Vitrifrigo DP2600CMC

Sounds possibly like the door isn't sealing closed properly??

Ian,
if it has no defrost cycle (which I doubt it will have) that would be about the right amount of time for it to frost up. If you have had high humidity that will cause it.

Also as Alby has suggested look at the door seal and how many times the fridge is opened and closed.

Have a good one
RA.

Hi Anne. My Brother is on the road full time and they have to defrost theirs monthly. Unfortunately they are not frost free. I guess that is to save on battery power. I have often wondered what would happen if a small computor fan could be fitted into the freezer. Cheers, Bob

Using our 2 door 150 model Vitri., we would expect to do a defrost in the fridge section by 6 weeks for sure..... maybe sooner. Goes with the territory fas as I can see. The freezer goes a long time though without a defrost (gets opened infrequently - that might be the key ?). Couple of thoughts - our builder installed extra door catches to keep them shut on rough roads - we use the Glad zip bags extensively for packaging fridge goods - probably reduces available moisture in there. As you say - defrosting is a pain in a van (but I've had worse nightmares :-o). We put frozens in the car's waeco and the rest just sit around while we put some hot water inside to hurry the process up.

Ian we used to do it every 2 weeks. You will find when camping that once iced up it uses much more power as well.

I would expect to have to defrost mine every 4 to 6 weeks, depending on how far north we are. I also have the small one with the freezebox at the top of the fridge. I empty the freezer (usually just stack the frozen stuff in a plastic bucket), take the drip tray out altogether. Empty the contents of the top shelf of anything too high, and place an ordinary household tray on top of what is left on top shelf. This catches any chunks of ice that fall off, but gives more circulation under the freezebox so it defrosts quicker than if I leave the drip tray in. It usually does not take very long before I can loosen off the ice, then wipe out any ice shavings.
I put a handtowel along the bottom of the fridge, in front of the vegie tray, in case of any melting ice that misses the tray.
Is usually all done in 20-30 minutes.
The three way may have needed less work, but the Vitrifrigo runs so efficiently in the hot places, that it is worth it.