RV fridge not working...  

u32764@uwe (J.T. Da Newcomer via CarKB.com) wrote:

One thing you can try... Old trick that sometimes works depending upon the
problem.  Take the fridge out of your rig and stand it upside-down overnight
(18=24 hour) then reinstall and see if it works....Just a thought.

DaveD

There is a rumor/legend/whatever that, if you INVERT the entire assembly for a
while, it *MAY* resume service.  You can only imagine the WORK that would
require, and on an old refrigerator, no less.

If you can afford the high price, a NEW replacement (with a warranty) would be
a good way to go.

When the (bought-new) 8-9-year-old, miniscule 3-way fridge on our popup died,
I had it torn out and throughly enjoyed the added, spacious cupboard.  We
never missed crawling around on the floor for our cold food again.  Since we
always brought an ice chest anyway, we simply used a bigger one for the next,
few years.  It was quite handy, with the kids gone, perched on a bunk end
behind the curtains.

Now, many years later, having enjoyed a nice stand-up-height LP/electric
refrigerator in our travel trailer, when this one dies, there will be no going
WITHOUT one as before.

Also, since I enjoy "boondocking", it will have to be an "official" RV
refrigerator that runs gas.  No cheaping-out with a <sigh> DORM fridge for
this camper.

But <sob> they want so darn much CA$H for a nice one!!  ARGH!!

In a mid-to-large metropolitan city/area, one could probably find a USED
refrigerator for less than new.  Wrecked, newer RVs are "out there" somewhere.  
However, just like with anything second-hand, one can only IMAGINE what
(mis)treatment it may have had.

I will get a NEW one with a warranty - and probably even pay for a year or two
of extended warranty for a good "shakedown" for the machine.

Do they last that long?  (A serious ?, anyone?)

You don't HAVE to put "a hundred-dollar saddle on a ten-dollar horse."  
(Trans: In a 30-year-old rig, no one would be surprised to see a pantry of
canned goods inside the dead fridge - and a cooler outside in the shade.)

It isn't cheap keeping an RV going.  It's the PRICE of our fun, though <sigh>  
We could be doing a race car, motorcycle or some other equally expensive money
pit on wheels, so I guess it's not so bad.

Thank God for my travel trailer.  If nothing else, it's SAFER than many
recreational alternatives.  (I didn't say "cheaper".)

You have provided

1.  You have provided SO little info;

2. Your diagnostic tests = 0;

Best guess: You don't yet even know the questions; a scenario that
tends to defy answers.

On May 17, 8:08 am, "J.T. Da Newcomer via CarKB.com" <u32764@uwe>
wrote:

There are many sites on the web with trouble shooting directions.  For
example:

http://www.rvmobile.com/

http://www.rvmobile.com/Tech/Trouble/TROUBLE.HTM

http://www.rvcool.com/

http://www.rverscorner.com/Site_Map.html