Dave Solberg

RV Refrigerator Troubleshooting: Overcooling

Dave Solberg
Sign in
Duration:   1  mins

An important part of creating a comfortable living situation in your RV, is to have a working refrigerator to store all of your food and beverages. RV refrigerators, designed to make the best use of available storage space in an RV, have many different systems that are used to make sure everything is running smoothly and the refrigerator is at the desired temperature.

There is, however, a list of things that could go wrong with your RV refrigerator and you may at some point need to do some RV refrigerator troubleshooting. One of the most popular RV refrigerator troubleshooting questions involves overcooling of the refrigerator, or even freezing.

In this video, watch as this common RV refrigerator troubleshooting question is discussed. Learn what sort of things to look for when you suspect overcooling or notice freezing inside of your refrigerator. There are many things you may be able to fix yourself, but if your temperature sensor is broken, it may need to be looked at further by a professional.

Learn more about refrigerator freezing and overcooling in this educational RVing video, and make sure you are prepared for the next time something goes wrong and you need to do some RV refrigerator troubleshooting yourself.

Share tips, start a discussion or ask one of our experts or other students a question.

Make a comment:
500 characters remaining

3 Responses to “RV Refrigerator Troubleshooting: Overcooling”

  1. Stephanie Bromaghim

    Could you please send me a picture of where the thermistor goes on the little plastic slide mine has no wire on it how does it regulate the temperature

  2. Matt

    Could you please send me a picture of where the thermistor goes on the little plastic slide mine has no wire on it how does it regulate the temperature

  3. Brian

    My fridge freezes up within a couple of days even with the thermistor set low on the fins. Any suggestions?

Get exclusive premium content! Sign up for a membership now!