When to Shut the Fridge Off

Bert Ackerman wrote:

owenssailor wrote:
The specs are for haw far the fridge can be off level. The fridge is about 2 feet deep. My trailer is 8 feet wide. So to have the fridge off level by 3 inches the trailer would have to be off level side to side by 12 inches. That is a Lot! Front to back it is even more extreme. If the fridge is 2 feet across the front our 30 foot trailer would have to be off level by 80 inches.

If you are comfortable in the RV the fridge should be fine.

We have ours on for the 4 months we travel with the exception of going onto a ferry.

The manufacturers spec is 3 degrees, not 3 inches. 3 degrees is about 5/8" per ft. Not as drastic but still fairly uncomfortable to have a rig 3 degrees out of level in any direction.

I watched a guy take 35 minutes leveling his rig. Put a 2' level on A frame, pull up add block, back up place level, pull up remove block, add thinner one, back up place level. In camper with level, come out and pull up again. Made me dizzy. After about 12 manuevers he tells his furious wife, who has been sitting at picnic table watching while letting loose with colorful conversation in a loud manner "There you go Honey, we need not worry about the fridge".

I should of asked him if he accounted for frame camber. I assume he was reading fridge leveling threads on some RV board. Whatever floats it for you I guess.

I caught that 3 degrees vs 3 inches too, it was edited!
I use a 2 ft level on the back bumper for blocking under the wheels, then unhook and level with the tongue jack(level inside the front door).
then I turn the fridge back on
its surprising how much a trailer frame twists and bows(camber)