Dometic Rv Refrigerator Fan Keeps Running

Here are three tips that can help keep your food cold in the hot summer weather.

Dometic rv refrigerator fan keeps running.

Fan runs all the time because the back of the frig is hot. Chances are that fan is controlled by a thermostat and the thermostat is short cycling. The lower the temperature of the rig the less the fan has to work. Refrigerator is cooling ok but fan runs all the time because there s poor ventilation on the back maybe vents are blocked in some way.

Since the rv is new it seems to me that you should take it back to the dealer and get it fixed. I ve got a 2018 29rs and the fan in the back of the fridge is noisy and inadequate. Thermostat issues a common reason a condenser fan is continually running within a refrigerator is the thermostat. The fan on the dometic fridge in our palomino pickup camper runs constantly and is possibly running our battery down.

I pulled the fan today and it s a 92 x 92 mm 12v sunon ball bearing fan with specs of 75 cfm and 47 db. Very likely the fan is an addition to the unit by the manufacturer but to know for sure one would have to know the specific model of refrigerator. Rv refrigerators can fail for a number of reasons. This can cause stagnation or re circulation of the hot air within the cooling unit compartment.

Tip 1 park in the shade whenever possible. I know this has been discussed before but not with specific details that pertain to my situation. Refrigerator is struggling to keep cool maybe because of high outside temp maybe bad seals maybe other issues. On the downwind side of the rv an eddy is formed by the wind currents.

Camping world said this is normal but have two other dometic fridges in rvs and do not have this issue. With a fan mounted on the evaporator coil and constantly running you will notice that the cool air is being distributed more evenly throughout the entire fridge. A common problem is when the refrigerator stops cooling properly especially after it hasn t been used in awhile. This will help keep the entire refrigerator cool and help keep produce from spoiling and also keeps those couple of beers buried in the bottom corner of the fridge cold.

This sensor takes readings from the refrigerator and freezer if you have one and. See how to solve a number of rv refrigerator repair issues yourself online repair manuals for dometic and norcold refrigerators and when it makes sense to replace instead of repair an rv refrigerator.