6.7 cu. ft. Fails While Driving
On the last day, of our post Chilliwack three week trip to pick up our 21, we experienced a complete failure of the refrigerator to keep the temperature in the freezer below what is necessary to keep things frozen while driving. We were questioning the cooling capabilities on other parts of the trip but with short driving distances we did not experience the complete melt down that occurred on the final day. While driving we use the gas with a setting of 4. The refrigerator is the RM8500 series, 6.7 cu. ft.
Being new to the trailer, we did not have an opportunity to install fans or a temperature monitoring system, thus conclusions are based on how frozen items were maintained. Our ice cream was our thermometer, specifically those frozen ice cream bars from the Tillamook Cheese Factory.
While parked, the cooling process worked fine on gas and on shore power electric. We did not try battery operation.
We do not have an idea of what happens when driving. Liz and Jay, we did not resort to riding in the trailer while driving. On that final day, we made several stops and found nothing amiss with the refrigerator, other than some soda we pulled out that seemed a bit warm. Not until arriving home did we find the freezer items thawed out.
I have ordered the temperature monitoring system so on our trip next week we will observe temperatures while driving. If we still see the problem we will have the pressure checked by someone with a manometer and adjust as necessary.