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techntrek 
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Joined: 29 Jul 2009 Location: MD Online Status: Offline Posts: 9062 |
 Topic: How cold does your fridge get?Posted: 11 Jul 2015 at 11:55pm |
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We left the freezer compartment out of ours so it was all fridge, and we always measured around 35 F. Upper 30's in the fridge in our Salem with the freezer compartment down to 12 F. 104 outside on the way to camp today and when we pulled in the fridge was reading 38.
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Q7-retired
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Joined: 26 Dec 2014 Location: Pittsboro, NC Online Status: Offline Posts: 100 |
Posted: 12 Jul 2015 at 6:13pm |
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I'm struggling with propane operation, and learned that the dealer must measure fridge temp with a thermometer in water. Air warms quickly, water more slowly, so they take the temp with a water bath making it temporally stable. My fridge on electric easily gets to 37 degrees with outside temps in the 90's. I haven't measured the freezer compartment.
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Best regards, Jim
2015-RP178 TV 2015 Audi Q7 TDI and 2017 Ford F150 At home in "Our Pod" |
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techntrek
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Posted: 13 Jul 2015 at 12:12am |
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Hate to say it but that is bull. I had a service manager try to tell me that last year. Fridges - of all types - cool the air, which then cool the contents. Any air temperature gauge will give you an accurate reading of how cool it is inside the fridge, and many many campers use the wireless thermometers to keep an eye on the fridge while going down the road. Reading the temperature of a cup of water gives you a delayed reading of how the fridge is operating - so it can be warming up and you'll think it is still cool (or think it is too warm when it really did cool down to 35 fairly quickly).
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furpod
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Joined: 25 Jul 2011 Location: Central KY Online Status: Offline Posts: 6128 |
Posted: 13 Jul 2015 at 7:55am |
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Doug is exactly right. OH, and it's going to be a bit problematic to test a cup of water after it sits for a day in the freezer.. it will be frozen, unless there IS a problem with your fridge..
we track ours like so: This was on a 90F day, air conditioning on in the pod, interior temp around 72F, fridge on 120v.  |
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Q7-retired
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Joined: 26 Dec 2014 Location: Pittsboro, NC Online Status: Offline Posts: 100 |
Posted: 13 Jul 2015 at 9:03am |
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Folks, I completely agree with you. However, when the dealer says Dometic requires this as the diagnostic method, then I have the choice of working with it or thinking the dealer a liar. I am not going to have any trouble showing that the fridge does not hold temperature over a four to six hour drive, as time-stamped photos of the thermometer in the water bath will prove it.
In support of the method, it is true that absorption (compressor-less) refrigerators do not respond quickly to changes in external conditions, and air temperature will change rapidly. I also have a digital thermometer hanging in my fridge. Both the air and water thermometers will be in the pictures. We'll just make sure easily perishable food is in an ice chest/ cooler, where it won't spoil, until this is settled. The next long trip is from NC to the MI UP -- does anyone know a GREAT dealer around East Jordan? again, thanks! |
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Best regards, Jim
2015-RP178 TV 2015 Audi Q7 TDI and 2017 Ford F150 At home in "Our Pod" |
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kindell
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Joined: 10 Jul 2015 Location: No California Online Status: Offline Posts: 61 |
Posted: 13 Jul 2015 at 9:04am |
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Ours gets colder and the freezer keeps icecream! Love that.
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Art & Kindell
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marspball
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Joined: 15 Jul 2014 Online Status: Offline Posts: 20 |
Posted: 13 Jul 2015 at 12:00pm |
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Hi everyone, i now have a new fridge problem. The fridge is conpletely off and it is still connected to both AC and DC power. None of the lights on the control panel is on and pressing the power button doesnt do anything. I checked the breakers and the fuse and they are both ok. Power cord is plugged in into the receptacle in the back. I dont know what else to check. Hope you can help.
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furpod
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Posted: 13 Jul 2015 at 4:38pm |
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Did you press the power button, OR press and hold? Press and hold is how you turn it on/off.
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marspball
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Posted: 13 Jul 2015 at 5:47pm |
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Pressing and holding the power button doesn't do anything. The unit is completely off with all the power connected.
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techntrek
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Posted: 13 Jul 2015 at 10:11pm |
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Furpod, looks like the inside of our fridge with Pepsi, root beer and a small tub of Land O Lakes!
Q7, sorry you are having issues, I was there last year with my pod. We threw out milk and meat twice. Sounds like you will have plenty of proof. Marspball, with 120 at the outlet and 12 on the DC supply, next try to find a service manual for your model and look for any internal fuse on the diagrams. |
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