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Choked Out!

Submitted by Prentis Henry on Tuesday, 9 June 2020 - 01:33

Many times we get calls from customers with a complaint of the refrigerator workinggreat for awhile. They pack up the fridge once it gets to temperature. Everything is great until the afternoon sun gets it nice and hot outside.

Food Spoils, and Ice Cream melts

Very Frustrating. 

Do they have a bad cooling unit?  Is it a faulty Power Board?

Nope… It’s ventilation problems most likely.

An ammonia refrigerator requires a lot of air flow to keep the top of the cooling unit cool.  When the temperatures outside rise, fans don’t run as well, or you have a blockage in the chimney you will see the exact behavior described above,  Running the refrigerator on propane will make it even worse due to the exhaust of the flue heating up the chimney air as well.  So how to prevent it… or at least save a camping trip temporarily?

You need additional airflow.  Put a box fan on the ground outside the access cover blowing up into the chimney.  Take off those access covers and run it on electricity if possible.  If it’s already at the “too hot at the top” stage, turn it off for 2 hours while you set up your fans and then turn it back on.  This will allow the ammonia to return to a more appropriate temperature

  • 2021

    Submitted by Prentis Henry on Thursday, 7 January 2021 - 15:32
    Thank the Lord Almighty we’ve made it into a new year. The changing of the calendar may not make all our problems go away but it certainly does feel good think of it as a fresh start. We hope to serve your refrigeration needs going forward. Speaking of… A new
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  • Ammonia to Freon – Norcold 1200 / 1210

    Submitted by Prentis Henry on Monday, 26 August 2019 - 13:31
    Over the past year or so there has been a new product emerge in the RV Refrigeration market. The Freon cooling unit replacement for a Norcold 1200 / 1210 refrigerator made by JC Refrigeration. These units fit directly into the same mounting space as the original ammonia cooling unit and
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  • In the Summertime

    Submitted by Prentis Henry on Tuesday, 16 April 2019 - 14:56
    As Mungo Jerry says “I don’t know why, but this feels like summertime” With the temperatures about to hit the ceiling there will very likely be some realizations in your near future about the RV refrigerators out there. Those realizations will be that your fridge that seemed to work pretty
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After being an avid camper for many years, Prentis and Kara Henry saw a need for quality rv refrigerator repair. We have a 13,500 sq. ft. building, fitted with new equipment where we manufacture our own high-quality boilers using our special enhanced tubing. We can re-manufacture cooling units for the all the popular refrigerator manufacturers including Dometic, Norcold, and Atwood to name a few.
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