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    Posted: 06 Aug 2013 at 9:50pm

I believe I've solved the fridge problem when in gas mode.  Today I pulled the burner assembly out (still attached, just loose) and blew a strong blast of air on it. The flame was then much stronger. Where it wouldn't cool at all during the trip, right now after about 4 hours in gas mode it is now reading 34.5 F.  Yay! 

I also opened the chimney and pulled out the diffuser, then blew air down there, but it was all clean so I'm sure that wasn't the problem.  The diffuser didn't have any carbon or dirt on it.
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Originally posted by techntrek

I believe I've solved the fridge problem when in gas mode.  Today I pulled the burner assembly out (still attached, just loose) and blew a strong blast of air on it. The flame was then much stronger. Where it wouldn't cool at all during the trip, right now after about 4 hours in gas mode it is now reading 34.5 F.  Yay! 

I also opened the chimney and pulled out the diffuser, then blew air down there, but it was all clean so I'm sure that wasn't the problem.  The diffuser didn't have any carbon or dirt on it.



Doug,

Can I correctly assume the 34.5 degree reading above was in the freezer section? Running the fridge empty, on AC, and undisturbed overnight I typically see the freezer running 70 degrees F below outside ambient and the fridge section running 40 degrees  F below ambient. On high, with all lights lit, it seems to bottom out at about 43-46 degrees in the fridge section, but that may be limited by the 80 degree morning temps here in FL. This tracks through the day which means the fridge climbs to 50+ as the day warms. How does this compare with your experience? Also, I can find no difference between gas and 120 Volt performance. You?

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We don't keep the freezer divider in place, but the temperature sensor was on the top shelf.  With the temperature control set to 5 it got down to 29 degrees the next morning, then I changed it to 1 and it went up to 45 when I got home from work.  Set to 3 it held in the upper 30's.  All of this time the outside temps were in the 60's and 70's.

While on our trip AC mode would hold around 39 degrees with outside temps in the 80's and 90's.  DC mode was a bit warmer in camp and would rise up to 70 degrees on the road.
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