Fridge cooling issue

[trn the page]

HELP!!! About to take trip to my sons funeral, can' get ref cold on 30amp or gen. does get to 42 freezer 64 ref. bus is very new to us what can we be doing wrong? We are leaving dark thirty mon.

[Senior Chief]

Our condolences on your loss.

How long have you let the fridge run? It generally takes 8-12 hours to cool down completely, more if you've put warm food inside.

[trn the page]

Thanks, for quick reply, ref was off until sat am we turned on ac and ref then.this is a 2010 alegro bus all elec.

[awarnes]

If by this afternoon you aren't seeing temps drop than you would have a problem. Try putting something frozen in it. When I'm in a hurry to get temps down I place a freezer pack in ours and the temp will drop quickly.

Good Luck and sorry for your loss
Arnold

[danf7]

I'm sorry for your loss. Hopefully by now your frig has reached temp. It does take some time if the box is hot or even warm. I keep a digital thermometer for not only checking food temps, but also the frig. Just put it in the box close the door and withins seconds you got a temp. Check it again in a couple of hours and you should see the temp drop. I hope you problem ios solved.

Dan

[tvman44]

Sorry for your loss, but I agree if the temp does not drop anymore in a few hours you do indeed have a problem with the fridge.

[whem2fish]

sorry for the loss as i see where you are its a 100 here on my 2 norcolds it will cool faster on propane drive carefull

[Ann n Gene]

If you have an all electric coach I assume that you have a residential fridge. In that case you should have seen almost immediate cooling begin, it should be cold in just a very few hours. IF NOT, you definitely have a problem, likely a bad board, that is a common problem if you do not have a pure sine wave inverter in your coach. Fridges do not like the cheaper inverters that many coach manufactures use. Do not know for sure about Tiffin but I do not think that they used a pure sine wave inverter in 2010. If this is the problem an electrician can check it out for you. just my experience and opinion

[historyljc]

trn the page, have you tried adjusting the temperature control to a lower setting. If that's the best the fridge will do, it's broke.
I'm sorry to hear of the loss of your son.

[trn the page]

Thank you all for your kind words. We have made it back home,here is update on fridge.We left early on mon. had dw turn back on breaker for fridge and it worked great drove 500 miles never turned off gen. stoped to fuel up turned off gen. after fueling turned gen. back on little later found fridge not cooling. turned off breaker. About 8 hrs. later turned back on worked great. Until next time gen. was turned off same thing seems any interruption in elec. it will shut down compressor? Anyone have this before?

[trn the page]

Up date called tiffin, they say leave inverter on this will kept power to fridge when gen. is off. Still not sure why gen. did not bring fridge back on?