Freezer Cold Frig Not So Much

I know 3 hours isn't much time for mine to cool down... takes about 6 or so hours to go from 75 inside to 50. Then it will make it to 40. I have a Dometic. My freezer starts to get colder a lot faster. I have put my on LP to get it to cool quicker.

Give it overnight or even 24 hours.
If the fridge area is still not getting cold enough while the freezer section is, that is a classic sign of a plugged up cooling unit. :(

But give it much more time before worrying.

Battery operated fan in the fresh food compartment. Why didn’t you travel with the fridge’s propane on?

Use a fan inside. Run it on the road.

3hrs will never do it. it takes any brand rv frig at least 12hrs to be ready to use. and don,t fill it with a bunch of warm items.

About 5 to 8hrs here but have not been camping in this heatwave we are having and if I was Id start it the day before we head out.

Both of the Norcold refrigerators I've had took a good 12+ hours to get the refrigerator compartment cold. Once it got cold it stayed cold but the initial period to get it down to normal refrigeration levels was at least half a day.

Cardinals wrote:
Arrived in Maine around 3pm and turned on freezer/frig and now at 615pm freezer is cold but not frig. It is a Norcold. I hate to have to call someone tomorrow to look at it so looking for suggestions. Thanks in advance.

Mike

How long in the past did it take to cool?

Bet it was a lot longer then 3 hrs.


Freezer section needs to reach 10*F before food section can reach temp
All of the absorption of heat takes place in freezer 1st so until freezer is cold not much absorption can occur in food compartment

6 to 12 hours. My fridge does its first "cycle" after six hours. After that the duty cycle is 2:3 (on for 40 minutes each hour).

All is well this morning. It was getting cooler around 9pm. In the past it would cool in about 3 hours but with the upper 90 degree temps we had have, made sense it would take longer to work. Thanks for all the input.