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[TROLLCAT]

I have it out of the trailer so just using 110 for now

is there any thing going on with it, cool........... cold ??

 

[Bernoff]

When Its Plugged in it gets warm inside?

 

[TROLLCAT]

When Its Plugged in it gets warm inside?

that's not good
the fridge's I messed with were on propane 50% success
did the upside down thing to with a 24hr wait time between moves

 

[higher n you]

When Its Plugged in it gets warm inside?

Cooling unit is shot most likely. Does it gurgle when running? Or any yellow residue down around the burner box?

 

[Murminator]

Can a guy revive a fridge out of a camper by putting it upside down and shakin the sheeeet out of it.

Just be careful of breaking the roof vents

 

[Summitric]

Did he say anything about having them upside down?

He just said to put it in the back of a truck and take it down a good bumpy gravel road... I think he also meant upside down etc is fine. I made my old fridge work just by beating on the cooling parts with a hammer for a while. I thought it might do similar, and the fridge did work afterwards fairly good... not perfect, but it was okay

 

[Bernoff]

Cooling unit is shot most likely. Does it gurgle when running? Or any yellow residue down around the burner box?

Ya it gurgles when running.

 

[Bernoff]

http://ckom.com/sites/default/files...ald park RV on roof light_0.jpg?itok=RHGPMeYT


Just be careful of breaking the roof vents

Didn't even break a branch off the shrubs.

 

[Puba]

Get a hold of Issler RV, stand up guy, great work, good prices.
Only guy I take the motor home to when chit breaks.

 

[S.W.A.T.]

Maybe it needs a recharge of freon much like a ac unit

 

[DaveB]

Maybe it needs a recharge of freon much like a ac unit

RV fridges are absorption refrigerators....no moving parts. Heat up ammonia and it circulates. Freon units need a compressor. If you smell ammonia, the cooling unit is done.

 

[imdoo'n]

I take mine for a ride in the ranger every spring, it gets turned over once or twice

 

[gforce]

I know an old rv mechanic says they used to get 3 or 4 of the old fridges and put em in a truck box and go out for a rip in a field somewhere(rough terrain and let 'em bounce around for a bit... He said about 80% would work again... Food for thought

on a side note.... remove all beer first...don't ask how I know..lol

 

[Summitric]

on a side note.... Remove all beer first...don't ask how i know..lol

hahahahahahahaha

 

[Bernoff]

RV fridges are absorption refrigerators....no moving parts. Heat up ammonia and it circulates. Freon units need a compressor. If you smell ammonia, the cooling unit is done.

I haven't smelt an ammonia.

 

[52weekbreak]

Ok. It is now two weekends from the experiment. I had beer on hand but someone (perhaps wisely) did not send an address where we could drink beer and observe the progress. All the beer purchased for this project has been consumed but I am wondering how it went. Did the burping work?

 

[Bernoff]

I have been turning it upside down a few times over the past two weeks and it still doesn't seem to work so I think it's HOOOOPED. Thanks for the input Guys.

 

[52weekbreak]

That's too bad. Thanks for the thread though

 

[ferniesnow]

That's too bad. Thanks for the thread though

and don't forget to thank for the opportunity to drink some beer.

 

[52weekbreak]

Well it is kind of a cheat really - Sun come up this morning? Now that calls for a beer. Always fun to enjoy a brew or two when an experiment is being conducted.