WadenCeeJay
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1995 National Dolphin.
I keep seeing water coming out of the refrigerator compartment on the
outside of the coach. I open the door and look inside and I do find some
water drops and puddles in various places inside. I can't figure out where
it might be coming from.
The fridge is a Dometic 7030 side by side unit. The icemaker isn't working
and something leads me to believe this could be part of the problem. Maybe
the water line that feeds the icemaker is leaking?
I figured someone might have gone through this already...
Any advice or thoughts appreciated. We are taking it out for some more
work and cleaning in about an hour. Woot. Love this weather!!
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jomarfl
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Have you checked to see if there is a drain line going from the fridge to the outside for water that may leak from defrosting?
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WadenCeeJay
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jomarfl wrote:Have you checked to see if there is a drain line going from the fridge to the outside for water that may leak from defrosting?
Yes, there are clear drain lines that appear to be in the right places
for that sort of thing. There are water droplets pretty high up inside
there when I look.
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rgatijnet1
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Try turning off the water to the ice maker. The valve to do this may be underneath your refrigerator behind a door inside the coach. These leak on a regular basis.
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tahiti16
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On our 06 Dolphin we had a problem where the hose to the icemaker was run to close to the gas burner and it burned a pinhole in the tube. Only obvious if water pressure was present. Turnoff for our's is under the sink, it turns of the filtered water spout also.
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If you don't get the drain hose properly routed to dump that water outside instead of inside on the floor it will rot out your floor. It's a frequently made error where folks don't like the hose hanging out of the inspection panel so they just tuck it back inside and the result is damage to their floors.
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The attachment on the drain hose to the drain try is not the greatest on Dometic Fridges. I replaced the cooling unit in mine. In the process, I had to detach the hose. As I recall, it has putty around it, holding it secure. Its pretty easy for the putty oose and not hold the drain cup in place.
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Our ice maker had a filter on it's line, and it sprang a leak and we had to replace it. So do check the lines that lead to your ice maker also.
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RayChez
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I don't have a Dometic frig, but on my Norcold 1200 LRIM there is a long tray in the back of the frig and there are some fins that defrost every so often. The water that collects in that tray goes out by small hose to the outside where it drips into a small collector tray. It will evaporate or drain out. Maybe the hose in your coach is not lined up with the tray collector outside.
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