Casita refrigerator not cooling when level with propane

[LFitz]

Originally Posted by Bill L in PA

Hi, Linda, As a Scamp owner I am not sure of the exact dimensions of your refrigerator or your door. However, although a VERY tight fit I was able to remove my fridge by taking off the refrigerator door and all the trim around the fridge and carefully removing the screen door jambs, which are wood in my trailer. Although it may not be helpful to you, here is one of the videos that I used to figure out how to remove the fridge:

Additionally, I found a youtube video where a man is actually removing a fridge from a casita. It does not show the exact moment the fridge is moved out the door, but you might find this helpful (and it also shows the yellow ammonia that is indicative of a bad absorption unit):

Good luck!

Wow. Thank you for these videos!!!! Will be much more confident in removing frig now!! I couldn’t find any videos when I looked. Take care

[LFitz]

Originally Posted by CharlesinGA

My travel buddy's fridge was not working on gas when we went to Linville Falls, NC. It worked fine at home on 120v. He got the generator out and ran it and sure enough the fridge was working fine within an hour.

When he got home he started investigating. The trailer didn't have bug screens and was in Daytona Beach when he bought it a couple of years earlier. The diffuser is a spiral metal piece that is dropped down in the chimney. That is the metal bail the mud is caked over in one pic. He could not get it out any other way but to pull the fridge, so he built a stand and disconnected it and slid it out. Pics tell the story.

I posted pics of bug screens and information in THIS THREAD

Charles

Wow. Crazy. Thanks for info. Will explore cleaning more. I took it in for maintenance 2 times. Hope they would have noticed something like this. Guess have to look myself. Safe travels. Just say NO to bugs.

[Markf]

Could someone post a pic of the chimney for the Dometic fridge and possibly an explanation of how to clean it, please so I know what to look for to keep clean. I'm not very mechanically minded anymore. We have a 2016 Casita Liberty deluxe. Going to start camping again in October when it's a bit cooler here in Texas.
Thanks so much