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Originally Posted by thor1958
Reading through the various instruction manuals for our new RV (yes, I am one of those strange guys that reads full manuals for entertainment)....I noticed that the Dometic fridge manual says to NOT leave it running for extended periods when not otherwise being used. I had been leaving it on while parked and plugged in the driveway for the past few weeks...but reading that cautionary note in the manual prompted me to shut it off until the next trip.
Aside from the obvious savings in energy usage, does anyone have any technical opinions on absorption fridge lifetime versus usage patterns?
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On our old camper it had a norcold fridge, they are based on ammonia and a heating element to cool and not like a house that has a compressor and Freon,and we had to change the 12v heating element a few times, the tech at the rv place said when there empty the fridge runs more and eventually burns out the element.
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