Tag: Refrigerator
RV Doctor: How to winterize an ice maker
Dear Gary,
How do I winterize my ice maker? I have a Norcold refrigerator in a Fleetwood motorhome. —Larry R.
Dear Larry,
Here are the steps, as...
Nonworking absorption fridge? Read this before replacing it
Dear Gary,
I have a refrigerator that needs to have the cooling unit replaced. Do you know of any place that I can get a...
RV Daily Tips Newsletter Issue 1155
From the editors of RVtravel.com, “The RVers’ Voice of Reason.”
Thursday, August 22, 2019
Welcome to another edition of RV Travel’s Daily Tips newsletter. Here you’ll...
How important is leveling for an RV absorption fridge?
Dear Gary,
We recently purchased a used 2007 motorhome and haven't actually camped in it yet but have done some local driving to get used...
Small fan helps keep RV fridge cool
The typical RV absorption refrigerator is smaller than the one in your home and if you're like many RVers you tend to over-stuff it,...
Do you really need a new refrigerator?
By Russ and Tiña De Maris
Scan a few RV discussion boards and you'll surely find some who are fed up with their RV refrigerator....
What to do about ice on RV fridge fins
RV Doctor
Dear Gary,
We are new full-timers and I’ve noticed our Norcold refrigerator fins inside the unit are icing up. What causes this or is...
Novel approach to fridge placement could lead to disaster
By Russ and Tiña De Maris
An RVer asked if it was possible to install an LP-fired RV refrigerator in such a way that the...
RV refrigerators – Go for a residential unit?
By Russ and Tiña De Maris
Do you store your worms in your refrigerator? All kidding aside, but when RVers talk refrigerators it is like...
Refrigerator in Keystone fifth wheel won’t work, flawed design
Roger Ford of Ford's Refrigeration shows you one of his customer's fifth wheel trailers, an Alpine fifth wheel by Keystone, with a refrigerator that...
A very different all-electric refrigerator
By Greg Illes
The vast majority of RVs are equipped with the familiar dc/propane fridge, also sometimes called a "recombinant gas" fridge. It's an archaic...
Can a 2-way RV fridge be converted to a 3-way?
Dear Gary:
We just replaced our Dometic refrigerator with a new one. On our old refrigerator we had an aftermarket 3-way switch put in (AC,...