Thetford Fridge (1 Viewer)

[Leccy Man]

Hi Every

I am knew to the forum and would like some technical advice.

I recentley aquired a chausson best of 10 motorhome which was a private sale. Everything works fine and in general i am pleased with my purchase, but i am concerned if i have a problem with the fridge,a thetford 3000 tower model. The fridge seems to get cold (+5 in the fridge and -15 in the freezer box), but when using gas the burner only switches off for around 3 minutes every hour with the setting on one bar on the display.
My concern is that the tower housing is getting very hot adjacent to the centre of the exhaust chimney whether on gas or electricity. As this is my first motorhome is this normal or should i be concerned.

 

[DavidG58]

You don't say how old it is, but it is likely it has never been serviced, that would be my suggestion to try.

Can be DIY job but badly done could be very dangerous worth finding a service place to do it

 

[Leccy Man]

Hi David,
The van had just had a habitation and fridge service prior to my purchase,i am just concerned about the heat on the housing side panel adjacent to the chimney.

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[Jaws]

Hi David,
The van had just had a habitation and fridge service prior to my purchase,i am just concerned about the heat on the housing side panel adjacent to the chimney.

A fridge service may well have just been a flue clean.
I would take it apart and give the burner a good clean, use a jet cleaning needle on the jet in the burner and also if it has restrictor up stream the jet in that too.
It may be getting hot purely because it is on all the time, but with a poor flame the heat exchanger ntakes ages to get up to temperature

 

[Leccy Man]

I called in at Lowdhams and spoke to a sales person who said that this is a common problem with this model on gas or electric and not to be concerned. He said that it is normal for the cabinet to get very hot,not sure about that statement. will take out fridge today and have a look myself and give it a clean.

 

[jockaneezer]

Lowdham's standard cop out then, "Oh, they all do that"
If you feel confident enough to check it out yourself, it's got be worth a look just to make sure everything's fine. You should be looking for a nice, even blue flame, centralised on the burner and no sign of excessive black soot.
Oh and welcome to the world of motorhome salesman sophistry.

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