With this fridge is -10 to -12 an acceptable min temp for the freezer when the outside temp is 38 deg and the van is under heavy shade with the normal fridge fan on high?
Hi,
Mine varies between -10 and -20C under most conditions. In hot weather it can actually be colder since the thermostat is in the fridge but th ecoolent goes first through the freezer before going through the fins in the fridge.
The warmest mine gets is actually in overnight in Winter. This is because the outside temperature is so cold that the fridge requires no cooling and thus the thermostat turns the fridge off. And then there is no cooling in the freezer, si the freezer gets up to -10C.
In all the time we have used the fridge, nothing has ever defrosted and I have never observed the mechanical temp gauge in the freezer to be warmer than -10C or colder than -20C.
We have a 95l Dometic RM 2350 three-way fridge mounted in a Jayco Penguin camper trailer with an external fridge fan on the top external vent, shade cloth running the full length of the van, and fridge cavity is sealed all the way around the fridge cabinet to reduce heat from the back of th efridge finding its way to the sides of the fridge cabinet.
cheers
Mike