Dometic Refridgerator

SoundGuy wrote:

Old-Biscuit wrote:
Dometic does include a ventilation fan for fridge installed in a slide out in outside compartment due to the upper vent being on the side wall of slide out vs having a roof vent. Helps with draft flow of cooling air.

No where in the Dometic 2652 / 2852 installation instructions is a ventilation fan ever mentioned. AFAIK, whether any installation would include a fan or not is strictly up to the installer - i.e. the trailer manufacturer - and has nothing to do with the fridge manufacturer - i.e. Dometic, Norcold, or whomever. I've owned both Dometic and Norcold, some installations have had a thermostatically controlled ventilation fan, others such as the Dometic DM2652 I have in my current trailer do not. Frankly, I'm just as glad to not have one as that's one less drain on the battery when dry camping and in the two years we've owned this trailer the fridge has cooled just fine without it no matter how high the outside ambient temps have been. We dry camp enough now that if it did have a thermostatically controlled fan I'd add a kill switch to the circuit myself so I could turn the darned thing off.

As for cool down times mentioned by another poster, I've seen this warning so many times that a gas absorption fridge will take anywhere from 12 to 24 hrs to cool sufficiently for use that I'd almost believe it if I didn't know for myself that's not the case at all. Any 6 cu ft fridge I've owned has easily been ready for use within 4 hours of turning it on, including my current DM2652 ... anything longer than that and I'd be looking for an issue with the fridge.

Well.......
Sometimes you just have to look in the right installation manual (DOMETIC Innovator Ventilation Installation Instructions).
Note: Instructions are per Dometic for proper installation of fridge, vents (lower/upper/roof) and fans as required.....RM2852 amongst many other Dometic models are included. Fan kit, baffles, wiring etc. supplied by Dometic for installation by RV mfg.