HEHR windows - Page 2

oldbird · 06-04-2016, 09:31 AM

OK, thanks!

oldbird · 06-14-2016, 09:15 PM

Now that it has hit 100 degrees my refrigerator can't keep up at all. I bought two fans and insulation. I installed the fans as recommended and insulated the top of the refrigerator. My question is, what else can be insulted? There is pipes all over and two fans in the middle? I don't know if this household insulation can be against the hot pipes so where else can insulation be added? Thanks

**wingnut60** · 06-15-2016, 02:28 AM

Glenn,
Just might be time for a mobile tech to check it out. I don't feel there is any need for extra insulation in the fridge backside, just good airflow over the coils. If nothing is doing what you need, have a tech check it out.
Joe

oldbird · 06-15-2016, 09:01 AM

Joe, Before leaving AZ I had it checked out by a DRV tech. He replaced the circuit board and said everything else was working OK. I have an appointment 8-1 at cross rv for the island mod but called yesterday and asked if I could get the residential refrigerator put in instead? She said yes so we might be doing that. I have the batteries and invertor already because we have an extra freezer.

**wingnut60** · 06-15-2016, 10:13 AM

That will certainly solve the problem--Cross does good work, have been there twice. He turned our peninsula into an island back in '10.

Cummins12V98 · 06-16-2016, 11:16 AM

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Originally Posted by wingnut60

Glenn,
Just might be time for a mobile tech to check it out. I don't feel there is any need for extra insulation in the fridge backside, just good airflow over the coils. If nothing is doing what you need, have a tech check it out.
Joe

The insulation is to pack between and around the factory fans to create a better air flow instead of the cavitation that occurs when the fans turn on.

oldbird · 06-16-2016, 11:33 AM

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Originally Posted by Cummins12V98

The insulation is to pack between and around the factory fans to create a better air flow instead of the cavitation that occurs when the fans turn on.

What I did was insulate the top and one long stripe down the middle between the fans. I just thought anymore would block air flow from the factory fans and I don't know about getting the insulation near or on the hot pipes. Its been 100° here and its working a little better but the setting is on 5.

**wingnut60** · 06-16-2016, 02:02 PM

Glenn,
Have you worked with the thermistor position on the coils? Should be a slidable 'gadget' attached to the far right rib of the fridge interior coil bank--the aluminum fins where the frost forms at times.
Joe

oldbird · 06-16-2016, 04:43 PM

Yeah Joe, I remember you saying something about that and I looked and couldn't see anything. My wife loves to cook and has the refrigerator stuffed full so its not helping me find it. If its something that slides up and down on the far right rib then I don't see it.

**wingnut60** · 06-17-2016, 11:33 PM

I know it is tough having the fridge door open when it is not even cooling right, but there should be a white plastic sliding clip with 2 wires attached to it that go back in thru the rear wall. I think it should be there, if not??? The gadget in my fridge is about 3 inches long and white. The wires disappear behind the aluminum ribs. This is supposed to control how cold the fridge gets by monitoring the temp of the aluminum.
Don't know much more about it, but several have mentioned the device and how it works.
Joe

oldbird · 06-18-2016, 10:24 AM

I took food out and looked on the right side and couldn't find it. Oh well, things have cooled off a bit so I'll look some more later. I found my owners manuel RM1350 and I also couldn't find any info on that. Thanks Joe!

**wingnut60** · 06-18-2016, 11:32 AM

I was basing my ideas on my RM1292--the newer ones must be different. Hope you get it solved.

oldbird · 06-18-2016, 11:57 AM

Thanks, even though I got it to act better with just some insulation on the top and a strip down the middle I'm still seriously thinking of foregoing the island mod for a residential refrigerator. I'll have to make my decision soon.

packfan · 07-11-2018, 05:24 PM

I have 6 windows that are fogged up. They started failing while still under warranty. Several have been replaced, some of them more than once. I am well out of warranty now and not DRV or Hehr will do anything about it. I feel a recall should have been issued for these windows years ago. I guess DRV and Hehr don't care about customer service anymore. Anybody out there know of a place in South Dakota that can repair them?

**wingnut60** · 07-11-2018, 10:46 PM

Welcome to the forum.
Went thru the same thing with my '05, but Hehr/Doubletree were still fixing them for free.
Have heard of a place in AZ, in AR, and in FL that does the work, but you have to go to their shops.
Why not talk to a local glass place and see if they can help--it isn't hard to remove the windows, except for the rear one.
Joe

Pvsaint · 07-14-2018, 10:50 PM

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Originally Posted by wingnut60

Welcome to the forum.
Went thru the same thing with my '05, but Hehr/Doubletree were still fixing them for free.
Have heard of a place in AZ, in AR, and in FL that does the work, but you have to go to their shops.
Why not talk to a local glass place and see if they can help--it isn't hard to remove the windows, except for the rear one.
Joe

Windows can be shipped to Suncoast in Hudson, FL for repairs.
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chevman · 07-15-2018, 12:17 AM

My friend jack and I replaced his friends big glass that fogged. It was sent free but the owner had to do the work so we helped and it never leaked so it must have been a good installed.

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Cummins12V98 · 07-15-2018, 10:34 AM

Contact DRV, I did and they shipped me the proper units at their cost from HEHR.

packfan · 07-15-2018, 02:26 PM

Thanks wingnut. I never would have though of doing that. I contacted a glass place out here in Rapid City and they're coming out next week to look at them. He told me just because they're fogged up doesn't mean they aren't thermal pane anymore. Why can't the back window be done? I don't understand.

anijet · 07-15-2018, 10:40 PM

I've started doing my own. Several years ago we went to RV Fog Doctor in AR and I watched them do the disassembly, cleaning and reassembly. Recently I bought a repair kit from Dave Root RV Glass Repair. I started small and have done the bedroom and kitchen windows. They turned out as good as the pro job. When it cools off in fall I'll go after the rear and large door side slide windows. Not hard to do just takes time to get all sided of the glass clean and you can't rush the reassembly of the panes. Remove and install from the coach is the easy part.