Fridge sensor?

[skidooxman]

Ok, so my 2016 Fuzion 345 chrome fridge has been acting up since day 1. Keystone has been fantastic working with me and my schedule. The point I'm at now is the fridge is cooling to around 50, while the freezer is well below freezing. My question is: Is there a sensor or something that controls the fridge separate? This is on AC/LP moving and or parked. Always while in transit it gets warm but now it's doing it parked sometimes. Anybody?


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[Ken / Claudia]

I do not recall ever seeing adjustment in the freezer and refer on any RVs. Just one, old days a dial now seems to be a a sliding up/down adjustment without numbers just warmer/colder marked on it inside the refer on the cooling fins.

[therink]

On my fridge, the thermistor is located in the fridge compartment on the right side and is clipped to the far right cooling fin. It is aadjustable meaning it can move up and down on the fin. I have found with my fridge it doesn't matter where the thermistor is located, the fridge seems to maintain the same temp. I have had no cooling problem though.

[dcg9381]

skidooxman, have you owned an RV before? I assume this is a typical RV fridge (gas/electric):

If so, they're different from residential fridges and typically the freezer will cool to freezing first and the fridge will cool off gradually... IE - maybe taking 24 hours or more to reach a static temp.

As the coolant system works for both freezer fridge - no patch switching or fan control - no system of setting fridge and freezer temp separately.

If it IS defective, the typical problem is a block in ventilation system. This could be insulation that's in the way, something like that, but an RV tech should recognize it. If it's only cooling to 50 after 24-48 hours, something is probably up.


RV fridges are kinda not great at being opened and closed - meaning using them like a residential, especially with a big trailer with lots of people getting into the fridge can mean not-so-great performance. If you're running under this scenario what we do is put a "dorm" fridge in the garage area and the kids go to that one.

There are things that can improve performance, like adding a fan on the inside of the fridge section to blow over the cooling fins and circulate air.

[Pull Toy]

PLUS1 for dcg9381... Also "level is critical"!

[SteveC7010]

As has been repeatedly pointed out in many threads here going back at least several years, these RV fridges have to be stocked so that the air can circulate throughout the compartment. If you load up a shelf with no open space, you block the circulation. Warmer air has to rise to reach the cooling fins. Once cooled, it needs paths to fall to the bottom of the fridge and start the cycle over. One poster recently mentioned that his fridge worked a whole bunch better when he took the beverages out of the cardboard cases. Just the open space between the cans was enough to allow adequate circulation for the fridge to cool properly.

Because these fridges operate differently from our home ones, we need to learn to use them efficiently. Standing there with the door open trying to decide what to drink totally defeats the cooling capability of RV fridges.