Hot weather and refrigerators

[1Longbow]

We live in Az,yep we know ,its HOT! Does anyone one else have problems with their refrigerators staying cold ,while plugged into electric? Ours is having a real problem. I've switched it over to propane to see if it makes a difference. It just happened,on this trip,and its been working like a champ up until now,which makes me think its the hot weather Thanks for any help.

[maromeo]

I also live in Furnace AZ, we start ours the night before when the sun goes down and I also freeze about 6 drinking water bottles. I put 2 in the freezer and 2 in the fridge then switch out 2 in the morning when I am loading the fridge. I make sure everything is either chilled or frozen before I put in fridge. I also have a small battery fridge fan and have it running. Sometimes I thaw out what we are having for dinner in the fridge to help keep it cold. Hope this helps.

[kgie1217]

eichacsj wrote:
We run on propane seems to get colder, and we run 2 fans to circulate over the fins. Fans We don't even have to run with the setting set at max so it may run okay on electric.

I agree with adding a fan inside the refrigerator. It took nearly 8 hours for our refrigerator to cool down to below 40 degrees the first time we used the camper this year. On the last two trips I bought a fan from Camping World and it reduced the cool down time to about 2 hours. So, I'm a fan of the fan!

[sdianel_-acct_c]

http://www.fmca.com/polks-top-7/2633-polks-top-7-tips-for-maximizing-your-rv-refrigerators-efficienc...

some tips for hot weather.

[Boband4]

In the past I also took the outside cover off the back of the fridge and used a clip on 6"fan to blow air up over the cooling fins at the top. The fan is totally outside the fridge blowing air up the back side of the unit.

[kknowlton]

Ours seems to be working well in 95-degree heat, but 120 may just be too much for the poor thing. You could probably try it on propane and see if that works better. Good luck!

[eichacsj]

We run on propane seems to get colder, and we run 2 fans to circulate over the fins. Fans We don't even have to run with the setting set at max so it may run okay on electric.

[Merrykalia]

Yes, it's hard to keep one of the camping fridges cold in the hot weather. We switched ours out to a residential in our last TT and it worked great, even in hot weather.

A small fan inside will help to distribute the cold a little faster - you can get them at Camping World or one of the other camping equipment suppliers.