How to use an RV refrigerator | RVAddict

How to use an RV refrigerator when you never have before.
When you are new to RV camping there are a number of NEW tasks and things to learn.
Operating your refrigerator is essential to keeping food in the Rig.

There are a few tools I use to monitor my Fridge temp because our fridge did not work well when we purchased the RV.
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00:00 Begin
01:18 Turn on the fridge
02:29 Thermister setting
03:44 Checking the temperature
05:28 Starting the cool down process
08:01 How I can track the progress of the Fridge using Data tracking
10:25 final thoughts

[RVKevin]

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 ?

[ryanmckissen]

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 👍🏼👍🏼

[philipmartin]

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.

[DennisCarron-xm]

Wow this has helped alot .Im in a borrowed RV and could not get the freidge to work. thanks to you, its now working

[NYCamper]

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.

[monoracional]

Great video, no annoying background music, i learn that that thing that was laying around attached to a cable is the thermistor...thanks,

[Marilynlovesebiking]

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.

[IamMugs]

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!

[kanaletumlinson]

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

[albiecraig]

You're doing a great service. Thank you for doing this video

[SharpBalisong]

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

[ClearCallMinistries]

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!

[mikewhitwell-xh]

Very informative video. It seems like the fridge light stays on when door is closed

[daisybrown]

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

[LetsCelebrateTV]

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

[rogerjohnsen]

thank 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.

[lauralarita]

Two days before our trip, I freeze 16 water bottles and put half in the freezer and the other half in the refrigerator just to help the cold process begin.

[Zagger]

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

[haroldboyer]

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

[FMTFXE]

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.