Fridge quit cooling in the deep cold

[Chuck Wheeler]

I have found that we have to run on gas when it is very cold. The electric option will not keep the refrigerator cold. Probably not enough heat generated to boil the ammonia for operation.

- Chuck Wheeler-

1982 FC 31SB Fort Worth TX

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From: WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com [mailto:WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of GARY MINKER
Sent: Monday, December 22, 2008 5:22 AM
To: WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [WanderlodgeForum] Re: Fridge quit cooling in the deep cold

If you have a switched little muffin fan in the top of the fridge chamber, shut it off and limit the amount of wind entering the access hatch. The heater makes a lot of heat but can't fight the wind, fan and convection.You can verify with a non contact thermal probe that the heater is up to nearly 200 degrees F. The fridge likes to be within 5 degrees of level front to back and side to side too. Are you parked on a hill? Gary --- On Sun, 12/21/08, freewill2008 comcast.net> wrote: From: freewill2008 comcast.net> Subject: [WanderlodgeForum] Re: Fridge quit cooling in the deep cold To: WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com Date: Sunday, December 21, 2008, 4:36 PM --- In "WanderlodgeForum%40yahoogroups.com", "Ryan Wright" wrote: > > On Fri, Dec 19, 2008 at 3:56 PM, timvasqz wrote: > > boiler cant make enough heat to gas off the ammonia, prob spending > > too much of its heat overcomming the ambient temps??????. > > Sounds like what I was thinking, Greg. Curious if anyone else has the > same problem under prolonged 0 degree temps? Want to make sure it > isn't just me. > I checked on our running Dometic today after several nights of temps in the low teens. The freezer had water where there should have been ice cubes. Bob Griesel '84 FC31 WLII WA