Possible refrigerator problem
Ok, this may be my own doing, I don't know.
Maybe 2 separate issues propane and/or Dometic 2652 refer:
The past 2 nights my motor-home LP alarm was going off in the middle of the night.
First night I went out and smelled for LP gas, nothing I was able to smell. So I reset the alarm, waited about 20 minutes, no re-occurrence, went back in the house.
The next night alarm triggered, I went out, smelled ammonia, pretty strong outside and inside MH. Thought that the detector was picking up the ammonia. I reset alarm, let the coach air out a bit and, for whatever reason decided to check the LP tank valve, it was open, so I closed it and went back inside.
Started thinking that the refrigerator was shot so I went out this morning to do some checks: no yellowish powder, no more smell of ammonia. I then decided to turn the refer on and see if it made any gurgling sound, nothing. I left it running on AC. Went back out to check just a bit ago and it was as cold as ever.
Did I foul anything up leaving the propane on and the refer off?
How can I further assess the condition of the refer with respect to the ammonia smell? I thought once you got that smell the refer was toast.
Please help!
OP Edit - I forgot to mention that towards the end of the season I covered the outside refrigerator access panel with steel screen to keep bugs out. Any bearing on my problem?
Maybe 2 separate issues propane and/or Dometic 2652 refer:
The past 2 nights my motor-home LP alarm was going off in the middle of the night.
First night I went out and smelled for LP gas, nothing I was able to smell. So I reset the alarm, waited about 20 minutes, no re-occurrence, went back in the house.
The next night alarm triggered, I went out, smelled ammonia, pretty strong outside and inside MH. Thought that the detector was picking up the ammonia. I reset alarm, let the coach air out a bit and, for whatever reason decided to check the LP tank valve, it was open, so I closed it and went back inside.
Started thinking that the refrigerator was shot so I went out this morning to do some checks: no yellowish powder, no more smell of ammonia. I then decided to turn the refer on and see if it made any gurgling sound, nothing. I left it running on AC. Went back out to check just a bit ago and it was as cold as ever.
Did I foul anything up leaving the propane on and the refer off?
How can I further assess the condition of the refer with respect to the ammonia smell? I thought once you got that smell the refer was toast.
Please help!
OP Edit - I forgot to mention that towards the end of the season I covered the outside refrigerator access panel with steel screen to keep bugs out. Any bearing on my problem?
