INTO the living space, creating a slight positive pressure, NEVER a vacuum.
Is there by chance an exhaust fan wired to operate in conjunction with the A/C?
Should NOT be, but...
