Well, the fridge has started acting up again. We left the fridge on electric ever since we got back home from the Rally, it stayed between 36-38 degrees on level 4. Yesterday we hooked up and drove 50 miles and by the time we got to CG the temp was showing 60. It was hot and humid, but it has been that way at the house to. Here it is 6.30am next day and temp has only dropped to 40 after me kicking it onto level 5 last night.
So my question is, why will it keep a descent temp while plugged in at home, but get hot enough to cook a hamburger in, when we hit the road. ?
Could it be because the slides are closed at home, and outside heat isn't penetrating the fridge as much? If thats the case what is the cure?. I thought that the guys at the Rally had this problem solved. Maybe the fridge itself is bad.
Scotsman:
Your post brings up some interesting items. We have the double door refrig/freezer, and it has two undocumented rocker switches on the top door frame. I have figured out that the "climate" switch is to be turned on in high ambient heat conditions, and the other switch is to be turned on when the outside temps are near freezing. Do you have these?
Your comment about the slides being closed at home, yet the temperature rising while you drive seems to infer that you drive with your slides out. I'm sure that wasn't your intention.
This whole temperature rising in a few hours seems to contradict those who maintain that you can drive all day with your propane off (for safety reasons) and still have a cold fridge in the evening.
I guess I would ask if your door seals tightly and has no chance of coming open/ajar while going down the road.
As a test of your propane system, you might try running on propane at home and compare to electric operation. The propane system is tricky with flame size adjustment, mixture, etc. Did your propane come on at all? Was the "Check" light lit on the fridge at the end of your trip (Before you connected to shore power)?
Last of all, I have collected a bunch of the blue ice bags and hard packs over the years (Walmart has them), keep them in the garage freezer at home, use them in an ice chest when I transfer cold food to the (pre-cooled) refrig in the BH at the storage yard, and move them into the BH freezer, or the top shelf of the refrig (cool air sinks) if it is too warm. If we need to move them out of the freezer for more room, its back to the ice chest in the storage compartment.
I hope you get this problem solved. It might be worth the expense of consulting a professional RV appliance repair expert.