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08-27-2014, 01:04 PM
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#101
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Member
Join Date: Sep 2013
Location: Williamsburg, Virginia
Trailer: 2017 Escape 21
Posts: 80
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Driving west from Virginia in Mid July I had the freezer door removed and was getting around 37 at 5 bars. Once we hit Colorado with temps sometimes near 87 it was doing better so I put the freezer door back in. I only measure the fridge and get down to 29 by the morning and up to 32 during the day. If we open the door a lot and are putting in new food it will go up to 34. The fridge side has been south for the past two weeks. I have stated turning it down to 4 bars at night and then up to 5 during the day. We have fresh peaches in the freezer and they freeze hard as a rock. I am bascally satisfied with mine. Our 6.7 is stock and we use a small block fan.
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08-27-2014, 01:06 PM
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#102
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Senior Member
Join Date: Apr 2012
Location: Edmonton, Alberta
Trailer: 2013 19' & 2013 15B
Posts: 2,636
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Quote:
Originally Posted by LeonW
...Is there anyone out there who has a 6.7 fridge and is happy with it? or is the discontent universal?
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We live in northern Alberta where hot temperatures are definitely not the norm. However, we did spend 3 weeks this past summer in SW USA (mostly WY, UT, AZ, CO) with daytime highs varying in range of 33°C to 43°C. Our fridge operated on propane most of that time, with about 1/3 days at sites with electricity. We had no issues with our 2013 6.7cu ft fridge not keeping up with the cooling. We never noticed any problems, food stayed cold in fridge, food froze and stayed frozen in freezer (my wife passed out freezies to heat suffering neighbor kids in Devil's Garden CG in Moab). So for us, I would have to say that up until now, we have had no negative performance issues with ours.
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08-27-2014, 02:29 PM
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#103
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Senior Member
Join Date: Jun 2010
Location: Central, Pennsylvania
Trailer: Escape#5 2022 E19
Posts: 26,268
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I'm still holding 37/3 with it being 87 inside camper and 91 outside, on electric, setting #3, interior fans on.
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08-27-2014, 05:41 PM
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#104
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Senior Member
Join Date: Feb 2014
Location: Port Angeles, Washington
Trailer: 2014 19'
Posts: 534
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Hi Jim, Reace said that AC electric does work better then gas. I wonder if you can do any gas testing, like switching for a day?
We dry camp whenever possible so I have disconnected DC and AC to force the refrig into gas for my tests. I know I can switch to 'gas' but want to trick the AES system into 'thinking' there is only gas to allow it to use it's logic (if it has any..).
Mel
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08-27-2014, 05:59 PM
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#105
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Senior Member
Join Date: Jun 2010
Location: Central, Pennsylvania
Trailer: Escape#5 2022 E19
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I'll be using gas next week for a 18 hour drive to Michigan and report my findings.
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08-27-2014, 06:18 PM
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#106
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Senior Member
Join Date: Oct 2008
Location: St. Thomas not BVI., Ontario
Trailer: 2014 Escape 5.0TA / 2016 Ram Eco Diesel 4X4
Posts: 8,038
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Klem
Hi Jim, Reace said that AC electric does work better then gas. I wonder if you can do any gas testing, like switching for a day?
We dry camp whenever possible so I have disconnected DC and AC to force the refrig into gas for my tests. I know I can switch to 'gas' but want to trick the AES system into 'thinking' there is only gas to allow it to use it's logic (if it has any..).
Mel
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Hi: Klem... We have stopped travelling on propane with our 5.0TA and we now use 12V. with the 160W solar panel. Now I'm glad we went solar!!! Alf
escape artist N.S. of Lake Erie
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08-27-2014, 06:19 PM
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#107
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Senior Member
Join Date: Jun 2010
Location: Central, Pennsylvania
Trailer: Escape#5 2022 E19
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Alf, you never did answer me, is your refer the 6.7 with the door slots?
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08-27-2014, 06:29 PM
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#108
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Senior Member
Join Date: Oct 2008
Location: St. Thomas not BVI., Ontario
Trailer: 2014 Escape 5.0TA / 2016 Ram Eco Diesel 4X4
Posts: 8,038
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Quote:
Originally Posted by cpaharley2008
Alf, you never did answer me, is your refer the 6.7 with the door slots?
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Hi: cpaharley2008... Sorry!!! We're not at home and I haven't had time to get inside the 6.7's door to see. So far we just stopped using the MaxxFan with the trailer closed, and running 12V. while towing. Tonight the fridge is at 34*F@ 5 bars... outside temp was 80*F using 120V. all day. I'll open up the door skin when I get home Mon. and report what I find then. Alf
escape artist N.S. of Lake Erie
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08-27-2014, 08:03 PM
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#109
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Commercial Member
Join Date: Apr 2014
Location: Hillsboro, Oregon
Trailer: 2014 Escape 21 - "Felicity"
Posts: 2,945
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I have to wonder if ETI is picking up this thread about the door air leakage. Has to be a very big hammer to use with Dometic - cool the fridge, then lose that due to a poor design? Seems like a significant design flaw IMHO; as a retired design/project engineer I'd be busting my buns were I working at Dometic to figure out how the flaw made it into production...........
