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Interior Maintenance

Learn the keys to interior maintenance for your RV.

From "RV Roadtrips"
episode DRVR-102

Gary goes over the steps to keeping your RV's refrigerator system in tip-top shape.

Host Gary Bunzer teaches the Phillips family about annual RV refrigerator maintenance. The four steps include:

How to clean the burner assembly and absorber coils with a vacuum attachment and damp cloth.
Removing the roof vent and inspecting the condenser fins.
Installing chicken wire inside the vent to prevent birds from entering.
Soaking the components in acetone.

Materials:

vacuum attachment
damp cloth
cleaning solution
chicken wire
acetone (colorless mobile flammable liquid)
carburetor cleaner
compressed air
steel wool

Tools:

bucket
cloth
gloves
screwdriver

Figure A

Take apart the burner assembly and take the gas line out.
Clean the contact (figure A) and put cleaner on the actual terminals.
Using a vacuum attachment, vacuum the dirt and corrosion inside the burner assembly. Run a damp cloth over the entire area to make sure it is completely clean.
Addressing the individual components of the refrigerator on a worktable. First clean the electrode assembly with a piece of steel wool to clean up any corrosion that might be visible.
Next further disassemble the burner assembly by taking the orifice out and soak it in acetone.
Clean out any rust from the burner assembly tube and use the steel wool to brighten up the coils.
To clean the liquid propane (or LP) line use carburetors cleaner followed by compressed air.
Now that all the components have been cleaned you can reassemble the refrigerator.
On overlooked component is on the roof. First remove the roof vent assembly above the refrigerator and check to make sure you have a protective screen in place.
If you do not have a protective screen pick up 1/8" or 1/4" chicken wire and place it over the top to prevent birds from building a next over the warm condenser.