Complicated fridge question, stay with me here... :\
Wow, here we go, this is complicated and lengthy, but you guys never fail me!
Okay, fridge works on propane, but not on AC. Dometic RM7030. I don't know that it ever has as I've always boondocked and never have plugged in until now.
Cooling unit replaced 10 years ago. Not a full timer.
RV park tech got his meter out and told me that the "elements" aren't getting the proper voltage. Said the elements ohm out fine. Said to get a Dinosaur board.
Got the new board, hooked it all up, and nothing. No lights on the eyebrow panel, nothing. I took a picture prior, texted myself with every jumper's position, etc.
For grins, put the old one back in. Voila. (voila as in lights on the panel, LP fired right up, but still no elements working)
Okay, fine, put new one back in. Nothing.
I figure while I think about if I had a bad new board or not, I will just work on something non related, so I start the engine just to get the seals wet. While it is running I walk by the fridge and...the eyebrow panel is on!...... Uh. Ok. I turn the vehicle off, and they go off. What the hell?
For grins yet again, I put the old one in, have the tech come over, and we comb every single connection and verify per, well, each other, and the instructions that I hooked the new board up correctly both times.
Start poking around with a meter and the two main white and black wires coming in to the fridge to its white plastic 4 way screw-down type of connector bridge is only getting 6v.
Now is this because the two 6v batteries I have are in series?
I called dinosaur, man he knew his stuff, we multimetered all sorts of pins all over the place, and he said the old board shouldn't even be working on LPG even with just 6v, but it does. We were both stumped.
All other 12v items on the coach work, as they always have.
Okay guys, do your thing!
Okay all, how do we even tackle this?
Okay, fridge works on propane, but not on AC. Dometic RM7030. I don't know that it ever has as I've always boondocked and never have plugged in until now.
Cooling unit replaced 10 years ago. Not a full timer.
RV park tech got his meter out and told me that the "elements" aren't getting the proper voltage. Said the elements ohm out fine. Said to get a Dinosaur board.
Got the new board, hooked it all up, and nothing. No lights on the eyebrow panel, nothing. I took a picture prior, texted myself with every jumper's position, etc.
For grins, put the old one back in. Voila. (voila as in lights on the panel, LP fired right up, but still no elements working)
Okay, fine, put new one back in. Nothing.
I figure while I think about if I had a bad new board or not, I will just work on something non related, so I start the engine just to get the seals wet. While it is running I walk by the fridge and...the eyebrow panel is on!...... Uh. Ok. I turn the vehicle off, and they go off. What the hell?
For grins yet again, I put the old one in, have the tech come over, and we comb every single connection and verify per, well, each other, and the instructions that I hooked the new board up correctly both times.
Start poking around with a meter and the two main white and black wires coming in to the fridge to its white plastic 4 way screw-down type of connector bridge is only getting 6v.
Now is this because the two 6v batteries I have are in series?
I called dinosaur, man he knew his stuff, we multimetered all sorts of pins all over the place, and he said the old board shouldn't even be working on LPG even with just 6v, but it does. We were both stumped.
All other 12v items on the coach work, as they always have.
Okay guys, do your thing!
Okay all, how do we even tackle this?
