I noticed from day one that my refer's freezer compartment was building frost at a rate that was "more than usual". I also noticed that the left freezer door seems to close tighter that the right door. Not harder to close, just that it was closed or sealed tighter.
Defrosted refer, returned to factory for small punch list and Bill's RV, a local servicer in Elkhart looked at it.
The dollar bill test is real! Some have said this method is a myth or never used. Well, I witnessed the tech folding a crisp 1 dollar bill in half and using it all aroud the left freezer door to check the consistency of the seal.
Turns out that the seal had a small deformation in it that made it lay flatter in the recess that holds it. The tech had just replaced an RM1350 freezer door for another one of his customers that day and swapped my seal for theirs. Viola! Seal fits perfectly.
I am 'hoping" this was the fix. We will find out next week when I return to the RV to load it up for Leg 2 of Jim's Big Adventure 2011. I'll report back here if that was the fix.
Jim
Defrosted refer, returned to factory for small punch list and Bill's RV, a local servicer in Elkhart looked at it.
The dollar bill test is real! Some have said this method is a myth or never used. Well, I witnessed the tech folding a crisp 1 dollar bill in half and using it all aroud the left freezer door to check the consistency of the seal.
Turns out that the seal had a small deformation in it that made it lay flatter in the recess that holds it. The tech had just replaced an RM1350 freezer door for another one of his customers that day and swapped my seal for theirs. Viola! Seal fits perfectly.
I am 'hoping" this was the fix. We will find out next week when I return to the RV to load it up for Leg 2 of Jim's Big Adventure 2011. I'll report back here if that was the fix.
Jim
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