When to Shut the Fridge Off
we all know(or should anyway) that rv fridges don't like being out of level except when moving So when do you shut it off? I shut ours off whenever we're parked and its not level. shopping, fuel ...
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IAMICHABOD wrote:Old-Biscuit wrote:
Off level operation...even for as little as 15 minutes....causes overheating
Overheating causes the sodium chromate to crystalize and plate out.
Plating out causes obstructions which inhibits coolant flow which causes more overheating ---repeat the damage cycles over and over and over
Off level damage is accumulative and PERMANENT (crystals do NOT go back into solution)
Old fridges, new fridges....doesn't matter.
Process is the same.
ARP real time monitoring shows just how quickly the boiler temp WILL increase due to off level operation.
Plain and simple. It happens and it causes damage.
If treated properly what is the life expectancy of a fridge ?
At least 20 years. As others on this thread that have posted misinformation-----OFF level stationary will cause extremely small problems. OVER TIME, those few minutes build up until the refer cannot cool correctly and you think it just happened. NOT SO, it was all those years of those short unlevel times. BIGGEST problem is, some forget for 24 hours or so and then when they cannot see the lower lack of cooling they think no big deal, just another wives tale. AS to others that think OLD refers had to be perfectly level and newer ones do not. Kind of true for CERTAIN BRANDS. The Old Servel's and Instamatics had to be extremely level to function correctly. Dometic and Norcolds have more tolerance. Doug
