It’s confirmed my dometic fridge is cr*ptemp

[TCG]

currently in France with a mate who also has a motor home... I have the large dometic fridge freezer with added fans fitted to a thermostat and he has the thetford fridge freezer with no addition fans.

My dometic fridge temp never below 8.6 c with fans assisting
My mates thetford fridge 3.7 with no fans

They are both stocked roughy the same amount

Which just goes to prove, Dometic fridges not fit for purpose and are a pile of crap

 

[JJ]

Which just goes to prove, Dometic fridges not fit for purpose and are a pile of crap

Maybe it is just your one, not all of them?


JJ

 

[TCG]

Maybe it is just your one, not all of them?


JJ

Let’s see

 

[Richard n Ann]

Our dometic is great, freezes stuff over night if it's set too low.
Ambients of high twenties here.

Fridge temp goes up in the day a bit because of opening the door and putting warm cans in etc.

 

[dave newell]

Our dometic fridge freezer works perfectly, even In last summer's temperatures the freezer maintained -18c and the fridge maintained 5c throughout a two week holiday in July.

D.

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[Lenny HB]

Which just goes to prove, Dometic fridges not fit for purpose and are a pile of crap

I thought you were going to tell us something we didn't know.

 

[JJ]

15 - 30

JJ

 

[Reallyretired]

I think its just yours. Try turning it down a bit. For some reason having them on full blast makes them less rather than more effective.

 

[Terry]

Not much hope for you,Thetford own Dometic

 

[Stealaway]

when did last have it serviced? Just like the van?

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[The Wino]

when did last have it serviced? Just like the van?

Not a lot of people realise a hab service generally does not include servicing the fridge just seeing if its safe. We asked to have the fridge serviced at our last hab service to be told they don't do them!!

 

[Stealaway]

Any good dealer should be able to change the gas jet and clean the chimney. It's not rocket science. It's usually all that's wrong with it - after 10 years!!!

 

[The Wino]

Any good dealer should be able to change the gas jet and clean the chimney. It's not rocket science. It's usually all that's wrong with it - after 10 years!!!

I changed the gas jet on ours last year but wouldn't do it for someone else if I ran a business unless I had qualifications and insurance!. I would have cleaned the flue but can't get to it without taking the fridge out and chickened out!

 

[Stealaway]

l just blew an airline up it and ducked quickly out the way of the soot

 

[Camping Gaza]

You just don't have enough beer in it to act like those freezer blocks is all, FILL IT!

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[Lanerboy]

I have had the dometic fridge freezer in both my current carthago and my previous Rapido and both have been superb never had a problem freezer keeps everything frozen solid and fridge ins always cold I never need it above half power else it is too cold

What other fridge freezers come in motorhomes and why are they better than the dometic ones

 

[Grumpybutters]

Our domestic fridge was having the same issues, we took a can of compressed air and squirted it around the mechanical bits which are accessible through the exteriors vent. A few seconds but a lot of dirt and dust later the fridge temperature dropped and all was good. It also worked when the jets didn’t want to ignite,

 

[Jaws]

After nothing but grief from two Thetford units I fitted a dometic.. Even in 40c in Italy last year is performed faultlessly .. and no fans fitted
Interesting point re fans.
The fridge relies on heat to make the heat exchanger work.. your fans are not TOO efficient are they ?
Might be worth disconnecting them and see what happens