Older fridge not cooling
So this is the second season with our 'gently used' camper. It's a 2004 Springdale 26' bunk. Every time we go to use it for a weekend/week or two, the fridge acts up. It's a Dometic RM2652, and I ...
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Saintjude33 wrote:
I'll just have to ask the wife to rely on ice for the time being.
When we first got our first Class C, the old Dometic three-way fridge required a lot of work. We bought Dry Ice (CO2 as a solid) and a small piece served us for a two day weekend trip.
On a car trip out West, we were using a simple cooler, and found that if we could get a BLOCK of ice, it lasted far longer than the equivalent BAG of chips/chunks/cubes. Like twice the time.
RV Fridge is a collection of simple parts
1. The "Box" that's basically a big Ice Chest, but all the parts are expensive. By that I mean Doors, Gaskets, etc.
2. The Cooling Unit
3. Heating (LPG Burner and Electric Element)
4. Logic Board and Controls
If you can satisfy yourself that all it needs is a Cooling Unit, and you can change it yourself, doing so is good economic sense. The 2652 is still a current model.
Point in favor of changing it yourself: You can do it INSIDE the RV. That can be important, since the appliances and furniture were probably put aboard before the sides and roof went onto the RV when it was built. There might not be an easy passage big enough to get one fridge out and another in.
