Furrion 12 v refrigerator

[ElsaHill]

2023 Imagine 2500RL, purchased in January, brought it home, plugged it in, everything working. Fridge cold, light on. Fridge packed for first trip. First night out… dead refrigerator!😖. No light, no compressor sounds. RV complete contacted, absolutely no help. All fuses and circuit breakers checked. Lots of dry ice and wet ice used for 3 weeks. Rig returned to dealership. Some obscure fuse blown. Fridge works at service lot, but by the time we get it home, it is dead again. THREE TIMES!! We are making another trip with fridge as a big cooler, and taking rig back for service upon our return. VERY FRUSTRATING!!

[howson]

We have a 2023 Imagine 2500RL purchased in January, fridge was working fine at the house, but first night out it was dead. Lots of dry ice and wet ice used. THREE TRIPS to service department and problem not resolved. It works there, but by the time we get it home…DEAD. We have a Furrion 12v

What was done to get it to work? What is the voltage level of the battery when the Furrion appears "dead"? (Your Imagine has a Battery Monitor, does it not?)

[ncitro]

ElsaHill There is a fuse at the back that is somewhat common to blow especially as the battery charge lowers (current increases). Unfortunately on some rigs you need to pull the fridge to get access to it, but other than that it is a simple repair. Some members have relocated the fuse to a more accessible location, or another option is swap it with the fuse on the tongue (which is larger for some reason) so it blows first instead and is easier to change.

We are a group of owners just like yourself, if you want to tackle this yourself and get your fridge working without a trip to the dealer we can talk you through it.

[AZMike]

I have read that some owners have replaced the difficult to replace 15A fuse in the back of the fridge with a 20A, and installed an additional 15A inline to the fridge so that will blow first, and it is much easier to replace.

[TedS]

I was reading that Furrion has a kit to allow changing the glass fuse to a blade fuse and relocate it to an accessible place. Check with a dealer or Furrion. Or GD.

[AAMAFIGHTER]

Found this vid on YouTube. Looks like I got another project! 😎

[Scott'n'Wendy]

ElsaHill There is a fuse at the back that is somewhat common to blow especially as the battery charge lowers (current increases). Unfortunately on some rigs you need to pull the fridge to get access to it,

ughggg...Engineers.......take a sacrificial safety device....and design a way to hide it.

[howson]

AAMAFIGHTER -- nice find on the video. One word of caution: the metal edges (with that lower cover removed) are extremely sharp. Yours truly left some blood at the factory--the metal was so sharp I didn't even feel the cut until I felt the blood running down the side of my hand.

15A Fuse Circled

[AAMAFIGHTER]

howson thanks for the heads up! I def left some blood sweat and tears on the underside and pass through with that battery upgrade haha

[Scott'n'Wendy]

ughggg...Engineers.......take a sacrificial safety device....and design a way to hide it.

I can't believe the engineers on this site let that slide.....

[Country Campers]

I can't believe the engineers on this site let that slide.....

Being an engineer I resemble that.

Being a machinist/manufacturer I despise Engineers for the things they do.

That'll get them riled up.LOL.

Brian

[AlexPeterson]

Scott'n'Wendy Country Campers

Ha - whenever one is tempted to say "those darn engineers - what were they thinking?", it is likely that they had constraints that aren't obvious, such as cost and marketing mandates (or a dumb boss).

But then, some products contain design elements that are just plain dumb. Using glass tube fuses in this day and age is only about 50 years behind the times. They are notoriously unreliable even when properly sized.

I could make a lengthy list of such dumb things I've found in our trailer, but will refrain per the forum rules...

[TedS]

ughggg...Engineers.......take a sacrificial safety device....and design a way to hide it.

No engineer was involved. Some diabolical 'designer'.

[Jlawles2]

I would venture to say it's not always the engineer. Engineer comes up with a design, then it goes off to another group of designers to figure out how to put all of the stuff needed in ZxYxH size hole that are left by the interior design group, all the while the client is saying "hurry up and make it cheaper".

I would almost venture to say the engineers and possibly circuit designers were thinking these would be a direct replacement for absorption refrigerators and would have the rear access doors as such. If that were the case, then the fuse would be easily accessed.

[Bigdog3162]

I finally gave up on my Furrion fridge that had not worked since we bought camper last year. Two trips this spring, eating out of coolers, fridge got no better than 60 degrees inside despite warranty work. I had a Dometic fridge installed last week to remedy the situation and my sanity. Its the same fridge we had on a 4 week trip out west in the 22LDE hopscotching park to park. Last Friday I picked up the camper and drove 1.5 hours to storage lot and fridge was cold when I arrived. I hope I did not jinx my luck!!