Dometic Insulated Cover

We have the dometic CF 35 and love it! Encountered a lot of rain this year and have made a plastic cover from plastic and duct tape whi h works excellant. Does anyone known if the Dometic Insulated Cover is water proof? and does it effectively reduce e power consumption? Thanks Ron

 

The insulated cover is not waterproof, but I think it would keep out the bulk of the water from a brief shower. It is made from ballistic nylon on the outside and a silvery plastic layer on the inside. It does significantly reduce energy consumption. Be careful about completely covering the fridge, it must have air flow from all of the vent grills.

 

Thanks! Yes I did leave the areas open for ventilation. With all of the rain we have had this year get tired hauling it in and out, especially when its loaded. The plastic cover I made has worked great wonder if waterproofing the insulated cover would help...if not will order it and make a new waterproof cover...

 

Another thing I do to save energy if to put one of the reflective covers over it that you use for automobile windows. I use this over my ice chest to and the ice lasts a lot longer. If you have everything under a canopy you don't need that. Soooo, I'm either chasing shade for the ice chest or cover it. I'm trying different shades. I got a truck sized one at Good will for the big ice chest. This weekend I have a different kind I'm going to try.
I swore when I got my CampInn I wasn't going to put up a tent and I consider the canopy to be just another tent. If I was staying in place for a couple of weeks I might consider it but for the most part I want to keep it as simple as possible. I love my Sportbrella.
See you all soon at NW roundup.

 

The Dometic insulating cover looks pretty water resistant to me, the major leak points being the zippers and the penetrations where the handles come through, and of course the ventilation areas. I think the zippers and handle ports could be improved with the addition of some flaps over them are sewn to the upper side of the cover and simply droop down over the leak points. Probably nothing is going to keep it totally dry in a real downpour, but the cooler is made of plastic and isn't going to be harmed by a little water; my only reservation is the electrical bits inside which may be sensitive to a lot of water.

 

Very sensitive to rain. The electrical panel got wet and it quit working. Took it apart and used a hair dryer to dry it out now works perfect. The homemade plastic cover works great totally dry except for vents. Cover also covers handles....lesson learned the hard way..