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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wwest wrote:patkvm wrote:
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 refrigerator issues. Well not exactly issues with the refer itself. Every time I turn on the A/C the refer box warms up to about 70 degrees, turn off the A/C and the refer works fine. Jayco, Norcold and the dealer are still trying to figure out why this happens. Norcold has replaced the refer. Jayco and dealer have reinstalled the refer and replaced all baffles. So now Jayco is talking about picking up the unit and transporting it back to Middlebury to figure out what is going on.
My question to the groups is, has anyone heard of this? Does anyone have this problem?
Thank you for your time and your responses.
Oh, I see, the blind man said when the goose kicked him....
Looking at the Jayco online pictures of the 185RB it appears to me that the supplied A/C is simply a standard window unit that you might purchase at Costco. In standard operation most of the enclosure sets OUTSIDE the living space. In that configuration the condenser cooling airflow is drawn into the condenser/fan plenum area through the louvers in the side/top of the A/C and exhausted out the back.
In the Jayco the entire condenser airflow intake is INSIDE the TT.
So it wouldn't take very much of a leakage path for the slight vacuum in the condenser plenum area to draw in airflow from the living space.
And it wouldn't take much airflow diversion to overcome the meager 150 watts of AC/(DC?) absorption cycle HEAT..
I went outside to the trailer and put foam around the air conditioner to seal the gap in the cabinet PRESTO the refer is cooling great with the air conditioner running. Now that I know what the problem is I have been looking at pictures from dealers online that are selling the 2014 and 2015 models, I have noticed a couple of things. The A/C is of a different model and it looks like a thru the wall A/C.
Thank you again for all the help.
