How important to keep things level?
I know you have to keep things very flat to load and unload the camper, but let's say you are out camping in the boonies, with the camper on the truck. It is often not easy to find a fully flat spot....
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RichieC wrote:Old-Biscuit wrote:
Fridge damage from operating 'off level' is accumulative...kinda like clogging arteries. You are not aware of the damage until it's too late.
"Time duration" has to be part of the equation.
5-minutes off level won't damage it. What about 5-hours? Or 24-hours?
Does the travel vibration tend to redistribute the cholesterol?
Problem is the absorption fridges work off gravity to make the ammonia properly flow. Off level disrupts the proper flow and crystals can form which attach to the inside of the tubes. The crystals continue to accumulate until flow is restricted/blocked.
Anytime the fridge is operating the ammonia rises up due to burner heat and turns into a vapor then condenses into liquid ammonia and flows downward cooling the freezer than food sections.
Those crystals can begin forming shortly after the cooling cycle begins.....depending on how off level fridge is being operated.
The damage is accumulative and once the crystals form no vibration will cause them to dissolve. They are permanent.
Operating the fridge while traveling is not a concern because the fridge is in motion and the flow is not interrupted.
