Frost/Ice build up Dometic Refrigerator
We have the basic Dometic Refrigerator in our TT. We know they build up frost and Ice in the freezer and on the fins in the refrigerator section after a period of time. We will be taking a 3 month lon...
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Our refrigerator defrosts itself about once a week. There is a sensor that goes between the fins. Last summer I didn't notice that the sensor had fallen and was surprised after a few weeks that the fridge fins were freezing over. I defrosted it with a hair dryer, replaced the sensor and haven't had a problem since.
The freezer does not defrost itself and usually after 2 months, it needs to be defrosted. I noticed this year that most of it came off easily enough with a spatula. I think my bemoaning to the kids not to leave the door open longer than necessary may have finally sunk in. I was able to just scrape the frost off and then remove the resulting "snow". I did not have to defrost the freezer once this summer.
Using a hair dryer to defrost the freezer worked much better than using a pan of hot/boiling water. The owners manually specifically says not to use a hair dryer, but I think that's more for fear of electrocuting oneself instead of actually doing damage to the freezer.
-Michael
The freezer does not defrost itself and usually after 2 months, it needs to be defrosted. I noticed this year that most of it came off easily enough with a spatula. I think my bemoaning to the kids not to leave the door open longer than necessary may have finally sunk in. I was able to just scrape the frost off and then remove the resulting "snow". I did not have to defrost the freezer once this summer.
Using a hair dryer to defrost the freezer worked much better than using a pan of hot/boiling water. The owners manually specifically says not to use a hair dryer, but I think that's more for fear of electrocuting oneself instead of actually doing damage to the freezer.
-Michael