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08-27-2014, 08:21 PM
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#110
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Senior Member
Join Date: May 2013
Location: Middle, Tennessee
Trailer: 2017 Escape 19' #2
Posts: 1,441
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I was having some fridge discussions with Reace and sent him the link on this thread when it was discovered. Im sure he has made Dometic aware of it.
Some engineer is sitting at his desk holding his head in his hands.
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08-27-2014, 08:37 PM
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#111
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Senior Member
Join Date: May 2013
Location: Middle, Tennessee
Trailer: 2017 Escape 19' #2
Posts: 1,441
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This is a 6.7 belonging to a friend (Parker) that was completed around 6/2013 and it does not have the exposed latch or rod channel. It does have the hole in the bottom of the door leaking air.
I have a lot of build photos saved and none of the 6.7 fridges I have pictures of have the latched exposed. All of the 4.3 fridges I have pictures of do have the latch exposed with the door rod channel.
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08-27-2014, 08:58 PM
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#112
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Commercial Member
Join Date: Apr 2014
Location: Hillsboro, Oregon
Trailer: 2014 Escape 21 - "Felicity"
Posts: 2,945
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Kountrykamper
I was having some fridge discussions with Reace and sent him the link on this thread when it was discovered. Im sure he has made Dometic aware of it.
Some engineer is sitting at his desk holding his head in his hands.
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LOL - Been the engineer doing that when I melted $24,000 worth of aluminum tooling in a furnace because I forgot to switch the controls from Centigrade to Fahrenheit............
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08-28-2014, 05:07 AM
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#113
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Senior Member
Join Date: Jun 2010
Location: Central, Pennsylvania
Trailer: Escape#5 2022 E19
Posts: 26,268
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Most SOB's are not as airtight as Escapes and this may not be prevalent elsewhere.
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Sometime life gets in the way of living.......
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08-28-2014, 05:15 AM
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#114
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Senior Member
Join Date: Sep 2009
Location: Southwick, Massachusetts
Trailer: None, sold my 2014 5.0TA
Posts: 7,124
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Got a point there, my hybrid was nothing but one big air leak. Never would have noticed if the fridge leaked.
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08-28-2014, 09:17 AM
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#115
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Senior Member
Join Date: Nov 2010
Location: Tucson, AZ, Arizona
Trailer: gone, 19 and 21 & 17B with 5.0 now. gone
Posts: 790
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6.7 fridge leaking air
Last week we had some cooler weather, come on monsoon, it was down in the upper 80's during the day and into the 70's at night for a couple of hours and I decided to test the fridge with different fans and 120 or propane. I believe I'll get by with it now and only use two blue ice packs when it is 100 or more for almost 24 hours. I had the box down to 30*, trailer about 80, fan blowing out and one window cracked, used my IR temp gun all around the fridge door, the read was consistent at 72*. I thought that seemed reasonable as I know the metal door and frame allowed some transfer of temps.
Jack
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08-28-2014, 12:29 PM
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#116
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Senior Member
Join Date: Jun 2010
Location: Central, Pennsylvania
Trailer: Escape#5 2022 E19
Posts: 26,268
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Today it is 92 outside, 82 inside trailer. 37/1 are the remote readings, full sun.
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Jim
Sometime life gets in the way of living.......
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08-28-2014, 01:01 PM
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#117
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Senior Member
Join Date: May 2013
Location: Middle, Tennessee
Trailer: 2017 Escape 19' #2
Posts: 1,441
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What setting? Fridge full or empty? Are you opening the fridge as you would if you were camping? Put it on propane and see if you can maintain those temps.
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08-28-2014, 01:14 PM
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#118
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Senior Member
Join Date: Jun 2010
Location: Central, Pennsylvania
Trailer: Escape#5 2022 E19
Posts: 26,268
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Setting #3, fridge is 50% full, not opening. My purpose is to show that given time, the refer can keep a proper temperature on 120v. Propane test next week with open and closing.
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Jim
Sometime life gets in the way of living.......
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08-28-2014, 02:43 PM
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#119
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Senior Member
Join Date: Mar 2013
Location: Yellow Springs, Ohio
Trailer: 2013 Escape 19
Posts: 709
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And then how about towing it for a few hours!
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08-28-2014, 02:48 PM
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#120
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Senior Member
Join Date: Mar 2013
Location: Yellow Springs, Ohio
Trailer: 2013 Escape 19
Posts: 709
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Ours is actually doing pretty well today while towing. Outside temp is mid 60s and inside is 35.
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