Fridge or Quality cooler

[Spaceman Spiff]

Any other ideas on keeping the food dry and edible vs. waterlogged?

What worked for me when I was using an ice chest is to put my food into plastic containers that float.  Ice on the bottom and just stack the containers on top.  Food stays uncontaminated, finding stuff is easy, and I just kept adding ice until the water lever got too high before draining.  Cans and bottles just sit in the icewater.

I just had another fridge fail . . .

I'd be interested in knowing how the refrigerators failed.
  Was there any warning?
  Did they just quit suddenly?
  Any idea why?
I have a 35 year old Norcold that will eventually fail and would really like to know if there are any warning signs.

 -- Spiff

 

[Ballenxj]

 I'd be interested in knowing how the refrigerators failed.
  Was there any warning?
  Did they just quit suddenly?
  Any idea why?
I have a 35 year old Norcold that will eventually fail and would really like to know if there are any warning signs.

No idea. Haven't trouble shot it yet. No warning other than gradually getting warm. It's a Dometic, and everything was level, so that can't be it.
I'm still thinking about an Engel, but not today. Different fridges fail for different reasons. I don't think anything mechanical is built to last anymore.
Having said that though, and old friend had a very old refrigerator (think antique with rounded top) that still has the original charge of Freon, and was working like a champ.
I guess some things really were built better back then.