leveling the frig

[Bud Kennedy]

O.K. I understand that the frig must be level, but how close to perfect must it be?

Surely there is some leeway permissable.

Anyone have any idea?

[Gina D.]

I have always leveled "Within a bubble" and been fine. Maybe just lucky, but it works for me.

[Frederick L. Simson]

Surely there is some leeway permissible.

I use these RV levels (marked in one inch increments) on the front and side of my trailer. I find front-to-rear leveling is more critical than side-to-side leveling. I figure +/- 1" on these is close enough.

[Donna D.]

Between the BAL leveler I have available and the tongue jack, I can get my trailer level... spot on. Because the 3-way in my trailer is 22 years old (and still going strong), I make every effort to be perfectly level. Besides, I sleep better when the blood isn't rushing to my head or feet

YMMV

[Alf S.]

Hi: Bud Kennedy... Half a bubble off plumb might work...might not!!! The trick is to be able to tell the difference!!!
Alf S. North shore of Lake Erie

[Harry Young]

Bud,

You are really leveling the evaporator section, the cold part inside the refrigerator. The refrigerator may not even be level in the trailer when its level so always level with respect to the evaporator.

Harry

[April Wilcox]

Bud,

You are really leveling the evaporator section, the cold part inside the refrigerator. The refrigerator may not even be level in the trailer when its level so always level with respect to the evaporator.

Harry

We put our level inside the fridge and go by that, when the fridge is level, that's where we settle, even if the trailer is not perfectly level.

[LSChilders]

If the trailer is level enough for you to sleep in comfortably, ... it's level enough for the fridg.

[Flygal]

ditto....any less and my fridge revolts...But I love it so I pamper it

We put our level inside the fridge and go by that, when the fridge is level, that's where we settle, even if the trailer is not perfectly level.

[Jane P.]

My trailer service pro told me the same thing as April and Brandy. His reasoning is that the fridge when installed, is not always level with the trailer. So you can have a level trailer, but unleveled fridge. Because the fridge must be level to insure proper operation, you need to verify that the fridge is level at the campsite.

He suggested that I put a small bull's eye leveler in the freezer (when I'm parking - not permanently!) to verify that the fridge is level. If 1/2 of the bubble is inside the bull's eye, all is well.

BTW, he did say that recent model refrigerators are not as sensitive as older ones.

[Raya]

If there is enough of a discrepancy between the refrigerator and the rest of the camper in regards to level - so that you find yourself living with an un-level feeling trailer - you could always shim or re-fit the refrigerator so that it is level with the trailer, then all is good.

Raya

[Bill MacDermod]

When your driving and pulling with fridge on what happens when you come to all the mountains either going up or down????.

At one rally we were at a few years ago we had a rep from Dometic come and this subject came up. He said they would sputter at 7 degrees, I take sputter to mean something like it doesn't want to run right

[Bill K]

I was always under the impression that when you are moving keeps the refrigerants mixed up, but when sitting still just the heat is not enough to keep it mixed and moving if off level.

Bill K

When your driving and pulling with fridge on what happens when you come to all the mountains either going up or down????.

At one rally we were at a few years ago we had a rep from Dometic come and this subject came up. He said they would sputter at 7 degrees, I take sputter to mean something like it doesn't want to run right