2023 Tab 400 isotherm fridge shelves falling - help needed

jes0673 · April 2024

Is anyone else having issues with the shelves falling down while traveling?

Also is anyone having trouble keeping the fridge door to stay fully closed and sealed while traveling?

Suggestions?

jes0673 · April 2024

any help with this? not sure how to keep the shelves from falling.

dsfdogs · April 2024

Mine didn't fall unless I had too much weight on them while driving, like a gallon of water. They do want to slip forward though, so I smooshed some museum/earthquake putty on the ends of the shelves against the side of the refrigerator and they've stayed put. I also use RV tension rods to keep stuff in place. Some people have used those rods under the shelves for support.

jes0673 · April 2024

thanks. I'll try the tension rods for support. The shelves in ours are really weak and flexible. Doesn't take much for them to fall. Very easy to bend them.

Cheryl13 · February 5

Ours are a pain as well. Right now I use frigerator 'boxes' to hold items, and they hold the shelf up, but it's not a solution. Any ideas?

elbolillo · February 5

On our '23 Tab 400 the shelves fell, broke and were a pain in the butt. I ordered new replacement shelves and lo and behold the replacement shelves are beefier than the original ones.

jes0673 · February 11

@elbolillo Where did you order the replacement shelves from?

elbolillo · February 11

SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA

MARINE ENTERPRISES &

A to Z MARINE

1214 Rosecrans st.

San Diego, CA. 92106

Open M-F 8-5

Office: (619) 224-2869

fax: (619) 226-0496

www.southerncalmarine.com

They should have a couple in stock.

You can also try: https://www.suremarineservice.com/?_ga=2.112583875.678053045.1739284960-881422755.1739284960

https://beardmarine.com/

den1jen · May 28

I have had the same problem with the shelves in our Tab 400 Isotherm, so I decided to try some closet wire shelving, and it appears it will work and definitely beefier than the original (talk about flimsy).

Since I don't have a welder, I am adding a lip to the shelves using 3/4" high aluminum angle stock. Then will paint it.

Bill&Suze · May 28

jes0673 said:

Is anyone else having issues with the shelves falling down while traveling?

Also is anyone having trouble keeping the fridge door to stay fully closed and sealed while traveling?

Suggestions?

We had the same problem with collapsing shelves in our 2024 400 BD. I bought window screen clips and short brass screws at a hardware store to lock the shelf side rails into their grooves. The back sections of the rails seem firmly in place and don't need the fix.
We also had the issue of the door popping open while traveling when the two position latch plate was set to the non-venting position, i.e., supposedly keeping the door firmly rather than partially latched. I drilled through the top right of the door frame and we insert a pin from the top, down into the optional hinge hole in the top of the door. There is solid metal on the underside of the door frame with a top optional hinge hole, handy to drill up through. Oddly, the door remains closed while traveling if the latch plate is set to the venting position but the downside is that then the door is not fully sealed.

Shelf solution:

Image: https://us.v-cdn.net/5021717/uploads/editor/51/3aomu8m7evq4.png

Pin lock:

Image: https://us.v-cdn.net/5021717/uploads/editor/5o/e9by5l88k5mb.png

den1jen · May 30

Bill&Suze said:

jes0673 said:

Is anyone else having issues with the shelves falling down while traveling?

Also is anyone having trouble keeping the fridge door to stay fully closed and sealed while traveling?

Suggestions?

We had the same problem with collapsing shelves in our 2024 400 BD. I bought window screen clips and short brass screws at a hardware store to lock the shelf side rails into their grooves. The back sections of the rails seem firmly in place and don't need the fix.
We also had the issue of the door popping open while traveling when the two position latch plate was set to the non-venting position, i.e., supposedly keeping the door firmly rather than partially latched. I drilled through the top right of the door frame and we insert a pin from the top, down into the optional hinge hole in the top of the door. There is solid metal on the underside of the door frame with a top optional hinge hole, handy to drill up through. Oddly, the door remains closed while traveling if the latch plate is set to the venting position but the downside is that then the door is not fully sealed.

Shelf solution:

Pin lock:

awesome use of a cotter pin!

den1jen · May 31

New shelves are in, these won’t bend

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