# T7 fridge **Source:** https://vwcaliforniaclub.com/threads/t7-fridge.59448/ **Posts:** 10 --- ### — 2025-08-15T11:45:08+0200 (Aug 15, 2025) I am wondering if I have a faulty fridge. I am now running at level 4 and the ambient temp in the fridge is circa 6.5c. I know the weather has been hot but I would want the fridge to be runnning at 5c or below. Is anyone else seeing this? To check the temp I have a bottle of water in the fridge and drop a temperature probe in the bottle. --- ### — 2025-08-15T11:48:46+0200 (Aug 15, 2025) > [sticky1 said:](/goto/post?id=757222) > > I am wondering if I have a faulty fridge. > I am now running at level 4 and the ambient temp in the fridge is circa 6.5c. > I know the weather has been hot but I would want the fridge to be runnning at 5c or below. > Is anyone else seeing this? > To check the temp I have a bottle of water in the fridge and drop a temperature probe in the bottle. > > Click to expand... What range can you select? On my T5.1 it was 5 in Summer 2/3 in depths of winter with a selectable range of 1-10. --- ### — 2025-08-15T14:43:15+0200 (Aug 15, 2025) I run mine at 3 or 4 year round (T5.1), any more than that and stuff freezes, but i get the impression that T6.1 owners with the digital camper display tend to describe it at 5 or 6. Maybe a different setting threshold for the T6.1 + multivan Cali? What happens when you run it at level 5? so as long as one of the settings gets it below 5 degrees it is succeeding. It is a thermostat so once set should hold it there unlike a electric camping fridge only cooling to ‘x’ below ambient. --- ### — 2025-08-16T12:53:38+0200 (Aug 16, 2025) > [WelshGas said:](/goto/post?id=757223) > > What range can you select? > On my T5.1 it was 5 in Summer 2/3 in depths of winter with a selectable range of 1-10. > > Click to expand... Range is 1-5. Now running at 5 and is keeping the fridge at about 4 Celsius. I’m going to drop a temperature probe with a log in the fridge and see what VW say. It was 13c last night and 25c during the day, so not outrageously hot. I checked the fridge first thing and it hadn’t frozen anything and was showing at 3.6c which may indicate ambient temperature is the not really the cause. I would love to hear what settings other people are using. My fridge is permanently on using solar panels to top up the battery, which even at setting 5 is taking about 2 hours of bulk charge. --- ### D — 2025-08-18T08:23:11+0200 (Aug 18, 2025) I have this gadget to control the temperature. [Amazon.es](https://amzn.eu/d/dg0cUIh) I have this gadget to control the temperature. I have it between 4 and 5 degrees Celsius with outside temperatures of 30-40 degrees Celsius, and the temperature varies between 5 and 8 degrees Celsius. The refrigerator is not a freezer. --- ### — 2025-08-19T20:57:33+0200 (Aug 19, 2025) > [DSRST7 said:](/goto/post?id=757478) > > I have this gadget to control the temperature. > > > [Amazon.es](https://amzn.eu/d/dg0cUIh) > > I have this gadget to control the temperature. > > I have it between 4 and 5 degrees Celsius with outside temperatures of 30-40 degrees Celsius, and the temperature varies between 5 and 8 degrees Celsius. The refrigerator is not a freezer. > > Click to expand... Thank you, I have purchased something similar from [SwitchBot](https://amzn.eu/d/3EIl60m) one for inside the fridge and one outside for ambient temperature. I still think it shouldn’t be running at level 5 to achieve 3.6 a 4.8c. 8c is at the limit to store food and I quite often pop fresh fish in my fridge if I’m out and about so that I don’t have to run home immediately. I’ll see what VW say when I show them the data from the sensors. --- ### — 2025-08-19T22:46:43+0200 (Aug 19, 2025) > [sticky1 said:](/goto/post?id=757752) > > Thank you, I have purchased something similar from [SwitchBot](https://amzn.eu/d/3EIl60m) one for inside the fridge and one outside for ambient temperature. > I still think it shouldn’t be running at level 5 to achieve 3.6 a 4.8c. > 8c is at the limit to store food and I quite often pop fresh fish in my fridge if I’m out and about so that I don’t have to run home immediately. > I’ll see what VW say when I show them the data from the sensors. > > Click to expand... VW class it as a “cool box” and not a fridge. Mine is on constantly and I never have it below level 5 in the summer. --- ### — 2025-08-19T23:21:33+0200 (Aug 19, 2025) > [Dodge1311 said:](/goto/post?id=757759) > > VW class it as a “cool box” and not a fridge. Mine is on constantly and I never have it below level 5 in the summer. > > Click to expand... Thank you. Are you in a T7? Level 5 is the max setting. My T6 would freeze the contents if you turned it up. When I spoke to the dealer they said the fridge should be able to achieve 0c. --- ### — 2025-08-20T07:29:37+0200 (Aug 20, 2025) > [sticky1 said:](/goto/post?id=757760) > > Thank you. > Are you in a T7? > Level 5 is the max setting. My T6 would freeze the contents if you turned it up. > When I spoke to the dealer they said the fridge should be able to achieve 0c. > > Click to expand... Yes I have a T7 and setting 5 doesn’t come close to freezing lowest I have had is 3.1 degrees. Might start dropping now ambient temperatures are coming down but definitely not the same as the 6.1 that could freeze on the back wall. --- ### — 2025-08-20T09:01:42+0200 (Aug 20, 2025) I wouldn’t be surprised if they hadn’t worked on many T7’s and are assuming the fridge in this has a similar spec. Thanks for the feedback as it looks like mine and yours are similar temps. ---