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funks 
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Joined: 05 Nov 2014 Location: CALIF Online Status: Offline Posts: 98 |
 Topic: Dead Dometic RM8501Posted: 04 Aug 2017 at 11:07am |
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I think I'm having the same problem with our three year old RM 8501 cooling on gas. It runs on AC and DC just fine. Is yours running on AC and DC? I'm trying to nail down the problem and If I do I'll let you know. I also have a good blue flame and the tower is really heating up but it just won't cool down.
Good Luck and keep posting
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spydie
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Joined: 25 Jul 2017 Location: New Mexico Online Status: Offline Posts: 159 |
Posted: 04 Aug 2017 at 10:48am |
That's not too bad of current consumption. I replaced my Dometic with an Engel (swing-compressor, like the Danfoss compressors) in my motorhome 4 years ago and it draws (rated) 1-3 amps per hour (averages a little over 1 amp in real life). I added a couple extra batteries and could run it for days with no affect. I recently took a 3 night trip in my truck to pick up my Rpod and put an Engel Chest freezer/refrigerator in the back seat and took along an extra AGM sealed battery to run it at night (because my truck 12 volt plug-in is dead after you turn the key off) and after 3 nights on that battery, when I got home it still measured 12.4 volts. I'll be adding the second battery to my Rpod and carrying the Engel with me for things that I want colder than the Dometic can handle (and I've already thought about replacing the brand new Dometic with another built-in Engel).
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2018 R-pod 176
2017 RAM 1500 5.7L Hemi 
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StephenH
podders Helping podders - pHp
Joined: 29 Nov 2015 Location: Wake Forest, NC Online Status: Offline Posts: 6289 |
Posted: 04 Aug 2017 at 9:33am |
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I'm looking at something like this if I can't get adequate performance out of our RV refrigerator. It might mean that we could not dry camp for long periods but this one looks like it would not be too hard on the batteries and yet offer superior performance to the absorption refrigerators.
Vitrifrigo 4.2 Cu. Ft. AC/DC Marine Refrigerator. |
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StephenH
Happy is the man that findeth wisdom,... ouR escaPOD mods Former RPod 179 Current Cherokee Grey Wolf 24 JS |
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pgoelz
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Joined: 22 Jul 2016 Online Status: Offline Posts: 70 |
Posted: 04 Aug 2017 at 7:12am |
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Ours is three years old and has the round boiler. Sadly, we have tried many times.... turning g it off and letting it sit did not help at all. The inside fins get cool enough to condense water but that's about all.
According to Dometic, three degrees front to back and six degrees side to side is the limit. However, the fact that crucial information is not in the manual seems to me to be unbelievably negligent at best and intentionally fraudulent at worst. Forest River is supposedly looking into remedies with Dometic but I have not heard back yet. Not holding my breath either based on my last conversation with Dometic. Paul |
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spydie
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Joined: 25 Jul 2017 Location: New Mexico Online Status: Offline Posts: 159 |
Posted: 03 Aug 2017 at 11:55pm |
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According to my new 2018 Dometic manual, the new refers have a "round" boiler and the old ones had a square boiler. The old ones, according to Dometic service manual (available online) would eventually plug up (a cumulative affect) and usually required replacement (although I've heard of RV maintenance guys taking the refrigerator out, rolling it over and over on the ground, re-installing it, and it was unplugged). The new round boiler supposedly doesn't plug permanently but if it stops cooling, just re-level your rig and it will start again. Some people say you have to turn it off and let it cool down first, though.
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2018 R-pod 176
2017 RAM 1500 5.7L Hemi
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furpod
Moderator Group - pHp 
Joined: 25 Jul 2011 Location: Central KY Online Status: Offline Posts: 6128 |
Posted: 03 Aug 2017 at 12:55pm |
I always figured if I can walk without holding on, and shower without leaning on a wall.. "close enough".. But.. for 20 years, I RV'd on a tank.. so... |
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Carolavan
Newbie 
Joined: 25 Sep 2016 Location: South Carolina Online Status: Offline Posts: 39 |
Posted: 03 Aug 2017 at 8:31am |
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Good luck getting a new part. We waited three MONTHS and then bought a new Norcold fridge. Dometic's service was pathetic.
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2015 R-Pod 179
2016 Nissan Pathfinder Platinum "It's a good thing we are going slowly because we might be going in the wrong direction." Ashliegh Brilliant |
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fwunder
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Joined: 04 Oct 2013 Location: New Jersey Online Status: Offline Posts: 1676 |
Posted: 02 Aug 2017 at 3:38pm |
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Jeez furpod, now I got figure how much of a bubble is 3 degrees!
 fred
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2014 RPod 178 => MyMods and Buying Habits
2008 4Runner Limited 4.0-liter V6 Yes, those are wild ponies dining on grass while dumping tanks! |
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furpod
Moderator Group - pHp
Joined: 25 Jul 2011 Location: Central KY Online Status: Offline Posts: 6128 |
Posted: 02 Aug 2017 at 3:36pm |
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In the vintage world, many a dead refer has been restored to life with a light tapping of the lines. If it's not a leak, the "coolant" is still in there. Tapping, or even pulling the fridge and inverting it, has, again, saved many vintage fridges, including ours in the 'stream.
and, the general consensus seems to be 3 degrees off level is the max it will still function.. |
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pgoelz
Groupie
Joined: 22 Jul 2016 Online Status: Offline Posts: 70 |
Posted: 02 Aug 2017 at 3:35pm |
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That should have read "whacks". Again I'm using Text to Voice while we're in the trailer camping.
Paul |
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