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    Posted: 15 Jul 2016 at 8:34pm
We removed the freezer since it's to small anyway and we have no problem keeping a full fridge down to 37 degrees even in ninety degree weather. It will also cool from 70-80 degrees to below 40 in about 6 hours.
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Posts: 146 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: 15 Jul 2016 at 6:31pm
to get ours to cool in hot weather 90+ we had to move the thermal couple to the left end of the fins on the back of the fridge to get the cooling fans to come on. also we have put one of the small d-size battery fans in the fridge  now it cools down to 40 or lower on a 90+ days
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Posts: 91 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: 15 Jul 2016 at 4:48pm
The only problem is that the fridge does not hold that much to begin with. But I will have to try it. What about taking the freezer door off till you get where you're going? Would that help? As I said in my original post the meat in the freezer stayed frozen.
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Originally posted by flat6s

Haven't done this yet, but here is what I want to try.
You know those blue things you stick in the freezer and they become a solid block of frozen whatever it is ?  Leave two of those in the freezer, then when you are ready to travel n the road, stick them in the fridge to help with the cooling.   Does anyone think that will help, or not?
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Yes, those will help, but what would probably be even more useful is to freeze a lot of bottles of water, enough to at least half fill the refrigerator.  They will help to bring the temperature down, and when they melt, you will then have cool water to drink!
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I understand from some owners on other boards that this works well when temps are high:
https://www.amazon.com/Valterra-A10-2618VP-FridgeCool-Volt-Exhaust/dp/B002N5YDG2
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https://rv101.tv/2012/02/28/how-to-install-an-rv-refrigerator-vent-fan/

My fridge also does not get as cool when temps are high, but not so much that I need to do any mods.
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Haven't done this yet, but here is what I want to try.
You know those blue things you stick in the freezer and they become a solid block of frozen whatever it is ?  Leave two of those in the freezer, then when you are ready to travel n the road, stick them in the fridge to help with the cooling.   Does anyone think that will help, or not?
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Posts: 6326 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: 14 Jul 2016 at 9:31pm
If it was mid-90s, it was probably well above 100 inside the pod. I also was noticing that the refrigerator was less effective on our last trip. On our first trip (winter), it worked great. This trip (summer), not so great. However, it still is better than an icebox, which also would have trouble keeping an even cold temperature and have everything end up soggy from melted ice.
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It did keep it at 60!!!
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It was mid ninties that day and the pod was sealed up.
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Posts: 298 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: 14 Jul 2016 at 11:49am
Originally posted by StephenH

If it cools while on propane while stationary, it should also cool effectively while moving. Others have commented that propane works better than 12V for cooling. However, at 100 degrees, and with the interior of the R-Pod probably significantly higher (if vents and windows are shut while moving), the cooling capacity may not be sufficient to overcome the heat moving into the refrigerator from the hot R-Pod interior.

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And the reason that the manual states that it's safer to drive with the refrigerator on 12 volt is due to lawyers, plain and simple.

The only documented case of a fire resulting from someone running their refrigerator on propane I have been able to find was five years ago, and the guy literally sprayed the refrigerator vent on the side of his camper with gasoline.  But even the local fire marshal wasn't convinced that the running propane was the cause of ignition.  So the odds of anything bad occurring are at least 100,000 to 1 and probably far less, given all the people with RVs on the road running their fridge on propane and the number of accidents.
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