Keeping a cool fridge is not only important, it is ESSENTIAL ! Let me know in the comments below, What your first RV Fridge experience was like ?

The part about the thermistor slipping down because of rough road driving, I can tell this is knowledge coming from a hardened RVer.

I use a Beech Lane rv box fan in my Dometic to circulate air & it makes a big difference. I transport cold/frozen foods in a cooler to camp & use some of the ice packs inside the fridge after about 2 hours of start-run time. This with the fan dramatically reduces cool down time. Cheers.

A couple things, I have found that the gas setting cools faster than the electric on my refrigerator. However, when the camper is sitting, air gets into the gas line. Since the stove is next to the refrigerator, I ALWAYS purge the gas to the stove burners first before even starting the refrigerator. This allows the gas to light the refrigerator more quickly. I learned 30 years ago to use an indoor/outdoor thermometer to watch the temperature drop until it is low enough to put the food in. I used to use a wired indoor/outdoor thermometer but the new wireless ones only cost about $12 and I start with putting it into the freezer. When it is cold enough, we put the frozen food in and move the temperature sender to the lower refrigerator. This is so useful that I also put one in my home refrigerator and my chest freezer. If there is a power outage, I know how much I need to run my generator to keep things cold without wasting gas. Since we often camp off the grid, I have two larger propane tanks and two of the largest deep cell batteries that fit my trailer. I also carry along a 2000 watt generator which can run my 13,000 BTU air conditioner or microwave but not at the same time. The generator is big enough to do the job and charge the batteries while not using too much gasoline. Every RV I have had has the small bathroom power vent replaced with one that is large enough to cool the whole trailer at night.

I'm new to camping and owning a camper. Thanks! I have some processing disorders and struggle watching some videos. I appreciate you talking slowly and clearly, but also getting to the point 👍🏼👍🏼

Great tips. We are getting ready to pack our travel trailer. Good advice to have food cold and frozen before you put them in the RV refrigerator.

Great to know about those adjustments taking forever. I kept playing with mine as at first, the fridge area was at 19F. Also like the idea of once it is set properly, MARK IT. Thanks!

Excellent video, Sir! Thank you for sharing about the performance testing data on the fridge. THAT is a level above the rest, to help us know the cycles and how we can better manage our own! Thank you!

Great video and content!

Great tutorial. Much thanks!

Great video thank you for sharing your info!! New subscriber here

Thanks for the information Sir.!

Great video !

Thank you for sharing

Something to keep in mind is when you stop at a gas station to fuel your vehicle while pulling a camper is that a pilot/flame can be dangerous while at the pumps.

I have had a parasitic of higher than normal, like 6 amps. It was on the same circuit as the heater. I, of course blamed the heater. years later, as I gave up after pulling the heater and replacing its board, I still had the draw. I have replaced my batteries and it had to be bad - Then I just put up with it as I plug in most of the time. When traveling, I just want my inverter to work so i can have a cup of coffee using the Kuriag. I replaced the inverter, still when I want the coffee, BEEEPPPPP no power to run my coffee. I was talking to a park ranger who came by---he said that, older units mine 2003 dometic, have a "Humidor" switch and it is actually a heater----hmmm I did discover a toggle switch on the underside of the top piece that you attached the temperature thing, just the other day and kinda wondered what it was, but---anyway, That switch activates a little heater. I turned it off and THAT was the draw!!!!! Who knew!!!!!--so, perhaps you want to do a video on that after you confirm it, of course! So just this morning I did not have to go out and start the Honda generator for morning Joe!!! It only took me 12 years to have this discovery!!!

I just bought a fridge temp gauge from Lowe’s and hung it on the rack. Can’t read it without opening the fridge but I still get an idea of how it’s doing.

thank you!!!!! I did not know how to set temperature I cleaned the burner started it early but could not get it to cool the lower box less than 45 degrees.

Fans that attach to the fins inside makes a huge difference. 🍸🍸

We used to add frozen bottles of water inside the fridge to make it easier to keep food cold and help with the load

I have water bottles I have frozen that I throw in the night before when I turn it on to help cool it down. Then when you do load it put cold food in and frozen items and it will get cool stay cool must faster

It is important to note here that if your camper is not level the refrigerator will not cool properly

Thank you, any more on video? On other problems.

Good video. What’s your thoughts on this? While driving, turn off the propane tank. Then plug in the AC 110 plug into a 12 volt to 110 volt inverter connected to the house battery ( that technically are being recharged by the engine alternator) thereby eliminating the chance of a propane fire. This would only be used while driving. Could run a generator but that burns extra gasoline. And if one have Solar, that too on a sunny drive will also keep the batteries charged/ topped off and the refrigerator running even at max if necessary.

Kindly market these ammonia absorbtion fridges in our country as the electric bill has gone high.

Is frost buildup on the fins helpful or should I drop the thermostat setting (1-5 adjustment button on the outside/above the freezer door). Thanks

I’ve got a Norcold with the control board located between fridge and freezer. It has a digital temp setting (1 to9), can I still control the temp by moving the thermistor up or down the fins?

DO YOU HAVE TO TURN THE PROPANE ON EVEN IF YOUR WANTING TO USE SHORE LINE ? THANKS FOR THE VIEDO !!!

What is the best way to turn on the propane tanks? Turn on one or both? Will the valve switch automatically, and if so, which way should I turn the valve?

Hi I have a jayfligh swift slx with refrigerator - I want to run int on a generator instead of a hook up - is this ok as I have heard its not recommended

I have a question. I recently took a long trip and our freezer was jam packed. We had trouble with the refrigerator getting too cold at its normal setting. Could that have been due to the freezer being so packed?

Can you just plug this into the wall and have it work or you need to setup the 12v and propane as well?

You say "electrizity"! LOL Where are you from??? 😉 Seems like the RV industry might be leaning toward 12 volt only refrigeration. How do you feel about 12 volt only fridges and would you recommend replacing an absorption style with a 12 volt fridge? I'm am new (sort of) to RVs and I am exploring the Grand Design models which utilize 12 volt only fridges (which I like in my limited experience) because they don't have the fins inside that take up a considerable amount of space. What say you?

We have a 2020 Class C. The 120 volt side of the fridge works fine ,, the 12 volt gas side of the unit often has to be reset after running for a while.. Batteries are new, any ideas would be appreciated.

Interesting that your IoT monitoring platform can’t send a notification to your phone or something like that. I see this video is a couple years old though. Anything smart enough like this out there today? So you don’t have to run a separate physical monitor?

do you leave the propane on for your refrigerator when driving?

I have the same fridige, mine isn't draining properly. Any suggestions? The water sits in the lower tray until it overflows.

Can I also run it on solar as I have an inverter etc

Kevin my frig light is not working but the frig is. Bought a new light bulb but wasn’t the issue. What would you do next? Ty in advance

You should show the thermistor inside the clip. Lots of ppl have no idea about it and where it should sit. It’s a Facebook question weekly

I freeze water bottles and pack the fridge and freezer with them before I leave on a trip. Is this a good practice or am I wasting my time?

I am curious how much propane is used in an eight hour day with the refrigerator cycle at 30 min?

After a couple days check light comes on??😊

Do you need battery or just propane?

We’re you the one who changed out the control board ? Was it easy ?

If you only want to run it on electricity how do you turn off the gas?

Can you run you refrigerator while your pulling your trailer safely?

My refrigerator runs fine on electric and gas while plugged in to the house! But if I switch it to gas and unplug it from the house the flame goes out! What am I doing wrong???? Also my battery is fully charged!?