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Old 08-01-2015, 08:13 PM   #101
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Fans are up high to pull air across the condenser fins.
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Old 08-01-2015, 08:13 PM   #102
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Go to the next thread, here http://www.escapeforum.org/forums/f3...c-5509-12.html
post #112 are pictures, one up by the upper vent and one about midway down. If you shunt the thermostat in the rear bottom, you will hear the fans come on.
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Old 08-01-2015, 08:19 PM   #103
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Go to the next thread, here http://www.escapeforum.org/forums/f3...c-5509-12.html
post #112 are pictures, one up by the upper vent and one about midway down. If you shunt the thermostat in the rear bottom, you will hear the fans come on.
With the fan arrangement, seems like they should stratify the air path pretty well. Possibly induce a bit of flow alongside the boiler shield. Just a theory!
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Old 08-01-2015, 09:09 PM   #104
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My fan snap thermostat is on a black pipe straight in the middle of the vent opening, it is to the left of the defrost water holder.

1 power wire coming in and 2 red wires heading to the fans off the other snap contact.

Following one red wire to the lowest fan is upper left. Much smaller then I expected.

The other red wire continues up to , I would guess, just below the condenser.

My fans draw about .3 A each. insignificant to our battery system.
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Old 08-02-2015, 08:43 AM   #105
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Good to know the draw. See post #70 here where a simple switch will activate the fans, just stick the wires into the connection joint and put some butyl to hold. Hopefully we will get the correct thermostat one day.
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Old 08-02-2015, 10:26 AM   #106
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Today hooked up additional fan switch to the thermal one and went to turn the fridge on. Nothing!!!! I checked the AC power, ok, checked the 12v fuse in the back, ok. played with the on/off switch, nothing. I have no blue light, nothing.

does anyone have another suggestion or know how to remove the control panel? After removing the screws, it is still attached.

When trailer was parked, it is possible the fridge was left on and when 110 plugged in it might have tried to run for who knows how long with the doors open.

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Old 08-03-2015, 11:39 AM   #107
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Can someone help me understand something, with the refrigerator hovering at
(plus or minus1 ) at 40 F degrees on setting #4 and 90 degree outside in the sun, why is it the freezer always remains below 10 and sometime minus. does that not tell you the unit is operating effectively?
Therefore why is is we can not keep the refer consistently at 36-38. Are our thermometers that inaccurate?
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Old 08-03-2015, 11:51 AM   #108
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I noticed that when traveling last fall. The fridge was in the upper 40's to low 50's while the freezer was in the low teens. Might be the fridge portion is just too big whereas the freezer is fine. Doesn't the double door still get it's cooling from the freezer like the single door?
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Old 08-03-2015, 11:56 AM   #109
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This makes me to believe it is the thermistor. because that controls the refer. Both are either "on or off" but the thermistor keeps the refer at an above freezing temperature whereas there is nothing in the freezer that controls it.
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Old 08-03-2015, 12:15 PM   #110
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I noticed that when traveling last fall. The fridge was in the upper 40's to low 50's while the freezer was in the low teens. Might be the fridge portion is just too big whereas the freezer is fine. Doesn't the double door still get it's cooling from the freezer like the single door?
Sounds like it works just like the 4.3 . Pat
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Old 08-03-2015, 12:28 PM   #111
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Sounds like it works just like the 4.3 . Pat
So much for the "too big" idea.
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Old 08-03-2015, 05:19 PM   #112
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Today it hit 90F, right now it is 87 inside and outside BlackJack, the refer is 41 and freezer is 7 both F, on electric, setting #4 with the exterior fans off. I think I maybe getting better results with the fans off. Also pulled the thermistor down as far as it will go within the holder. Not sure if it needs to be lower or higher, but testing for the right locale.
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Today it is 88 inside the trailer, 92 outside, the freezer is at 1 and refer is 38. I do not have the fans on, it is on 120v and the thermistor is just dangling down, out of it's holder, about 2" below the rear fins. I think it likes it there. Time to load up more food and measure the recovery time.
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Old 08-05-2015, 12:50 PM   #114
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Loaded up, the freezer went to 11 and refer to 44, will time recovery.
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Old 08-05-2015, 02:45 PM   #115
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Just had the fridge changed out in my 21 and noticed an empty grommet behind the fridge (inside the outer access panel) next to the one that the propane pipe lives in. Is there supposed to be a drain line in that? I didn't see one anywhere behind the fridge...............
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Old 08-05-2015, 03:44 PM   #116
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Just had the fridge changed out in my 21 and noticed an empty grommet behind the fridge (inside the outer access panel) next to the one that the propane pipe lives in. Is there supposed to be a drain line in that? I didn't see one anywhere behind the fridge...............
That should be the water drain line. Test it (after confirming the drain hose comes out under the trailer) ours was kinked and didn't drain.

I guess it's for water getting through the vent?? Mine drains now but if that much water gets in there I think I will be in a typhoon?
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Old 08-05-2015, 03:52 PM   #117
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Yes, it is a drain and I put my refrigerator drain (with hose extension) into it, pictures earlier in this thread or the next one.
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It is the drain, one member removed the water catch basin on the back of the fridge and added some tubing to route the condensation to this.
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It is the drain, one member removed the water catch basin on the back of the fridge and added some tubing to route the condensation to this.
I did that too then thought maybe I should leave it open to drain any water that passes the vent.

Do you think it's there to drain the frig or the space behind the frig IF water passes through the vent?
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The way it's caulked, as well as the gas line hole, I'd think it's to drain the area as opposed to just the fridge. Guess as long as there is room for water to get by the hose you'd be fine.
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