running fridge
I believe that I have read almost all the posts on running your fridge on gas while you're traveling, so I don't want to touch that one:). What I do wonder is in reading other general posts, I read a...
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Old-Biscuit wrote:
Straight out of a fridge manual.......
Leveling is one of the requirements for proper operation of absorption refrigerators. The absorption design utilizes no mechanical pumps or compressors to circulate the refrigerant within the system, so proper leveling must be maintained to provide the correct refrigerant flow.
Without proper leveling, refrigerant within the cooling unit will
collect and stagnate at certain areas.
Without proper refrigerant flow, the cooling process will stop.
When the vehicle is moving, leveling is not critical as the rolling and pitching movement of the vehicle will pass to either side of level, keeping the refrigerant from accumulating in the piping
Thank you! I really appreciate this info because aside from obsessing over fridge on or fridge off while towing I've always wondered if the non level moments of towing negatively affected the fridge.
